Prospective Graduate Students
Cost of English Graduate Degree
USF English offers comprehensive funding for MAs, MFAs, and PhDs.
USF English fully funds tuition costs of all full-time graduate students through multi-year graduate assistantships (students are responsible for fees). MA students are guaranteed their graduate assistantships for two years, MFA students are guaranteed three years, and PhD students are guaranteed four years, though they can apply for a fifth year of support.
- GAs take three classes per semester covered by tuition remission
- GAs teach two classes (or the equivalent) per semester paid by the stipend
The total compensation for new GAs during the 2023-2024 academic year is broken down below:
|
Level |
Stipend for New GAs |
Tuition Remission |
Health Insurance Subsidy |
Total Compensation for AY 23/24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
MA/MFA |
$14,575 |
Waiver for 100% of roughly $15,000 in tuition for nine graduate credits* |
90% of the $3,062 premium that covers fall and spring semesters (based on 2022-23 data) |
Over |
|
PhD |
$20,594 |
Waiver for 100% of roughly $15,000 in tuition for nine graduate credits* |
90% of the $3,062 premium that covers fall and spring semesters (based on 2022-23 data) |
Over |
*Tuition remission does NOT include fees (about $800 semesterly) that must be paid by the ninth week of the semester for enrollment in nine graduate credits.
USF English graduate students are eligible for additional funding and scholarships.
USF English students are eligible for fellowships and scholarships. Our students have recently won the USF's Presidential Doctoral Fellowship, the Dissertation Completion Fellowship, and the McKnight Doctoral Fellowship. Graduate students in English Studies at USF may be eligible for competitive funding from several sources to offset their conference travel, including the Department of English, the First-Year Composition Program, and the university's student government. We offer many internal financial scholarships every year, recognizing students in creative writing, literary studies, and rhetoric and composition.