Tuition*: Full-time graduate students generally register for 9-12 credits per semester
Resident tuition for 2009-2010 - $316/credit
Non-Resident tuition- $646/credit
Fees*: $450 per semester
Books: ~ $500 per semester
Required Supplies - Laptop: ~ $2,000
Approximate cost per academic year for Resident Students is $14,000
Approximate cost per academic year for Non-Resident Students is $26,000
[*Tuition and Fee figures are based on 2009-2010 rates]

Financial Assistance
Information on financial assistance for graduate students is available at the following web site:  http://www.uaf.edu/gradsch/grants-and-fellowships/

Graduate Fellowships/Scholarships/Grants

• Thesis Completion Fellowship Program: March 15
• Graduate Assistantships: various deadlines
• Austin Cooley Talent Grant: February 15 each year
• Rausch Scholarship: February 15 each year
• UA Privately Funded Scholarships: February 15 each year
• Scholarships outside UAF: various deadlines
• Dissertation completion grants (Mellon Foundation, NSF)

Funded Research Programs

• Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic and Subarctic (MESAS) (http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/mesas/apply.php)
• Resilence and Adaptation Program (RAP) (http://www.rap.uaf.edu/apply.cfm)
• EPSCoR (http://www.alaska.edu/epscor)

Graduate students who are employees of the University of Alaska or are 65 or older are eligible for tuition waivers. Information is available at the following web site: www.alaska.edu/hr/forms/forms/tuition_waiver_req.pdf