Remuneration For Graduate Assistants

The following principles apply to remuneration for duties performed by graduate assistants.

• Graduate assistant (other than GRHA) salaries must meet or exceed the University minimum on a nine-month equated basis as set by the Office of Academic Affairs. The University mandated minimum stipend in effect for 2008-2009 is $10,000 for nine months. Many academic units provide substantial salary caps augmenting this minimum stipend.
  
  
• Academic and other units are required to establish discipline-based salary ranges by student level (i.e., master’s, doctoral, first-professional) for graduate assistants funded in their units, with the minimum salary for doctoral (post-master’s) students set higher than the minimum for master’s-level students.
  
  
• International students must meet financial support criteria for 12 months (includes tuition and fee charges, living expenses, etc.) from an assistantship and/or other sources in order to qualify for a Certificate of Eligibility (I-20 or IAP-66) and, subsequently, a student visa.
  
  
• Graduate students who have been supported on an assistantship during the academic year are eligible for summer tuition waivers. Students should inquire in their departments.
  
  
• Graduate assistants are salaried, not hourly, employees and are not eligible for overtime.