Math Graduate Cost

Most graduate students receive a Graduate Tuition Award (tuition paid for all courses related to the program) and a teaching assistantship. The teaching assistantship usually involves teaching either college algebra or calculus, with a total time commitment of about 20 hours per week.

A few students are given research assistantships.

The stipend for masters-level teaching and research assistants for the 2002-2003 school year is about $13,000. Doctoral students are paid somewhat more, and also receive a raise after they have passed their qualifying exams.

Summer support, in the form of tuition scholarships, and additional teaching and research assistantships is often available for strong students.

Note to students applying for terms other than Fall: The usual time to begin the graduate program is Fall semester, and most financial aid decisions will be made when the fall applicants are considered. We will, however, try to provide financial aid to applicants admitted other terms as resources permit.

Tuition and Fees

Note: A significant portion of the cost of operating the university is paid from the tithes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Therefore, students and families of students who are tithe-paying members of the Church ("LDS") have already made a contribution to the operation of the university. Because others will not have made this contribution, they are charged a higher tuition, a practice similar in principle to that of state universities charging higher tuition to nonresidents.

Note: Non-degree seeking students pay graduate tuition.