SUNY – Binghamton

• represented by Graduate Student Employees Union (GSEU)
• minimum stipend for a full-time TA/GA (works 20hr/wk): $7,000/academic year
  • a first year MA student needs 12 credit hours to qualify for full time status
  • 2nd year MA students and PhD students need 9 credit hours for full time status
• time of funding:
  • MA – max 4 semesters
  • PhD – max 8 semesters
  • re-evaluated after 2 semesters
• full tuition remission at in-state rates
  • For the first year, students receive in-state tuition and are given that time to qualify for residency. Beginning with the 3rd semester, if the student is not yet a NY resident, they are required to pay the difference for out-of-state tuition
  • students pay all fees
• insurance:
  • State contributes 90% of individual coverage costs and 75% of dependent coverage costs
  • Annual maximum for prescription drugs: $2,500
  • Annual benefit maximums, except prescription drugs: $350,000
  • Vision:
    • routine eye exam once in a 24-month period ($10 copay)
    • lenses and eyewear offered by participating provider paid in full once in a 24-month period
  • Dental:
    • up to two visits per 12-month period ($20 copay)
    • up to two fillings per 12-month period ($10 copay)
  • cost for calendar year 2007
    • Individual coverage: $4.79 from each biweekly paycheck
    • Family coverage: $41.53 from each biweekly paycheck

links:

Terms and Conditions of Employment for TA/GAs

Appointment Guidelines

Insurance Info

University of Maryland – Baltimore County

• minimum stipend for a full-time TA/GA (works 20hr/wk):
  • Step I ( MA students): $13,322
  • Step II (PhD students in 1st/2nd year): $14,688
  • Step III (PhD students 3rd year and beyond): $15,824
• time of funding:
  • must be re-appointed annually but not criteria for continuation of appointments
• tuition remission at in-state rates
  • full GA (20hrs/wk): up to 10 credit hours per semester
  • half GA (10hrs/wk): up to 5 credit hours per semester
  • full GAs also eligible for tuition remission for 4 summer credit hours
  • students pay all fees
• insurance:
  • Annual insurance premiums
    • student: $1,705
    • spouse: $2,340
    • child: $1,602
  • I could find no evidence that the university subsidizes any of the insurance expenses.
  • The GA Policies and Guidelines simply states: “Graduate assistants are eligible to enroll in either the UMBC or the UMB student health insurance program.”
  • The UMBC program is operated by Chickering, just as WMU

links:

GA Policies and Guidelines

Insurance Info

UW – Milwaukee

• stipend rates for full-time TA/GA (works 20hr/wk):
  • non-doctoral: $11,044
  • non-doctoral year 2: $11,169
  • doctoral: $11,965
  • dissertator: $15,481
• full tuition remission at in-state rates
  • non-residents must pay out-of-state fees (but doesn’t say anything about paying or not paying out-of-state tuition rates)
  • students pay all fees
• insurance:
  • Tier 1: $13.50/month (family: $34.00)
  • Tier 2: $30.00/month (family: $75.00)
  • Tier 3: $71.50/month (family: $179.00)
  • university covers sick leave and up to 12 weeks of unpaid family leave

links:

Salary Schedule

Insurance Info

University of Alabama

• minimum stipend for full-time TA/GA (works 20hr/wk): $9,200
• full tuition remission
  • permanently budgeted tuition for departments
  • tuition support limited to full tuition for nine hours, or the actual cost, whichever is less
  • out-of-state students receive tuition support on the same basis and with the same limits
  • student pays all fees
• insurance:
  • semester premiums:
    • student: $536.00
    • spouse: $1624.50
  • 100% coverage for primary care at university health center
  • 80% coverage for vision, outpatient, and maternity services
  • $500 maximum for prescription drugs; prescriptions filled at the student health center do not apply to this maximum
  • maximum benefit per condition: $250,000

links:

Permanent Tuition Budgets

Tuition Policy

Insurance Info

Florida International University

• minimum stipend for full-time TA/GA (works 20hr/wk): $7,500
• offer partial and full tuition remission that is granted by each department
  • student pays all fees
    • non-resident students pay fees at out-of-state rates
  • each department has a small number of out-of-state tuition waivers
  • covers 9 graduate hours in each semester; 3 summer hours for students in Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts; 6 summer hours for students in the Sciences
• insurance:
  • University covers 75% of premium costs
  • annual premium paid by student:
    • student: $412
    • spouse: $2,052
    • children: 1,065

links:

GA Policies

for example: GAs in Engineering

Insurance Info

University of Texas at Arlington

• minimum stipend for full-time TA/GA (works 20hr/wk)
  • MA students: $10,000
  • PhD students: $12,500
  • PhD (ABD): $13,500
• “Graduate teaching and research assistants employed at least 20 hours per week in positions related to their degree programs are entitled to Texas resident tuition rates”
  • no tuition remission
  • tuition rates and fees for GAs: $1693.68/6 credit hours; $2540.52/9 credit hours
• insurance:
  • State covers 50% of premium
  • Annual premiums:
    • student: $519
    • spouse: $2,975
    • children: $1,607
• note: I can’t figure out whether the university also covers half the premium for dependents; the numbers here for dependents are the numbers for all students, rather than specific to GAs

links:

GA Policies

for example: GAs in English

Insurance Info