• Stand-alone master’s program students should not expect tuition remission and/or in-state tuition awards beyond four semesters.
• MFA students should not expect tuition support beyond the expected number of semesters to completion. Some programs are four semesters, others six semesters.
• Doctoral students (or students in doctoral track sequence programs) should not expect tuition remission and/or in-state tuition awards beyond ten semesters. (Departments with students who complete a stand-alone master’s program and are subsequently admitted to a doctoral program may petition the Graduate School for additional semesters of support.)

Individual programs are permitted to grant additional semesters of tuition support provided Graduate School funding sources are not used. Semesters in which the student does not receive a tuition award from the Graduate School do not count toward the semester limits.

Students who are enrolled in an academic program, do not complete the degree, and later enroll in a different program are only eligible for the maximum semesters of eligibility as noted above during their enrollment at the University.