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Financial Aid and Information

Tuition and Fees

Tuition cost and fee information is available by clicking here. Tuition is due by the end of the first week of class. All tuition and fees must be pended or paid by that date.

Residency

Section 1009.21, F.S., Determination of resident status for tuition purposes, was amended during the 2009 legislation session. The rules and guidelines are in the process of being revised to reflect the new changes. View a copy of the amended section of law (see lines 278-457).

For a comprehensive overview of residency rules and guidelines, please click here.

Financial Aid

There are several types of financial aid including subsidized and unsubsidized loans, graduate teaching assistantships, graduate research assistantships, tuition waivers, and scholarships. Graduate students are welcome to apply for any funding for which they feel qualified. To be awarded graduate financial aid, a student must be accepted into a graduate degree-seeking major by the Graduate School.

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Assistantships and Scholarships

Graduate Assistantships

Each of UNF's five colleges offers graduate assistantships, graduate teaching assistantships and graduate research assistantships. Different programs have different assistantship opportunities and different compensation/stipend models.  Graduate students who wish to apply for assistantships should contact the program director of the program in which they plan to enroll. The list of program directors and their email addresses is available here.

Tuition Waivers

Tuition waivers generally are offered in conjunction with assistantships.  Tuition waivers cover some portion of the tuition costs the student bears; in many cases, master's-degree-pursuing graduate assistants may expect to have approximately half of their tuition waived.  Students are responsible for the outstanding balance not covered by the waiver. Graduate students are encouraged to contact their program director for more information and to inquire about the possibility of acquiring such a waiver. Note that waivers are never offered in exchange for services; rather, they are offered to lend support to students who, by virtue of being graduate assistants, are pursuing full-time study in their disciplines. 

Scholarship Opportunities

The Graduate School offers two scholarships.  The Delores Auzenne Fellowship assists students from populations that are underrepresented in particular disciplines; this changes from year to year, as does the amount of funding available to an Auzenne Scholarship recipient.  The Graduate Scholars Program offers aid to students who are pursing projects of their own initiation that contribute to their activity as scholars, for example, the presentation of a paper at a scholarly conference.  These are one-time modest awards to cover costs associated with these sorts of scholarly activities. 

Each of the University's five colleges offers graduate Scholarship opportunities as well:

Coggin College of Business Scholarships

College of Computing, Engineering and Construction Scholarships

College of Education and Human Services Scholarships
Click here for additional Fall 2009 COEHS scholarship information

Brooks College of Health Scholarships

Latin American - Caribbean Scholarship

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Student Loans

Student Loans

By far the most accessible form of funding for graduate students, subsidized and unsubsidized student loans are available from the One Stop Student Services office. Returning students must reapply for student loans each year. The FAFSA is available January 1 each year.

Steps for Applying for Financial Aid and Loans

Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the renewal online at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Our school code is 009841.  If you need financial aid beginning in the spring semester, visit http://needaid.unf.edu and complete a Midyear Financial Aid Request form. If you need aid beginning in the summer semester, visit http://needaid.unf.edu  and complete a UNF Summer Financial Aid Request form. UNF recommends that you file your FAFSA each year by April 1.

Please note that in order to be awarded graduate financial aid, a student MUST be accepted into a graduate degree-seeking major by the Graduate School.

If admitted to a graduate degree seeking program, please see the Critical Steps to Financial Aid for the following steps for timely disbursement of your financial aid. Failure to do so will delay the awarding of your financial aid.

For more information on how to ensure that you keep your financial aid, please visit Keeping Your Financial Aid .

Please note that if your award covers only part of your tuition and fees, you will be responsible for any outstanding balance.

For more information regarding financial aid, please visit the Financial Aid Homepage.