Tuition: Payment required of an individual for enrollment in courses. This term is not interchangeable with fees.

Resident Tuition: The tuition rate paid by all University of Oklahoma Students.

Non-Resident Tuition: The additional tuition paid by all students who are not residents of Oklahoma.

Fees: Charges in addition to tuition which students are assessed as a condition of enrollment. This term is not interchangeable with tuition.

Tuition Waiver:A reduction in a student's tuition bill. State law prohibits the Graduate College from waiving fees.

Full-Time Graduate Student: These are the definitions used by the Graduate College. The Offices of Payroll and Financial Aid may use alternate definitions to determine income tax and financial aid eligibility.

• Summer Session: Full-Time Graduate Students = Enrolled in 4 hours OR Enrolled in 3 hours with a Qualified Graduate Assistantship
• Fall & Spring Semesters: Full-Time Graduate Students = Enrolled in 9 hours OR Enrolled in 6 hours with a Qualified Graduate Assistantship

Qualified Graduate Appointment

• Graduate Student (College 06)
• 0.50 FTE Appointment (or multiple appointments that total 0.50 FTE*) through an academic department**
• Full Semester Appointment - from the first day of class to the last day of final exams.
• Enrolled in 6 hours (during the semester(s) of the appointment)
• Job Title:
  • Graduate Research Assistant (qualified) - Code 1777
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant (qualified) - Code 1778

The Qualified Graduate Assistant tuition waiver program is designed to provide tuition support to graduate students whose graduate assistantship is relevant and an integral part of their graduate education experience.  The basic model for this is a full-semester 0.5FTE appointment as a Graduate Teaching Assistant or Graduate Research Assistant within an academic department or related research unit.  Students whose appointment do not meet these criteria are not automatically eligible for a tuition waiver, and will be considered as follows:

* If a student has multiple appointments totaling 0.50 FTE, then each appointment must also meet all other eligibility criteria (i.e., appointment length and job title) in order for the student to qualify for this tuition waiver.

** If the student has an appointment with a non-academic department, has multiple appointments that are not ALL within academic departments, the student is not automatically eligible for this tuition waiver. In these cases, the appointing departments or unit may request a tuition waiver as described below.

***If the student is appointed in non academic department, the appointing department petitions the Graduate College Dean stating the:

• Student’s Name
• ID number
• Student job title  
• Student’s degree program
• A brief description of responsibilities and how they relate to the student’s degree program
• The Graduate Dean will review the petition, and if it is approved, adds the student’s name to the list of eligible Graduate Assistants.

****If the student is appointed in non-academic department and is paid from a research grant (125 account) that is providing a portion of the tuition remission, then the student is eligible for the Qualified Graduate Assistant Tuition Waiver.