Financial Assistance

MS and PhD students are eligible to apply for Pathobiology Graduate Research Assistantships or Microbiology Graduate Teaching Assistantships, regardless of whether they are in- or out-of-state. The application deadline for assistantships is in early April for Fall awards. Assistantships are competitive and we having more applicants than awards. Application guidelines and forms, as well as other information can be found here.

Please note that all students on departmental assistantships must enroll in 10 units in both Fall and Spring semesters. Students on assistantships pay only 40% of in-state tutition (out-of-state students receive an in-state waiver).

Full information on tuition costs can be found here.

Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities

Information on scholarship and fellowship opportunities can be found here.

Tucson Cost-of-Living

The following website has some information on comparative costs-of-living.

http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/costofliving/costofliving.html