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Music Assistantships

Fund your graduate studies while gaining valuable experience.

Graduate Assistantships

The School of Music at UL Lafayette offers a limited number of Graduate Assistantships to highly qualified Master of Music students. These assistantships provide a tuition waiver and a monthly stipend of $10,700 while allowing students to build professional experience through teaching, performance, and administrative work.

Assistantships are renewable for up to two academic years, dependent upon GPA, progress towards your degree, and evaluation of assistantship duties. Partial on­-campus housing stipends are also available.

Some financial aid is also available from the Friends of Music, which is based on departmental need and students’ performance level.

Master's Fellowships

A limited number of competitive Master’s Fellowships are also available. These provide $11,000 per year with no departmental duties for students with the highest GPA and GRE scores. These fellowships are available for one year only. The graduate student would be given the usual Graduate Assistantship for the subsequent year.

Music Education

For graduate students in music education, the Teacher Tuition Incentive Program is available on a limited basis. This provides a partial waiver of tuition. Eligibility criteria are available on the Graduate School website. In­service teachers may also wish to consult their local school boards for tuition assistance and sabbatical leave possibilities.

Prerequisites

  • Earn a bachelor’s degree by June of the academic year.
  • Meet Graduate School entrance requirements, including general GRE requirements.
  • Participate in an entrance audition and assistantship interview. In-person preferred, though recordings and video calls are possible with the permission of the respective division.
  • Submit a Letter of Intent.
  • Complete an Assistantship Application, which can be found on the Graduate School's website.

Applications

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but assistantships are limited. For full consideration, apply by:

Priority Deadline: April 1 (for fall assistantships)

Contact the Graduate Coordinator

Address inquiries to:
Dr. Catherine Roche-Wallace, Graduate Coordinator
UL School of Music, P.O. Drawer 43572
Lafayette, LA 70504-43572
email: roche-wallace@louisiana.edu 
phone: (337) 482-­5214