Compensation Packages and Eligibility

Compensation Package

Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), Graduate Research Assistant (GRA), Graduate Administrative Assistant (GAA) and student grader positions for master's students are awarded on a competitive basis. A typical compensation package is outlined below. The hourly rates for GAAs and student graders may vary.

Master’s Student Assistantship Compensation
Alvarez College of Business Master's Students
GTA/GRA Appointment (up to 9 months) $1,000 monthly/Up to 19 hours per week
GAA/Student Grader (hourly) Up to 19 hours per week

Eligibility

  1. Be admitted in academic good standing to a graduate program within the Alvarez College of Business, or already be enrolled in good academic standing in one of these graduate programs. Students with conditional or probationary status are ineligible.
  2. Make satisfactory progress toward a graduate degree and meet all milestones.
  3. Maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0
  4. Minimum enrollment of six graduate-level credit hours in a long semester (fall and spring) and three graduate-level credit hours in a summer semester to be appointed for up to 19 hours a week.
  5. Graduate students enrolled for less than six hours in the long semesters and less than one hour in the summer are ineligible for any graduate assistantship appointment.
  6. Appointments are subject to satisfactory academic and work performance.

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Please note that incomplete applications will not be reviewed or considered.

Selected students will be contacted directly by the hiring departments in the Alvarez College of Business.

Funding packages are typically tied to four-year contracts based on academic performance and availability of resources.

Table of doctoral funding opportunities
Base Program Stipend1 Tuition + Fees
(9/9/3 SCH)		 UTSHIP: Health Insurance2 Total Base Funding Package Competitive Fellowship3 Research Support Fund4 Potential Maximum Support Package5
$27,500 $14,500 $3,438 $45,438 Up to $5,000 $2,500 $52,938

1Total stipend for 12 months. Requires 19 hours of assistantship as determined by department. 
2Gap coverage available for month of August available for first year students; Reimbursement available for students with existing health coverage 
3New and continuing doctoral students are eligible for fellowship support, which is renewable based on academic and research performance. Awards are determined according to criteria established by the college's PhD Program Committee and are made upon departmental recommendation. 
4The fund is typically used for technology, research materials, travel to approved conferences and job market activities. Use of research support funds must be approved by department.
5Includes maximum fellowship award of $5,000

Fifth-Year Funding

Doctoral students completing their third year of funding are eligible for consideration for fifth-year funding. Selection is based on academic achievement, participation in national conferences, publications and research accomplishments.

Students approved for fifth-year funding receive an additional year of college funding equivalent to a standard doctoral package, following the conclusion of their fourth year.

Students who are not selected may still be eligible for departmental support, depending on departmental resources and approval.