The Graduate School

Financial Support

It is expected that all recipients will be in good academic standing as well as be in good standing with UT Tyler Judicial Affairs and The Graduate School at the time of any award. Recipients will be expected to maintain good standing with all above mentioned offices during their time at UT Tyler.

Federal Financial Aid 

Domestic graduate students who have been fully, provisionally, or conditionally admitted into a degree-seeking program do not qualify for financial aid. Post-Baccalaureate Non-Degree, Graduate Non-Degree, and Certification students are ineligible for financial aid and/or scholarships.

Those accepted into financial aid eligible programs are encouraged to complete a Federal Application for Financial Aid (FAFSA). The Office of Financial Aid has more information about this application, including deadlines.

Graduate, Research, and Teaching Assistantships

Assistantships are also available. You can find out more about those by reviewing the Graduate Assistantship Policy.

Application Fee Waiver

Graduate Admissions currently only offers graduate application fee waivers to current UT Tyler students, UT Tyler alumni, active US military personnel, current UT Tyler employees, and McNair Scholars. Please contact gradadmissions@uttyler.edu for details before submitting your application.

New Graduate Fellowship 

Information about the New Graduate Fellowship can be found below.  Students can apply for the fellowship after admission by using their Patriot credentials to sign in to the Scholarship Portal.   Students will be required to complete a general application first and will be matched with the New Graduate Fellowship application once the general application is submitted. Application deadlines can be found on our Graduate School Calendar.

The New Graduate Fellowship is a $1,000 award available to domestic and international, Texas and non-Texas residents. With this award, non-Texas residents also qualify for in-state tuition during their first academic year of graduate study only. The academic year begins each fall and ends the following summer. The $1,000 is awarded in $500 increments in each fall and spring semester. You must be enrolled in each semester to receive the full award. No awards are made in the summer.

*Students in programs with discounted tuition (curriculum and instruction, reading, school counseling, special education, and educational leadership) and those in the accelerated MBA and executive MBA programs are not eligible for the NGF. Certification-only students are also not eligible.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Be accepted into a graduate, degree-seeking program.
• Be in your first semester of graduate school at UT Tyler.
• Enroll full-time. (Nine credit hours for the semester awarded. No awards will be made for semesters in which the student is not enrolled full-time.)
• Meet or exceed at least one of the following criteria:
  • Final undergraduate GPA of at least 3.25
  • Final GPA of at least 3.25 on a prior master’s degree (official transcript required for verification)
  • Combined GRE score of 307
  • Total GMAT score of 500
  • Total MAT score of 410

Meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee an award. All students, awarded and denied, will be notified via their Patriots Email.

Important Notes:

• NGF recipients who violate the UT Tyler Honor Code (which includes violations of F-1 status) will have their NGF revoked.
• Those with foreign transcripts who wish to be considered for the award based on their GPA must submit an international transcript evaluation. Even if it is not required for admission, it is required if you want to be considered for the New Graduate Fellowship.
• You must be admitted to your program BEFORE you apply for this award; applications for those who have not yet been admitted will be deleted. Be sure to complete all fields on the application; incomplete applications will not be considered.

New Graduate Fellowship Renewal

Information about the New Graduate Fellowship renewal application can be found below. Application deadlines can be found on our Graduate School Calendar.

Depending on available funding, you may be offered a renewal of your New Graduate Fellowship. Renewals are made in the Fall semesters only.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Be enrolled full-time (Nine credit hours for the semester awarded. No awards will be made for semesters in which the student is not enrolled full-time. If you are graduating and will not be enrolled full-time, you may submit a scholarship appeal.)
• Meet or exceed a UT Tyler GPA of 3.25 so far.

*Meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee an award. All students, awarded and denied, will be notified via their Patriots Email.

Returning UT Tyler Graduate Students

UT Tyler has college scholarship opportunities available for students who have attended for at least one semester and have earned a UT Tyler GPA. These awards are managed by the One Stop Service Center, and you can find more information on their website.

Veterans

The Veteran’s Resource Center can assist with understanding and processing military benefits.