Undergraduate Accounting Core
MSA Course Requirements
Sample Program Outlines
Other Program Information
Financial Aid Opportunities
Graduate Assistantships. The Graduate School of Management offers several graduate assistantships to full-time MSA students. These positions carry academic year cash stipends of $3,350 ($825 during the summer), plus a tuition scholarship to cover all tuition and instructional fees. All graduate assistants must be full-time students, that is, they carry at least 8 semester hours of graduate credit per semester (6 hours during the summer) and will work 10 hours a week. Normally a GMAT score of 550 or higher is required for an applicant to be considered for a graduate assistantship. Attaining the 50th percentile or higher on both the GMAT verbal and quantitative scores is also generally required. Additionally a TOEFL score of 600 or greater is generally required for international students. The duties of a graduate assistant range from research to tutoring to administrative work. Graduate assistantship decisions are made independently from admission decisions and are based primarily on academic merit.
The application deadline for a graduate assistantship for the following fall semester is March 15 for international students and April 1 for domestic students. Occasionally, mid-year graduate assistantships may be available, in which case the application deadline is December l.
Scholarships. The Accounting Department offers several scholarships to MSA students. Applications are available in January or February of each year for the following academic year.
Loans and Grants. Information on loans and grants available to graduate students is available through the Kent State University Financial Aid office (http://www.sfa.kent.edu).