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Graduate Assistantships

Millersville offers graduate assistantships to prospective and currently enrolled graduate students who have been formally admitted into a master's degree program. Graduate assistants are assigned to an academic department or administrative office on-campus, usually relating to the student's area of study. Eligible students can benefit from an assistantship because the experience serves as a contribution to a graduate student's intellectual development. An assistantship also entitles a graduate assistant to a tuition waiver and a bi-weekly stipend during the academic year.

The majority of our graduate assistantships are full-time whereby the graduate assistant would work twenty (20) hours per week in the position. A limited number of part-time graduate assistantships are available whereby the graduate assistant would work ten (10) hours per week in the position. The stipend and tuition waiver would be determined based on the full-time/part-time status of the assistantship. Students interested in applying for a graduate assistantship should submit a completed Graduate Assistantship Application and Information packet that will be subject to review on a competitive basis.

Diversity in Graduate Assistantships - Millersville University is committed to increasing multicultural awareness and understanding, and to recruiting and retaining a diverse student body. To this end, the Office of Graduate Studies is deeply commitment to recruiting and retaining underrepresented populations as members of our graduate student community. As several of our academic and administrative offices on campus provide services aimed at supporting our minority and international students, we especially encourage graduate assistant applications from students of diverse backgrounds for these positions.

Click here to download an electronic copy of the Graduate Assistantship Application (PDF format). Please note that application materials must be submitted by the February 1 deadline. Since acceptance into a master's degree program is a condition of appointment as a graduate assistant, a graduate assistant application will not be considered until a completed graduate admissions application is received by the Office of Graduate Studies and Research.

Current graduate assistants at Millersville should familiarize themselves with the Graduate Assistant Guidelines that accompanied their appointment letters for additional details about their assignment.

Listed below is a partial inventory of graduate assistant placements. Additional graduate assistant opportunities are available periodically depending on additional resources and grant funding. This list is for informational purposes only and is not meant to suggest that current openings exist in these departments.

Graduate Assistant Evaluation Process - Graduate assistants are evaluated annually by their supervisors during their placement. The primary purpose of this evaluation is developmental, allowing the graduate assistant to gain feedback and insight regarding their professional strengths and areas of improvement. Click here to download an electronic copy of the Graduate Assistant Evaluation Form.