Tuition & Student Information

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Tuition & Student Information
Tuition and Fees

Academic Year 2012/2013 in-state graduate student tuition is $383 per credit or $6,894 for 18 credits - (full time 9 credits for 2 academic semesters).

Academic Year 2011/2012 out-of-state graduate tuition is $783 per credit or $14,094 for 18 credits - (full time 9 credits for 2 academic semesters).

Tuition Rates

Graduate (Course Numbers 600 - 699)

Resident           $383 per credit hour
*Non-resident   $783 per credit hour

Student Health Care Fees

All research proposal budgets must include health insurance for graduate students at the following rates:

Annual cost: $1,507/year for health insurance. 
Semester costs follow:

  • Fall Semester $549
  • Spring Semester $545
  • Summer Semester $413
  • Spring and Summer $958

Student Stipends
 
Example of student stipend and benefit calculations:

A student working 20 hrs/wk for two semesters (ECLS GN or SN) plus extra time on holidays may work a total of 760 hrs. A student working 40 hrs/wk during the summer (ECLS GT or ST) may work 560 hrs. FT summer work also accrues staff benefits of 8.7%. Total hours for an entire year: 1320. Each department on campus determines the number of student hours worked per year slightly differently. Contact your fiscal office for more information on the number of hours a student may work in your department.

Calculating the student's stipend: ($ hourly equivalent)(1320)
Calculating the student's benefits: ($ hourly equivalent)(560)(.087)

Student category

Current

Master’s student

$17.54/hourly equivalent

Ph.D. student before advancement to candidacy, no prior Master’s

$17.54/hourly equivalent

Ph.D. student before advancement to candidacy, with prior Master’s  

$19.21/hourly equivalent

Ph.D. student after advancement to candidacy

$20.89/hourly equivalent


Student Pay Grid (Effective July 1, 2010)

 

Step1

Step2

Step3

Step4

Step5

Step6

Step7

Step8

Step9

Step10

A

$8.00

$8.25

$8.50

$8.75

$9.00

$9.25

$9.50

$9.75

$10.00

$10.25

B

$9.00

$9.25

$9.50

$9.75

$10.00

$10.25

$10.50

$10.75

$11.00

$11.25

C

$10.00

$10.25

$10.50

$10.75

$11.00

$11.25

$11.50

$11.75

$12.00

$12.25

 

 

Step11

Step12

Step13

Step14

Step15

Step16

Step17

Step18

Step19

Step20

A

$10.50

$10.75

 






B

11.50

11.75

$12.00

$12.25

$12.50

 



C

$12.50

$12.75

$13.00

$13.25

$13.50

$13.75

$14.00

$14.25

$14.50

$14.75

Statewide Labor and Employee Relations helpful links:

Student Employment
http://www.alaska.edu/files/hr/personnel.hiring_process.student_employment.pdf

Student Employment vs. Scholarship/Fellowship Questionnaire Training
http://www.alaska.edu/files/hr/personnel.hiring_process.student_payment_presentation.pdf

Student Employment vs. Scholarship/Fellowship Questionnaire
http://www.alaska.edu/files/hr/personnel.hiring_process.student_payment_questionnaire.pdf

Personnel Procedures (Hiring Process section)
http://www.alaska.edu/hr/hr-procedures/personnel/