Financial Support

Financial Support for Undergraduate Students

The MTSU History Department provides several work-study positions to undergraduate students. For work-study information and applications, visit this link: http://www.mtsu.edu/~fin_aid/workstudy.htm.

Financial Support for Graduate Students

MA and PhD Graduate Teaching/Professional Assistantships
Students accepted into the MA program in history are eligible for a teaching assistantship for up to four semesters. The assistantships are competitive and cover the cost of tuition and most fees for fall and spring, and provide a monthly stipend ( during fall and spring semesters). Students holding assistantships are required to work an average of twenty hours per week under the direction of a history department faculty member, to carry at least six hours of graduate work, and to make satisfactory progress in the graduate program.

Students accepted into the PhD program are eligible for a teaching, research, or professional assistantship. For more information on financial aid for doctoral candidates, click here

Center for Historic Preservation
The Center for Historic Preservation annually awards one or more masters-level and doctoral-level graduate assistantships for responsibilities related to the Center's programs. In a typical year, approximately 14 students hold positions in the Center. Masters level graduate research assistantships at the Center provide a stipend of $6,000 plus all tuition and most fees for the academic year.

Gore Center Assistantships
The Albert Gore Research Center provides two in-house professional assistantships and two assistantship positions at the Rutherford County Archives to graduate students during the academic school year. Research assistants at the Gore Center are assigned work related to the Center’s regional archival collections programs. Those at the Rutherford County Archive are responsible for maintaining collections and facilitating public access to the archive. The positions provide a modest stipend as well as covering tuition and most fees. For more information, see the Gore Center web page.

For more information, contact the Financial Aid Office.