Graduate Assistantships Packages (2024-2025)
Graduate assistants are an integral piece to the overall fabric of Nova Southeastern University. Joining an assistantship is a strategic move that empowers your academic and professional trajectory. Valuable tuition and housing reductions and financial stipends are offered to graduate assistants.
Contributions and amounts vary depending on course loads and other qualifying factors, but there are two Graduate Assistant packages available within the Division of Student Affairs and the College of Undergraduate Studies:
Package 1: Partial Tuition (Inclusive of Housing)
| Year 1 and Year 2 |
Fall |
Winter |
Summer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition Waiver* | Partial Tuition | Partial Tuition |
Partial Tuition (N/A for Year 2) |
| Food and Housing** | A single apartment w/ utilities and Meal Plan to use at on-campus dining locations | A single apartment w/ utilities and Meal Plan to use at on-campus dining locations |
A single apartment w/ utilities and Meal Plan to use at on-campus dining locations (N/A for Year 2) |
|
Stipend*** |
$12,000 | ||
Housing Options
On-Campus Housing
Living on-campus is a wonderful part of the graduate student experience. It allows you to be close to class, work, and all the amenities Nova Southeastern University has to offer.
All graduate assistants have the opportunity to live in the University Pointe Apartments in a single studio unit. Laundry facilities inside the residential hall, resort style pool, and amazing views of the surrounding Grande Oaks Golf Club.
For more information about on-campus housing, please visit the on campus housing website.
University Pointe Apartment Layout
Off-Campus Housing
For Graduate Assistants looking to live off-campus, please feel free to visit the Off-Campus Housing website.
Package 2: Full Tuition (Exclusive of Housing)
| Year 1 and Year 2 |
Fall
|
Winter
|
Summer
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition Waiver* | Cost of Full Tuition | Cost of Full Tuition |
Cost of Full Tuition (N/A for Year 2) |
| Food and Housing** |
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
Stipend*** |
$20,000
|
||
* Amounts may differ due to curriculum changes or course loads. Students are responsible for paying any applicable fees including but not limited to health insurance, international student taxes, housing deposit, and student activity fees. All students should contact their respective Financial Aid officer to review costs not covered by Graduate Assistant compensation package.
** The awarded amount may differ due to housing choice.
*** This is the maximum academic-year stipend amount that a graduate assistant may receive, which is calculated on an annual basis (26 pay periods). The stipend will be prorated for active employment status. Student will not be eligible to receive a paycheck during the gap time in employment such as when away at practicum sites, any other extenuating circumstances, and/or graduation.