The 2024-2025 comprehensive tuition rates for the MFA program are $640 per credit hour or $7680 per semester (includes full-time tuition), well below the national average for low-residency MFA programs.
Upon acceptance, a $400 deposit is required to hold the student’s place in the program. 押金不予退还，用于支付学费. There is also an access fee of $80 for Fall and Spring terms (each term) and $50 for Jan and Summer terms (each term).
Full payment of tuition and registration fees are due two weeks before the beginning of each residency (early May for the Summer Residency and Fall Mentoring Semester and early December for the January Residency and Winter/Spring Mentoring Semester) and 可在线支付 在到达住所之前. The Graduating Residency fee of $650 is due one week before arrival for the residency. Tuition is nonrefundable after the tuition payment deadline.
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住房成本
All enrolled MFA students receive room and board during the summer and winter residency sessions at no additional cost. However, students are required to pay an additional amount if they request a 冬季居住的单间.
The MFA program works with Residential Life to provide on-campus room & 在夏季住院医师会议期间, and with local hotels to provide room and board during the winter residency session.
金融援助
研究生 Teaching Assistantships (available for second Year MFA Students)
The Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing and the Department of English at Converse are authorized by the administration to fill two to three 研究生 Teaching Assistantships each year for second-year MFA students who have successfully completed at least 24 graduate hours in the MFA program at the time of the appointment. The MFA program provides “Quarter-time” appointments that offer an adjunct course stipend and involve teaching only one course per semester. Teaching opportunities exist for both traditional classroom courses and online courses; therefore, students do not need to relocate to the area to be considered for a TA position. The course stipend for graduate teaching is $1500 per course.
The 研究生 Teaching Assistantship in the MFA program serves three purposes: it provides financial support for graduate students, allowing them to pursue their studies; it provides teaching experience for graduate students, under the supervision of a full-time Converse faculty member; and, 最后, it provides a service for Converse and Department of English. Appointments to 研究生 Teaching Assistantships are made by the Chair of the English Department upon the recommendation of the Director of Creative Writing.
在预约之前, the student must be admitted to the graduate MFA program as a bona fide candidate for degree, and must have completed at least 24 hours of graduate credit in the MFA program.
The Clemson-Converse Literature Series National Publishing Scholarship
The MFA Publishing Scholarship is an opportunity for graduate MFA students to work on a collaborative venture between Converse’s MFA program and Clemson University Press. The scholarship provides the opportunity for MFA students to participate in the marketing, 管理, and manuscript review of a national poetry prize conducted through the Clemson-Converse Literature series. Students receive a scholarship in the range of $250 to $500 for work conducted for the national contest. Second-year and graduating residency semester students in the Converse MFA program are eligible to participate.
Work scholarship (available for first or second-year MFA students)
A limited number of partial work scholarships are available for qualified first and second-year MFA students (dependent on annual budget approval). Students receiving these scholarships may perform office duties or residence hall duties during residency sessions. Approved work scholarships are 开放 to applications from all MFA students. When available, scholarships range in amounts from $500-$750.
写作中心助教
除了, MFA students living in the Spartanburg/Greenville area may 应用 for an annual assistantship working in the Converse Writing Center. The Writing Center position is 开放 to student applicants from all Converse graduate programs, 并提供最多4个学分的学费减免.
联系MFA主任 for additional information about scholarships and assistantships.
贷款
Many students choose student loan funds to assist with their educational costs in the MFA program. You do not have to demonstrate “financial need” to secure a Federal Stafford Loan, 但是你必须完成 免费申请联邦学生资助 (FAFSA).
For more information on how to 应用 for subsidized and non-subsidized student loans, contact the 学生资助办事处.
