The department offers financial assistance in the form of teaching assistantships and research assistantships. Graduate students employed by the department at the quarter-time level or higher are eligible for graduate tuition waivers. In addition, support from the university may be available to qualified applicants. For more information, see the Graduate School website.

Regular teaching assistantships are considered half-time positions. Information regarding the minimum stipend for half-time positions over a nine-month academic year is available on the University of Missouri Graduate Assistantship website. Stipends offered by the Department of Statistics frequently exceed this minimum, depending on available funding and the applicant’s merit.

Students awarded teaching assistantships must meet the English proficiency requirement. GTAs may be assigned a variety of duties.  Most commonly, GTAs work as graders for advanced courses or as discussion instructors supporting large-lecture courses.  Graduate teaching assistantships include a full tuition waiver and health insurance coverage.

A number of research assistantships are also available within the department and are generally awarded to advanced graduate students. These include positions with the Center for Applied Statistics and Data Analysis (CASDA), internships with the Missouri Department of Conservation, and research assistantships with individual faculty members supported by grants and contracts. The stipend amounts for graduate research assistants vary, depending on duties, but are at or above the support level for graduate teaching assistants. Research assistantships also come with full tuition waiver and health insurance coverage.