Graduate Financial Awards

Tuition and Fees Schedule

Click on the above link for the current tuition and fees schedule for the graduate program at SHSU.   Scholarship recipients often qualify for in-state tuition rates.

Financial Awards

Sam Houston State University offers several types of financial awards to eligible graduate students. The amount may vary from year to year.  These include:

• Scholarships:

  Various scholarships are awarded on an annual basis, subject to availability of funds and eligibility. Scholarship recipients often qualify for in-state tuition rates.
  
  Contact the Office of Scholarships, 936/294-1672, for information about little-known scholarship programs.

• Assistant Instructorships:

  The Department of Psychology and Philosophy is occasionally able to reward teaching assistantships to students who have completed at least 18 hours of graduate study.
  
  Register your interest in such a position by completing an application form available from the Psychology Office in the CHSS Building, #390. 

• Financial Awards through the University Financial Aid Office:

  Various sources of support are available through the Financial Aid Office.
  These include:

  1. Grants
  2. State Tuition Exemption Programs
  3. Various Student Loans

Shelley A. Riggs, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology

CHSS 380

(936)294-1178

sxr142@shsu.edu

For general questions about the programs or application process, please contact: