To be eligible for a partial tuition waiver, GSAS students hired as TAs, CAs or Graders must meet the following criteria:

  • 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.