FINANCIAL AID for MFA STUDENTS
Merit-based Aid - Full and half-time Graduate Assistantships
are available to qualified students. The half assistantship
stipend is $9,408.75. All assistantships carry full a tuition
waiver. Medical and Dental Insurance are available at group
rates. Rates are available on the Human Resources website.
Graduate Assistants are responsible for full-time fees. Lectureships
involving the teaching of undergraduate courses are sometimes
available to highly qualified graduate students. Lectureships
carry stipends per three-credit course, but do not include
a tuition waiver. Medical and Dental Insurance are available
at group rates. Rates are available on the Human Resources
website. Various departmental student labor scholarships averaging
$500 are often available. For more specific information about
assistantships in each of the department's MFA programs, check
with the individual program directors.
To apply for an assistantship, check "yes"
after the appropriate question on the application for admission.
The major advisors make decisions on the award of graduate
assistantships.
Need-based Aid - Various types of assistance
in the form of work study, tuition remission, loans, and minority
fellowships are available to graduate students meeting the
University's financial aid criteria. For need-based applications,
you must write to the Financial Aid Office.
Special Scholarships - The Victor Borge Scholarship
of $1,000 is available for a highly talented graduate student
in the area of performance and production. Various other prizes
and awards exist. For details, contact Chairperson, Graduate
Admissions Committee.
MFA Acting Application and Financial Aid Information
Financial Aid Office
University of Connecticut
Wilbur Cross Building, Storrs Campus
233 Glenbrook Road, Unit 4116
Storrs, CT 06269-4116
PHONE#: (860) 486-2819
FAX#: (860) 486-0945
FAX#: (860) 486-6253
The Graduate School
University of Connecticut
Whetten Graduate Center, Storrs Campus
438 Whitney Road, Ext Unit 1006
Storrs, CT 06269-1006
PHONE#: (860) 486-3615
FAX#: (860) 486-5381
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