The Philosophy Department will appoint incoming PhD students as Graduate Assistants, with reappointment subject to satisfactory progress. New teaching assistants in our PhD program received a nine month salary of $ 20,000. Graduate Assistants receive in-state status for tuition and the university will cover your full-time tuition up to 9 semester credit hours, not including fees. For enrollment in additional hours (beyond 9 hours) the non-resident waiver allows graduate students to pay the additional tuition and fees at in-state rates. Budget constraints permitting, the Department assists in payment of fees.