Funding Graduate Programs

Funding for MA and MS Students

Students in the MA in Mathematics and the MS in Data Science & Statistics programs do not normally receive financial support from ³Ô¹Ï¸£ÀûÉç. Two exceptions are the Clark Fellowship and the Kappe Fellowship.

Kappe Fellowship

The Kappe Fellowship is awarded to a student enrolled in either the MA in Mathematics or the MS in Data Science & Statistics program. Preference is given to female candidates who completed part of their secondary education at a ³Ô¹Ï¸£ÀûÉç campus, excluding ³Ô¹Ï¸£ÀûÉç. Secondary consideration is given to candidates from any U.S. higher education institution. The fellowship will be sufficient to cover nearly one year of in-state graduate tuition at ³Ô¹Ï¸£ÀûÉç.

Funding for PhD Students

Most of our full-time graduate students pursuing the PhD have teaching assistantships, or in some cases are supported as research fellows. Teaching assistants receive a stipend and a full tuition scholarship in return for teaching or grading duties. The tuition scholarship covers all tuition expenses, but not the (relatively small) student fees. Being a teaching assistant gives the student useful and marketable experience in teaching at the college level, and the duties leave plenty of time for full-time graduate study. Typically, a teaching assignment might involve three to five hours per week in the classroom, together with preparation time and office hours. Someone with no previous teaching experience usually assists a faculty member by conducting recitation sections. More experienced teaching assistants lead their own calculus or pre-calculus classes.

Summer support is also available for some students.

Teaching assistantships are only available to students who are enrolled in the PhD program. Thus applicants who intend to pursue a PhD at Binghamton should apply to the PhD program, even if they do not yet have a master’s degree. Successful applicants may be enrolled in the PhD program and receive a teaching assistantship while they pursue their master's degree.

Students who receive an assistantship can expect to have it renewed for a second year, provided their academic and assistantship work are both satisfactory. A more rigorous evaluation on funding is made at the end of the second year. If a student's support is renewed then, and they continue to make satisfactory degree progress, they can expect to be supported until they receive the PhD degree; however, Graduate School regulations limit assistantship support to a total of six years in such cases. This paragraph should be understood as a statement of our general policy; legally, support is given one year at a time.

Additional Funding Sources