Assistantships in the PhD Program in Public Policy
All first- and second-year students in the program are offered full tuition waivers, a waiver of the educational operations fee, a health insurance credit and graduate assistant stipends (currently $13,658 per year) to cover educational expenses and to help defray living costs. In return for the stipend, students are expected to provide 20 hours of research, teaching, or administrative assistance per week to the campus. Second-year financial assistance is dependent upon satisfactory academic and graduate assistant performance during the first year.
First year students also receive a $2000 fellowship in addition to the above financial awards.
Third-year students are offered tuition waivers based on their internship/field work on applied public policy projects.
Assistantship values
Massachusetts Resident / Out-of-state/International StudentAssistantship Stipend / $13,658/year / $13,658/year
Fellowship Award / $2,000/year / $2,000/year
Tuition Waiver* / $1,295.00/semester / $4,879.00/semester
Educational Operations
Fee Waiver* / $3,448.00/semester / $5117.50/semester
Health Insurance
Credit / $1,335/year / $1,335/year
TOTAL VALUE / $26,479/year / $36,986/year
* based on a full-time load of twelve credits
Balance of student costs
Typical semester bill: $338 in mandatory fees
Other mandatory fees:
Combined New Student Fee $345
(one time charge for each new program)
ID Fee (charged once each academic year) $10
International Student Fee $50
(charged to all students with a visa)
Updated Fall 2007
Please note that all figures noted above are subject to change.