Financial Support and Tuition — Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-State Students

(Source: IPEDS, 2009) ?
Full-time students: Tuition ?$15,978
Full-time students: Fees ?$1,185
Part-time students: Cost per credit hour $666

In-State Students

(Source: IPEDS, 2009) ?
Full-time students: Tuition ?$5,928
Full-time students: Fees ?$1,185
Part-time students: Cost per credit hour $247

Application fee

(Source: IPEDS, 2009) ?
Graduate school application fee $45

Living Expenses

On Campus

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
On-campus room and board ?$7,260
Additional expenses ?$3,288

Off Campus

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
Off-campus room and board ?$7,234
Additional expenses ?$3,288

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 ? 34%
Research assistantship ? 52%
Fellowship ? 8%
Traineeship ? 1%
Other 5%

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 0%
National Institutes of Health 20%
Health and Human Services (except NIH) 0%
National Science Foundation 10%
Department of Agriculture 6%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 0%
Department of Energy 1%
Other Federal sources 4%

Non-Federal Support

Institutional support 44%
Foreign sources 0%
Other US sources 9%
Self support 5%
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all Biology / Integrated Biology / Integrated Biomedical Sciences degree recipients from University of Nebraska-Lincoln 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.