Financial Support and Tuition — Engineering Physics (Physics/Astronomy Department), Mississippi State University

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Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-State Students

(Source: IPEDS, 2009) ?
Full-time students: Tuition ?$13,021
Full-time students: Fees ?$0
Part-time students: Cost per credit hour $724

In-State Students

(Source: IPEDS, 2009) ?
Full-time students: Tuition ?$5,151
Full-time students: Fees ?$0
Part-time students: Cost per credit hour $286

Application fee

(Source: IPEDS, 2009) ?
Graduate school application fee $40

Living Expenses

On Campus

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
On-campus room and board ?$7,520
Additional expenses ?$4,000

Off Campus

(Source: IPEDS, 2008)
Off-campus room and board ?$7,333
Additional expenses ?$3,313

Type of Financial Support

(Source: GSS, 2007)
How graduate students in the program (including master's, doctoral, and professional degree students) paid for their graduate educations
Teaching assistantship ? 35%
Research assistantship ? 48%
Fellowship ? 3%
Traineeship ? 0%
Other 13%

Sources of Financial Support

(Source: GSS, 2007)
How graduate students in the program (including master's, doctoral, and professional degree students) paid for their graduate educations

Federal Support

Department of Defense 6%
National Institutes of Health 0%
Health and Human Services (except NIH) 0%
National Science Foundation 10%
Department of Agriculture 0%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 0%
Department of Energy 23%
Other Federal sources 10%

Non-Federal Support

Institutional support 35%
Foreign sources 0%
Other US sources 3%
Self support 13%
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all Astrophysics and Astronomy degree recipients from Mississippi State University and may include graduates from more than one program.

The graduate school rankings on PhDs.org have been made possible by grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
The National Postdoctoral Association and The Center for Science and the Media have served as the project's fiscal sponsors.