Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Tuition Waivers for TAs, CAs, or Graders

GSAS grants partial tuition waivers for GSAS students hired as TAs, CAs or Graders. The conditions for the waiver are as follows:

  • The student is beyond full-time residency in their program (i.e., Post-Resident or Continuation residency for PhD students or Extended Master’s residency for master’s students).
  • The student has less than 100% coverage of their tuition from another source.
  • The teaching assignment is in addition to the student’s program requirements.

In eligible cases, the following waivers are applied:

PhD Students:

  • Students serving as TAs or Graders are eligible for a 100% tuition waiver.
  • Students serving as half-TAs or half-Graders are eligible for a waiver up to the value of the Continuation fee.

Master’s Students:

  • Students serving as CAs or Graders are eligible for a tuition waiver of 25% of the Extended Master’s tuition rate.
  • Students serving as half-CAs or half-Graders are eligible for a tuition waiver of 12.5% of the Extended Master’s tuition rate.