Graduate Scholarship and Assistantship

RIT's graduate financial information is available at http://www.rit.edu/~625www/financial.html.

Graduate Assistantships

Assistantships are available to new, full-time graduate students entering in Fall quarter for a maximum of one (1) academic year: fall through spring. An assistantship application is available through the NSSA office or it is available for download as an Adobe PDF document, and is due by March 15th. Awards are made once a year, in April, for the following academic year.

Merit Scholarships

A Merit Scholarship may be available to matriculated NSSA students who are receiving little or no financial support from an employer or other funding sources. Scholarships are usually granted at admission based on prior academic performance or employment background, and are typically continued as long as the student is actively matriculated. The award can be used towards either full or part-time study.

To be eligible for the maximum amount for a given quarter, you must be in good academic standing (have a cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0/4.0 or better) and have completed all prerequisite courses before the start of the quarter.

Students who have not completed all of the program prerequisite courses, may or may not be awarded a merit scholarship at the discretion of the Graduate Program Coordinator. However the maximum amount that can be awarded in this situation is 20%. When you have completed all of your prerequisite courses, contact the NSSA Graduate Program Coordinator and request that your scholarship amount be re-evaluated.

Scholarship Renewal

The scholarship must be renewed yearly. If you plan to study in the summer quarter or take courses in the next academic year, you need to submit a scholarship renewal request form to the NSSA office.