University Graduate Scholarship (UGS): The department offers several UGSs every year, which pays 80 to 100 percent graduate tuition and some fees. Most entering students receive a UGS. Students with a UGS must be full time, taking a minimum of 12 credit hours each quarter.

Graduate Assistantship (GA): The department also offers several GAs each year. The GA provides a stipend of approximately $10,000 for the academic year in addition to a UGS. GA's are awarded competitively based on academic excellence as demonstrated in the application; in some cases, students can pick up a GA in their second year. Students holding the GA are required to work 15-20 hours per week, either teaching (most often "Introduction to Women's Studies" or "Current Issues in Women's Studies") or on projects at the Department (publications, conferences, etc.).

Friends of Women's Studies provides an additional GA to a student whose responsibilities are to maintain the organization's office.

Allinsmith Scholarship: A generous gift in honor of a founder of Friends provides an additional scholarship designed to provide special assistance
to an international student, a woman of color or a student in grave
financial need.

Yates Fellowships: This program administered through the graduate division provides both tuition and stipends to qualified students who are members of groups underrepresented in their disciplines. Applicants are nominated by programs and departments for these awards.

GAs are also available throughout the university: Women's Studies students have obtained GAs in the Ombuds Office, Women's Department, Honors Program, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences Advising Department and elsewhere.

Friends of Women's Studies Travel and Research Grants are available by application for students planning to present papers at conferences or needing to travel for their research.

Students in the MA/JD program can receive Department-based financial aid only in the year they spend entirely in Women's Studies; the College of Law has a separate financial aid system.

The Department of Women's Studies awards grants annually to support graduate students undertaking internships locally, nationally, and internationally and often awards grants to MA/JD students in their 1st year of the MA.

The College of Law is offering support for MA/JD students who opt to spend the Fall of their fourth year participating in an externship at such places as the National Women's Law Center in Washington, DC.

For more information on graduate assistantships and financial
support contact:
Graduate Director, Department of Women's Studies
Barb Watts, Associate Dean, College of Law

See Financial Aid