MTSU Department of Health Sciences

Graduate Assistantships

An MSTU Public Health Master Program student presenting his research.

Graduate assistants in the Department of Health Sciences receive tuition support and a monthly stipend in exchange for 20 hours per week of teaching or research assistance. Positions are competitive and awarded based on qualifications, program needs, and available funding.

Each graduate program sets its own eligibility requirements and assignment types. Review the program-specific information below before applying.

Admission to the program does not guarantee funding. Graduate assistantships are awarded on a competitive basis. A virtual interview may be required as part of the decision-making process.

MTSU Public Health

Public Health, Community Health Concentration (M.P.H.)

View requirements and assistantship details

Human Performance, Public Health Concentration (Ph.D.)

View requirements and assistantship details

Minimum Qualifications

To be eligible for a graduate assistantship, you must:

  • Be unconditionally admitted to the College of Graduate Studies
  • Be unconditionally admitted to the Community Health Concentration of the M.P.H. or the Public Health Ph.D.
  • Have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher, undergraduate or graduate. Currently enrolled doctoral students must have a 3.25 GPA.

How to Apply

Applications for graduate assistantships are considered at the time of admissions decisions. Submit all required materials well in advance of the deadlines for full consideration.

  1. Review the requirements for your specific program above.
  2. Learn more about assistantships on the College of Graduate Studies website
  3. Complete the online application
  4. Complete the Public Health Supplementary GA Application Skills Inventory
  5. Email your complete application packet to Wendy Gamble. Your packet must include:
    1. Confirmation of your submitted online assistantship application (Step 3 above)
    2. Curriculum vitae or resume
    3. Public Health Supplementary GA Application Skills Inventory (Step 4 above)
    4. Unofficial transcripts

Deadlines

Fall semester: January 20

Spring semester: September 20

Complete the assistantship steps after submitting an application to the Public Health Program.

Contact

Wendy Gamble
615-898-2147
wendy.gamble@mtsu.edu

Department of Health Sciences Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132