Graduate Assistant Information

A Graduate Assistantship (GA) is a position offered to a graduate student where they work part-time in various roles in exchange for financial support and professional experience.  Graduate assistantships are beneficial because they provide a stipend and tuition waivers for 18 credits per year (fall, spring and summer semester) for a maximum of 36 graduate credits over the course of two years.  A Graduate Assistantship also offer valuable professional experience, financial support, networking Opportunties, skill development and academic growth. 

To be eligible for a Graduate Assistantship, you must:

• Hold a bachelor's degree
• Be accepted into the SMSU School of Graduate Studies Program
• Must continue to meet minimum requirements of a 3.0 GPA.

For more information refer to the Graduate Assistant Appointment Procedure.

Be sure to fill out a fillable application and send to the department in which you are interested in applying. Each department is responsible for hiring their own Graduate Assistant.  

You can visit the Graduate Assistant page for a list of available graduate assistant positions, status (filled or open), and the hiring contact for each of the GA positions on campus. Feel free to reach out to a department to see if a position is available.