Costs:
Current costs of graduate study at Virginia Tech are listed on the VT Bursar's site: www.bursar.vt.edu.

Assistantships & Tuition Waiver:
Each student accepted into the program receives a full tuition scholarship and out-of-state fee waiver. Each student accepted also receives an assistantship of approximately $10,000 per academic year. 

The Assistantship Work:
Under their assistantships, students in the program will be assigned to work in specific production shops - the scene shop, the costume shop, or the management office. As a function of their assistantships, students in the Directing & Public Dialogue program and the Stage Management program may be assigned to teach the Intro to Acting for non-majors or the Stage Management course to undergraduate majors, under the guidance of an experienced faculty member.

For additional information on financial assistance for graduate students, go to www.grads.vt.edu and look under "Financial Matters" and under the "Prospective Students" link in the top menu.