Program Costs

All 7 students admitted to the doctoral program in school psychology for the 2009-10 academic year received graduate assistantships.  Students received a stipend of $10,803 as part of their assistantship for the academic year and should receive $1,620 for the first summer term (if money is available).  The past 7 years all students who applied for a summer assistantship received one.   Along with the stipend, students receive full tuition remission for the academic year and can enroll in up to 12 credit hours per semester.   If a student has an assistantship for both semesters during an academic year, they also are eligible to receive full tuition remission during the summer terms/semester, regardless of whether they have a summer assistantship assignment.  Students can enroll for 6 credit hours if they have a summer assistantship.  Historically ( for the past 7 years), all students in the doctoral program have received graduate assistantships including the tuition remission every year of the program prior to leaving for internship.  This has typically equated to 3 to 4 years of funding and tuition remission.  All students in the program have been full-time prior to leaving for internship.  Students are required to pay the following fees:

 Student Dedicated fee ($756 per semester; $378 for 5 week or shorter summer term and $756 for the summer semester);
Health Services Fee ($79 per semester; $42 summer);
Technology fee ($177 per semester; $177 summer); and
Recreation fee ($45 per semester; $45).

For additional information on assistantships and financial aid click the following links:  

http://www.bsu.edu/edpsych/schpsych/financialaid/ 
http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/GradSchool/Admissions/CostsandFinancialAid.aspx 

The Doctoral Program in School Psychology at Ball State University is accredited by the American Psychological Association.

 Commission on Accreditation
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 336-5979