FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Most students receive financial support in the form of competitively-awarded assistantships or fellowships. Teaching Assistantships and Board of Regents’ Fellowships are available from the Department. Research Assistantships are available from grant support to individual faculty members. All awards are competitive. Assistantships provide annual stipends ranging from $13,250 for M.S. candidates and $15,250-$23,250 for Ph.D. candidates, and include a waiver of out-of-state tuition. Starting in fall 2005 all tuition will be waived for students on graduate assistantships. Outstanding Ph.D. applicants can apply for Board of Regents’ Fellowships. These research fellowships may be renewed for up to four years, with renewal subject to annual review. Fellowships carry no teaching responsibilities, except a one semester departmental requirement, and include a complete tuition waiver along with a $25,000 annual stipend.

To be assured of consideration for support for fall matriculation, we recommend applications be received by the end of the year preceding admission.


LIVING EXPENSES

LSU estimates for the I-20 immigration form that normal costs, paying in-state tuition, would be:

Tuition & Fees ( 1 yr) : 1,520 ( Fees only on assistantship)
Living expenses (1 yr): $7,000
Books, supplies, etc.: $1,166
Insurance (1 yr.) : 634
TOTAL EXPENSES for one year: $10,320

These estimates would vary depending on how you live, etc.