Admissions & Aid
Graduate Assistantships
Graduate assistantships are available for interested and qualified students each academic year.
The application deadline is May 1.
Graduate Assistantship Eligibility Requirements
Before submitting an application, please review the requirements below to ensure that you are eligible for a graduate assistantship. The School of Graduate Studies will verify your eligibility.
- Full admittance into a master’s degree program at Salem State University
- Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate field
- Minimum 3.0 undergraduate GPA
- Minimum preferred GRE verbal score or GMAT total score of 500 or a minimum preferred Miller Analogy Test score above the 40th percentile, unless you hold a master’s degree or higher
- Minimum preferred GRE quantitative score of 500 if your intended major field of study is mathematics or science, unless you hold a master’s degree or higher
- Enrollment in at least six credits each semester
- The assistantship may be renewable; applicants must maintain a 3.5 GPA.
Award Information
Graduate assistants are awarded tuition remission for all courses except directed studies, theses and consortia courses. You are responsible for all associated course fees. Tuition remission is considered a financial resource in any financial aid award.
In addition, each full-time assistantship carries payment for work performed. The hourly rate of pay is $12, based upon a 10-hour work week while classes are in session. Payment is bi-weekly.
Download the Graduate assistantship application forms for the 2011 - 2012 academic year. Please note that both forms are within this one downloadable pdf file – pages one and two are the graduate research assistantship 2011-2012 student application pages, and pages three and four are the graduate program assistantship 2011-2012 student application pages. Please use the correct form, in accordance with the descriptions below.
Categories of Assistantships
Graduate Program Assistantship
Graduate program assistantships are intended to encourage and assist superior students in pursuing their course of graduate study; to provide students with professional development opportunities, and to provide support for university projects. Please see the graduate program assistantship application for more details.
Graduate Research Assistantship
Graduate research assistantships are designed to link a graduate student with a faculty member on a meaningful research project. During the assistantship period, the graduate research assistant will work directly with a faculty member on a project, which may lead to a presentation at a conference, a joint publication, or other significant professional activity. They are intended to encourage and assist superior students in pursuing their course of graduate study; to provide students with professional development opportunities, and to provide support for faculty research, scholarship, and creative activities. Please see the graduate research assistantship application for more details.
Contact Us
Anne Fitzgerald-Clark
School of Graduate Studies
Salem State University
352 Lafayette Street
Salem, MA 01970
Phone: 978.542.6310
Fax: 978.542.7215
