Tuition, Scholarships, and Graduate Assistantships

Tuition 

MFA tuition is $478 per credit, $1,912 per course, $22,944 for degree.   

A small number of partial tuition scholarships (quarter tuition remission) are available to incoming MFA candidates who are pursuing their degree full time and who demonstrate the highest potential for artistic excellence. Among these is the Shirley White Pearl Annual Scholarship of $2,000 a year. Decisions are made based on the quality of an applicant's writing sample and application.

Richard P. Bailey Endowed Scholarship
This scholarship, named for former Hamline president Richard Bailey, assists a writer in the Master of Fine Arts in Writing program who has demonstrated financial need and excellent writing ability. The award amount is $1,000. To apply, please submit fifteen pages of creative work from a current or recent class. A cover sheet should include your name, contact information, how far you are in the program, what genre you are working in, and your Hamline I.D. number. The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) needs to be completed in order to be considered for the scholarship, and can be found online at www.fafsa.ed.gov.  Materials must be submitted to The Creative Writing Programs, 1536 Hewitt Ave, MS-A1730, St. Paul, MN 55104, attn: Anika Eide, by April 1st, 2013. The recipient will be notified by letter, and the award will be applied to Fall 2013 tuition.

Financial Aid

Financial aid is available to all MFA candidates in creative writing. It is not necessary to have an admission decision to begin the financial aid process. For information, please go to the Hamline financial aid website. You can also email the Office of Financial Aid at finaid@hamline.edu and a financial aid counselor will contact you.
  

Hamline offers the following graduate teaching assistantships to qualified MFA students:

Teach ENG 1110
Each year the Hamline English Department hires 3-4 MFA students to teach sections of ENG 1110, "Reading and Writing Texts." To be considered, MFA students must have completed the course, "Composition Theory & Pedagogy." The stipend is $4,000.

Co-Teach WRIT 1100
CWP hires 3 MFA students a year to co-teach WRIT 1100, "Introduction to Creative Writing." Students work closely with the coordinator to facilitate the successful operation of the course and teach a weekly breakout session. To be considered, MFA students must have completed the course, "Composition Theory & Pedagogy," and 24 graduate credits in the MFA program. The stipend is $2,000.

Graduate Assistantships

Hamline offers the following graduate assistantships to qualified MFA students:

Hamline Magazine
A select number of MFA students are awarded stipends to write feature stories and articles for Hamline's alumni magazine. 

Assistant Editors of Water~Stone Review. 
Each year three students are selected to serve as Assistant Editors-one each in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction-of The Creative Writing Program's award-winning national review. Assistant Editors, each of whom receives at $500 stipend, work closely with the faculty editor to screen manuscripts and help with the operation of the spring class. 

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