Financial Assistance and Tuition

TRAVEL SUPPORT FOR CONFERENCES

Travel support is available on a limited basis for conferences. The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy provides up to $400 per conference for those presenting papers at the conference with demonstrated need. Specific conferences, especially the larger national conferences, also often provide graduate scholarships; be on the lookout for those and apply as well. There are priorities for departmental funds, and efforts are made to give money to as many students as possible, meaning that students asking for money for a second conference will get occasionally passed by in favor students asking for funding for their first conference of the year. See our website for the form and deadlines.

OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES

Most students working toward the doctoral degree in Higher Education Administration need some degree of financial support. While the Department of Educational Administration has a limited number of competitive small scholarships available, loans and a very limited number of grants are available through the Office of Student Financial Services. Please visit their website for an overview of the financial aid process (www.utexas.edu/student/finaid).

Be sure to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), even if you do not plan to take out loans. You may be eligible for grants, but you will not be able to find out or receive these grants unless you fill out the FAFSA form and submit it to the Office of Student Financial Services by the deadline.

If you are experiencing Financial hardship, here are some resources that might be applicable to you:

• Students can apply for emergency funds through Student Emergency Services: https://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/emergency/studentemergencyfund.php

• Courseload reduction: https://diversity.utexas.edu/disability/course-load-reduction-and-medical-withdrawal/ https://healthyhorns.utexas.edu/medicalwithdrawals.html

• International students may be eligible for economic hardship employment: https://global.utexas.edu/isss/immigration/f-1/employment/economic-hardship

• The health assistance funds: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/grad-life/health-wellness/assistance-fund

• UT Outpost: https://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/emergency/utoutpost.php
  
  

TUITION

Flat rate tuition for each college covers the graduate student’s academic program costs, including tuition (indexed to the number of semester credit hours taken), mandatory fees and charges, and college and course incidental fees.

The graduate flat rate tuition does not include the general property deposit, the international student health insurance program fee, the international student orientation fee, the independent study and research fee or fees for extended trips that require students to live off campus. For updated tuition rates, visit the Graduate School’s tuition listings: http://finaid.utexas.edu/financialaid/costs.html