Tuition Costs and Funding Opportunities
The Department of English and the Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics strive to make their graduate programs financially accessible to all students.
2024-2025 Tuition and Related Costs
Rates may change annually, please reference the Dietrich College Student Financial Services webpage for the latest information.
Graduate Students are responsible for the following costs for the program:
| Fall #1 | Spring #1 | Fall #2 | TOTALS | |
| Tuition | $25,750 | $25,750 | ~$26,000 | ~$77,500 |
| Student Activities Fee | $122 | $122 | ~$125 | ~$369 |
| Transportation Fee | $131 | $131 | ~$135 | ~$397 |
| Technology Fee | $235 | $235 | ~$240 |
~$710 |
| BASE TOTAL | $26,238 | $26,238 | ~$26,500 | ~$78,976 |
| Max Scholarship | ($11,750) | ($11,750) | ~($11,750) | ~($35,250) |
| NET TOTAL | $14,448 | $14,488 | ~$14,750 | ~$43,726 |
Note: Tuition and other costs for upcoming academic years have not yet been determined by the University. As such, all figures preceded by a "~" are estimates subject to change.
Graduate Students are also responsible for securing medical insurance. Insurance can be purchased directly from the University unless an insurance waiver is approved. Please review the University Health Services website for full details.
2024-2025 Funding Opportunities - M.A. GCAT
Scholarships:
Students accepted into the GCAT master's program will be considered for a competitive program scholarship. No additional scholarship application is required.
Research Assistantships (RA-ships)
Who is eligible: All graduate students are eligible to apply for all positions.
Amount: $17/hour for about 50 hours a semester.
Graduate students work with faculty members on a wide array of assignments designed to supplement their coursework and to give them valuable professional experience. These positions generally involve 5-10 hours of work per week at $17/hour. Available positions are generally advertised to incoming students at the beginning of each fall term.
Student Academic Success Center
The Student Academic Success Center (SASC) supports student success by providing academic coaching, subject-specific tutoring, effective communication strategies, accommodations for students with disabilities, and language support for multi-lingual learners. SASC also engages with faculty and with staff to improve the coordination and professional development for academic advisors.
A number of Learning Support Positions may be available to graduate students, including:
- Academic Coaches (AC) provide holistic one-on-one peer support and group workshops to help students find and implement their conditions for success. ACs meet regularly with students to assess work/life balance, develop and implement strategies to strengthen that balance, and provide both academic and social support throughout the process. The main goal of an AC is to help any student achieve their fullest potential. There are also potential opportunities for ACs to work with international students in individual meetings to help develop fluency through conversation and provide feedback on the English language skills of multilingual students.
- Communication and Language Support Consultants offer one-on-one and small group communication tutoring and workshops to undergraduate and graduate students at CMU. Advice is based on communication research and scholarship while focused on learnable principles: knowledge and skills that are useful outside of an individual consultation. Being a consultant is an opportunity to deepen teaching experience and the ability to work with genres in the humanities and STEM. Consultants typically work 5 - 7.5 hours per week.
- Peer Tutors facilitate student learning by helping to clarify specific course content and promote the use of appropriate study strategies. Tutors may consult with faculty for course resources, guidance, and direction in their tutoring work. The most common courses supported include introductory courses in mathematics, chemistry, physics, economics, engineering, and computer science. Tutors conduct regularly scheduled one-on-one and group tutoring sessions throughout the semester as needed. They also host Drop-in sessions on a weekly basis. Peer Tutors do not provide answers to homework assignments, but work with students to model problem solving strategies and explain course-specific concepts in compliance with university academic integrity standards. Peer Tutors typically work 5-10 hours per week. Must have completed your bachelor's at CMU.