Funding Your Education
Financial Aid and Assistantships
Please contact the Office of Student Financial Aid for other scholarship, grant and loan opportunities, Ask Raider Red, or phone (806) 742-3681 to speak with a financial aid advisor. Graduate students may borrow up to $20,500 annually in the Federal Direct Loan Program and may borrow up to the total cost of education less any other financial aid through the Federal Graduate PLUS Loan Program. Information regarding loan application is available at www.studentloans.gov. Part-time students qualify for loans as long as they are enrolled at least half-time, for graduate students half-time enrollment is six credit hours. Limited grant funding is available at the graduate level and is awarded on a first come, first served basis. Be sure to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for grant consideration. Graduate advisors in individual academic departments should be contacted for information regarding assistantship positions.
Graduate Assistantship - A graduate student in an institution of higher education employed in support of a department or unit responsible for work assigned by the supervisor within the unit or department which utilizes knowledge beyond undergraduate academic studies.
Research Assistantship - A graduate student in an institution of higher education employed in support of the research mission of the unit, its director or faculty, in laboratory, field, or computer work, or such other activities as may assist the unit's research effort.
Teaching Assistantship - A graduate student in an institution of higher education employed in support of the teaching mission of the unit who is responsible for a quiz, drill, or laboratory section.
Graduate Part Time Instructor - A graduate student in an institution of higher education employed in support of the teaching mission of the unit who is responsible for, or in charge of, a class or class section, or a quiz, drill, or laboratory section. Graduate student must have at least 18 graduate hours in the teaching filed.