Tuition Remission
Tuition Remission
Tuition Remission Information
The term “tuition remission” refers to all ways that the university pays tuition costs for students. Tuition remission includes tuition waivers and tuition payments. For the student receiving tuition remission, the net effect will be the same—the university will pay a portion of your tuition. Tuition waivers come from the university and tuition payments come from the employing department.
Tuition remission requires full-time enrollment in required coursework taken as part of your degree program. See Full-time Enrollment Requirements and Financial Information in the Graduate Catalog for more information.
Tuition remission covers the resident (in-state) tuition fee, but not the local university fees or other program charges (student activity fee, athletic fee, transportation fee, market rate program fees, etc.). The current resident in-state tuition rate is $288.16 per credit hour for graduate courses. All other fees associated with a resident credit hour are local university fees or program related charges. See UCF Tuition and Fees for details about these charges.
Tuition Waivers vs. Tuition Payments
GTAs and university fellows receive tuition remission in the form of tuition waivers, while GRAs and GAs receive tuition remission in the form of tuition payments from their employing units. Waivers outweigh payments, thus, students with university fellowships receive a waiver, even if they also have a GRA assistantship. Students with mixed assignments receive waivers for the GTA portion of their assignment.
Tuition Support for Full-time Assistantship or Fellowship Students
| Component | Payment |
| Tuition Remission | Tuition waiver or payment credit on your semester fee invoice to cover resident (in-state) tuition only |
| Differential Out-of-State Fee* | Waived |
| Other fees charged by the university (e.g., building, capital improvement, financial aid, activity and service, athletic, transportation access, health, technology, materials and supplies, distance learning) | Not covered |
Tuition Support for Half-time Assistantship
| Component | Payment |
| Tuition Remission | Tuition waiver or payment credit on your semester fee invoice to cover half of the resident (in-state) tuition |
| Differential Out-of-State Fee | Not covered (students will be charged the full out of state fee of $785.15 per credit hour) |
| Other fees charged by the university (e.g., building, capital improvement, financial aid, activity and service, athletic, transportation access, health, technology, materials and supplies, distance learning) | Not covered |
Your Fee Invoice
A student’s fee invoice will show all tuition and fee charges, payments, and deferments associated with the term and courses in which the student is currently enrolled. The fee invoice is available online and is not mailed to students.
Tuition waivers appear as a credit on your term bill as early as two weeks before the first day of classes (based on approved assistantship and enrollment). Tuition payments appear on your term bill after the first week of the semester and after add/drop closes (based on approved assistantship and enrollment). The payment deadline is the second Friday of each semester.
The fee invoice for nonresident assistantship and fellowship students who have been assigned the differential out-of-state fee rate will show no out-of-state charges. This adjustment to your fee invoice will occur when the College of Graduate Studies has approved your assistantship and will show on the student’s term bill, based on approved assistantships and enrollment.
If you have student loans or other awards, tuition remission is considered financial aid. Please contact the Office of Student Financial Assistance if you have questions about how tuition remission will affect your financial aid packaging as it could reduce the amount of loans you are offered.
Specialty Tuition Programs
A select number of graduate programs at UCF do not charge standard tuition. Instead, they charge a program fee that encompasses all courses and materials, or a higher per credit hour tuition rate. Students in programs that charge fees only, and not tuition, are not eligible for tuition waivers. While students in these programs are eligible for graduate assistantships, the tuition coverage will remain the standard tuition remission amount ($288.16 per credit hour) and can only be covered using a tuition payment. If offered an assistantship, students in these programs should make their employing department aware and expect a higher than normal fee invoice in comparison to most graduate assistants. Programs that charge these fees can be found on the UCF Tuition and Fees page.