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Graduate Assistantships
at the USC School of Music

Graduate assistantships are currently available in the following areas
(click the titles to view detailed information about each assistantship):

Assistantships may also be available in jazz, music education, orchestra, pop vocal ensemble, and vocal pedagogy. Assistantships for Flute, Clarinet and Saxophone will become available for the 2009-2010 academic year.

The application for an assistantship can be downloaded here.

Assistantship duties require up to 20 hours of work per week. An assistantship award usually includes two award amounts: a stipend and a tuition supplement. The tuition supplement is automatically deducted from the tuition charges (all graduate assistants pay graduate in-state tuition fees). The supplement will be approximately equal to the tuition charges for 6 graduate credits. Stipends range from $2,000 to $6,600 per academic year.

An applicant must have been admitted by the Graduate School as a degree student before being considered for a graduate assistantship. Interested students are encouraged to complete and submit the Assistantship application by March 7 for consideration for the following Fall term. Applications received after March 7 will be considered only if positions are still available. The School of Music does not offer graduate assistantships during the summer months.

Click here for Graduate Admission information.

Please be aware that fulltime graduate students, international students, and graduate assistants will be required to provide proof that they are covered by health insurance before registering for classes. Thanks to generous contributions from the USC Research Foundation and the USC Education Foundation, the USC Graduate School has provided a $250 annual subsidy for graduate assistants who purchase the University health insurance plan for the academic year. For more information on the USC sponsored health plan please visit http://www.pearceandpearce.com/PearceSite/Schools/SC/usc/.

For a complete list of current music and tuition fees please click here.

For information on other forms of financial assistance available to graduate students, please contact the Financial Aid Office.