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student with shovel during workday at Lake WedingtonTo receive a graduate assistantship, a student must be accepted by the University of Arkansas Graduate School and be admitted to a HKRD graduate program. Graduate assistantship stipends vary in amounts depending on work assignments, but all include a waiver of in-state and out-of-state tuition. Stipends range between $9,600 and $16,000. 

Additional funding is available for qualified doctoral students in terms of fellowships. Doctoral graduate assistants who qualify as Doctoral Academy Fellows receive $22,000/year plus tuition and Distinguished Doctoral Fellows receive $32,000/year plus tuition.  Minimum qualifications for fellowships are (1) Doctoral Academy-GRE of 1050 on combined verbal/quantitative portions, GRE writing score of 5.0, graduate GPA of 3.65; (2) Distinguished Doctoral-GRE of 1200 on combined verbal/quantitative portions, GRE writing score of 5.5, graduate GPA 3.85. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis. For more information, contact Dr. Dean Gorman. Address inquiries to 308 HPER Building, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Call 479-575-2890, dgorman@uark.edu or FAX 479-575-5778. 

Note: Qualified minority applicants may apply for a Benjamin Lever Fellowship, which provides tuition assistance. Graduate students from Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma are not be required to pay out-of-state tuition, regardless if they hold a graduate assistantship position or not, to attend the University of Arkansas.

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