Financial Aid

ASU offers a range of scholarships and student loans. All students admitted to the doctoral program typically receive a graduate assistantship. The assistantship offers a stipend plus in-state tuition for the academic year. Graduate assistants are assigned to a faculty member to assist with research and writing work, classroom duties, and discussion sessions. The specific duties and distribution of teaching vs. research work will vary depending upon which faculty member you have been assigned. Regardless of assignment, all first and second year graduate assistants are expected to spend 20 hours per week on work determined by their supervising faculty member.

In the third year, graduate assistants are assigned to more intensive support of an MBA course taught by a faculty member. This assignment provides substantial exposure to effective MBA teaching while providing support to the course. In subsequent years, graduate assistants are assigned a class to teach under the supervision of a faculty course coordinator. During the third and subsequent years, graduate assistants are also expected to spend 10 hours per week on work with their supervising faculty member. Supplemental support is available in the summer in the form of either a R.A. or through teaching summer courses.

Graduate assistants will be considered for reappointment provided that they continue to make satisfactory progress on program requirements and that they successfully complete teaching and research assignments. Doctoral students may be reappointed up to ten semesters.

The assistantship is a critically important part of doctoral education, as it is one of the primary ways in which research and teaching skills are learned.

Information about loans and other scholarships is available through ASU’s Student Financial Assistance or the Graduate College.