1. President's Fellowships cover tuition and fees,health insurance, plus $18,000 per year for living expenses, with a commitment to continue the support for three years provided the student remains in good standing. After the President's Fellowship's three-year tenure, in normal circumstances the Department continues support for the student for another two years.
2. Departmental fellowships range from $12,000 to $15,000 for first year students. Fellowships for non-first year students are given in combination with a teaching assistantship to enable the student to receive a stipend of approximately $12,000 to $15,000. These stipends are bundled with further support that covers tuition, fees, and health insurance. In most circumstances these fellowships provide support for five years of graduate study.
3. Departmental librarianships and graderships pay about $10,000 and allow out-of-state students to pay in-state tuition. These fellowships are usually supplemented with another form of Departmental support.
4. Teaching assistantships involve either conducting discussion sections for introductory courses or teaching a course of one's own; they provide a waiver of tuition in addition to the stipend, which ranges from $8,500 to $9,500.
5. Summer Teaching Assistantships involve teaching a four and a half week course of one's own during the summer session and pay about $3,500. Summer Teaching Assistantships are supplemental to fellowship support provided by the Graduate School or the Department intended for use during the nine months of the academic year.
6. Dissertation-year fellowships are offered to students in their final year of graduate study to enable them to finish the dissertation and seek academic employment free from the demands of teaching.
7. Aid packages to first-year students ordinarily consist of either a President's Fellowship, a departmental fellowship in combination with a librarianship, or a fellowship or librarianship alone. Teaching assistantships are not normally offered to first-year students unless they are entering with an M.A. in philosophy from another institution. Support for students after the first year typically consists of a teaching assistantship combined with a fellowship.