Minimum Stipend Levels and Hourly Pay Rates for AY 2013-2014
| Master's Level Students | Minimum Stipend per Pay Period |
| Full-time Graduate Assistant | $525.02 |
| Part-time Graduate Assistant | $262.52 |
| Ph.D. Level Students | Minimum Stipend per Pay Period |
| Full-time Graduate Assistant | $688.87 |
| Part-time Graduate Assistant | $344.43 |
| Hourly Graduate Student Workers |
| All employees who hold the title of student worker must be compensated by an hourly wage at least equal to the federal minimum wage of $7.25. Departments have the discretion, consistent with the duties of the position, to compensate a student worker above $7.25 an hour. Notwithstanding that discretion, graduate student workers performing duties similar to those of a Graduate Assistant (GA) must be compensated at an hourly wage similar in amount to that of the GA (at least $13.13 an hour). Departments can request an opinion from the Associate Dean of the Graduate School as to whether graduate student worker duties are consistent with those of a GA. |
For the purposes of stipends, Graduate Assistants include Administrative Assistants, Graders, Peaceworker Assistants, Research Assistants, Residential Assistants, Teaching Assistants, and those supported by external fellowships administered through UMBC.
A full-time Graduate Assistant has a twenty (20) hour per week commitment to the department supporting the assistantship.
A part-time Graduate Assistant has a ten (10) hour per week commitment to the department supporting the assistantship.
More information on graduate assistantships may be found in the Graduate Assistant Handbook.