Graduate College Academics Handbook & Policies Program Tuition Waiver Designations By College

Program Tuition Waiver Designations by College

The table lists assistantship waiver designations for graduate and professional programs in the college or school for the Academic Year 25-26. 

Within each college, programs are categorized by their program designation and reimbursable status. Easily navigate to the tuition waiver policy information by clicking on the program designation or reimbursable status below. The “Stand-Alone Waiver Rate” column indicates what type of waiver is processed when a Stand-Alone waiver is awarded by the college.
Please note these tables may be updated periodically with new program information as it becomes available.

Carle Illinois College of MedicineProgram DesignationReimbursable​Stand Alone Waiver Rate
Doctor of Medicine (MD)Self-SupportingNot ApplicableNone

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental SciencesProgram DesignationReimbursable​Stand Alone Waiver Rate
Doctoral programs in: Agricultural & Applied Economics, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Animal Sciences, Crop Sciences, Food Science & Human Nutrition, Human Development and Family Studies, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nutritional SciencesTraditional - Full WaiverNot ApplicableFull Waiver

Professional Science Masters programs in: (all have PSM concentration): Ag Production, Bioprocessing & Bioenergy, Food Science & Human Nutrition, Technical Systems Management, Plant Biotechnology, Engr Tech & Mgmt for Ag Systems

Master of Animal Science in Animal Science
Master of Agricultural and Applied Economics

Graduate Certificate programs: Land, Agric and Alt Investing, Wetland Science & Conservation, Food Regs & Personal Nutrition (1PKS6214GCRU),  Dairy Nutrition, Agribus Sustainable Food Econ


NDEG Animal Science Online
 

Self-SupportingNot ApplicableNone
Masters programs in: Agricultural & Applied Economics, Agricultural Leadership Education and Communication Program, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Animal Sciences, Crop Sciences, Bioinformatics (AnSci concentration and Crop Science concentration), Food Science & Human Nutrition, Human Development and Family Studies, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, Technical Systems Management (non-PSM)Traditional - Full WaiverYesFull Waiver

College of Applied Health SciencesProgram DesignationReimbursable​Stand Alone Waiver Rate

Doctoral programs in: Kinesology, Community Health, Recreation, Sport and Tourism, Speech and Hearing Science

Doctor of Audiology

Traditional - Full WaiverNot ApplicableFull Waiver

Masters programs in: MPH in Public Health, MPH in Epidemiology, Online MSin Recreation, Sport and Tourism, MHA in Health Administration, MS in Health Administration, MS in Health Technology

Graduate Certificate programs: Inclusive Design

Non-Degree program: IDAP online certificate, NDEG Recreation, Sport and Tourism

Self-SupportingNot ApplicableNone
Masters programs in: Kinesiology, Community Health, Recreation, Sport and Tourism (on campus), Speech & Hearing Science
 
Traditional - Full WaiverYesFull Waiver
Masters programs in: Rehabilitation, Public HealthTraditional- Full WaiverNoFull Waiver

Gies College of BusinessProgram DesignationReimbursable​Stand Alone Waiver Rate
Doctoral programs in: Accountancy, Business Administration, FinanceTraditional - Full WaiverNot ApplicableFull Waiver

Masters programs: MSA in Accountancy (0071MSK), MS in Finance, MS Technology Management, iMBA, iMSA, MS in Management, MS Financial Engineering, MS in Business Analytics

Graduate Certificate programs: Digital Marketing, Accounting Data Analytics, Value Chain Management, Entrpshp & Strategic Innov, Financial Management, Global Challenges in Business, Managerial Econ & Bus Analysis, Strategic Leadership & Mgmt, Accounting Foundations, CPA Pathways, Taxation

Non-Degree programs: Financial Engineering, iMBA online

Cost Recovery/Self-SupportingNot ApplicableNone
Master's programs: MAS Accountancy, MS Accountancy (0071MS), MS in Finance (0075MS)Traditional - Base WaiverYesBase Rate Waiver
MS in Business AdministrationTraditional - Full WaiverNoFull Waiver

College of EducationProgram DesignationReimbursableStand Alone Waiver Rate
Doctoral programs: Curriculum & Instruction, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership (on-campus), Educational Psychology, Special EducationTraditional - Full WaiverNot ApplicableFull Waiver

Online EdM programs: Curriculum & Instruction, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, Educational Psychology

Extramural EdM programs: Education Organization and Leadership and Special Education

Online and Extramural CAS programs: Education Policy, Organization and Leadership

Online and Extramural EDD program: Education Policy, Organization and Leadership

Graduate Certificate programs: Cancer Education Management in Underrepresented and Diverse Communities, International Education Administration and Leadership, Learning & Design Leadership, Instructional System Design Management and Leadership 

Online NDEG programs: Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, Curriculum & Instruction

MS in Mental Health Counseling

Self-SupportingNot ApplicableNone

CAS programs in: Curriculum & Instruction, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership (on campus)

Graduate Certificate programs in: Middle Grades Education

Traditional - Full WaiverYesFull Waiver
Masters programs in: Curriculum & Instruction, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Special Education (except off campus EDM), Education Policy, Organization and Leadership (all on campus programs), Educational Psychology (all except EDM Online),Traditional Full WaiverYesFull Waiver

Grainger College of EngineeringProgram DesignationReimbursableStand Alone Waiver Rate
Doctoral programs in: Aerospace Engineering, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering, Physics, Systems & Entrepreneurial Engineering, Theoretical & Applied MechanicsTraditional - Full WaiverNot ApplicableFull Waiver

MENG programs in: Bioengineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Engineering: Aerospace Systems Engineering, Engineering: Chemical Engineering Leadership, Engineering: Computational Engineering, Engineering: Digital Agriculture, Engineering: Energy Systems, Engineering: Instrumentation and Applied Physics, Engineering: Plasma Engineering,  Mechanical Engineering, Engineering: Autonomy and Robotics

MS in Financial Engineering
MS in Biomedical Image Computing

Graduate Certificate Programs in: Computing Fundamentals (On campus and Online)

NDEG Programs in: Digital Agriculture (online)

Self-SupportingNot ApplicableNone
Masters programs in: Aerospace Engineering, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics with Bioengineering Conc, Bioinformatics with Computer Sciences Conc, Civil Engineering, Computer Science (MCS), Electrical & Computer Engineering, Environmental Engineering in Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Materials Engineering MENG, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering, Physics, Systems & Entrepreneurial Engineering, Teaching of Physics, Theoretical & Applied MechanicsTraditional - Full WaiverYesFull Waiver
MS in Computer ScienceTraditional - Full WaiverNoFull Waiver

College of Fine and Applied ArtsProgram DesignationReimbursableStand Alone Waiver Rate
Doctoral programs: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Art Education, Art History,  Regional Planning, TheatreTraditional - FullNot ApplicableFull Waiver
Doctoral programs: Music and MusicologyTraditional - FullNot ApplicableBase Waiver

MS in Sustainable Urban Management

Graduate Certificate programs: Advanced Design Thinking, Health and Wellbeing for Designed Environments

Self-SupportingNot ApplicableNone
Masters programs: Art & Design, Art Education, Art History, Dance, Landscape Architecture, Theatre, Master of Urban Planning, Master of Design - Industrial Design, MS in Sustainable Urban DesignTraditional - FullYesFull Waiver
Masters programs: Music and Music Education

Artist Diploma
Traditional - FullYesBase Waiver

Master of Architecture in Architecture

MS in Architectural Studies

Traditional - BaseYesFull Waiver

College of Liberal Arts & SciencesProgram DesignationReimbursableStand Alone Waiver Rate
Doctoral programs: Anthropology, Astronomy, Atmospheric Sciences, Biochemistry, Biology, Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, Cell & Developmental Biology, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Chemical Physics, Chemistry, Classical Philology, Communication, Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology, Economics, English, Entomology, French, Geography, Geology, German, History, Italian, Linguistics, Mathematics, Microbiology, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Plant Biology, Political Science, Portuguese, Psychology, Slavic Languages & Lit, Sociology, Spanish, StatisticsTraditional - FullNot ApplicableFull Waiver

Master's programs: Policy Economics, Communication - online, Heath Communication - online, PSM Geographic Information Science, Psychological Sciences, Teaching of Biological Science - online, Translation and Interpreting, Predictive Analytics and Risk Management, Weather and Climate Risk and Analytics

NDEG programs: Environmental Geology (online), GIS & Data Science (online), Health Communication

Cost-Recovery/Self SupportingNot ApplicableNone
Masters programs: Actuarial Science, African Studies, Applied Mathematics, Asian Studies, Classics, Creative Writing, East Asian Studies, European Union Studies, Health Communication (on campus), Latin American Studies, Religion, Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies, Teaching of Chemistry, Teaching of Earth Science, Teaching of English as a Second Language, Teaching of Latin, Teaching of Mathematics, Teaching of Social Studies, Anthropology, Astronomy, Atmospheric Sciences, Biochemistry, Biology, Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, Cell & Developmental Biology, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Chemical Physics, Chemistry, Classical Philogy, Communication, Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Ecology Evolution, Conservation Biology, Economics, English, Entomology, French, Geography, Geology, German, History, Italian, Linguistics, Mathematics, Microbiology, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Philosophy, Plant Biology, Political Science, Portuguese, Psychology, Slavic Languages & Lit, Sociology, Spanish, StatisticsTraditional - Full WaiverYesFull Waiver

College of LawProgram DesignationReimbursableStand Alone Waiver Rate
All doctoral programs (JD, JSD)Traditional - Base Rate WaiverNot ApplicableFull Waiver
All masters programs (LLM, MSL)Traditional - Base Rate WaiverYesFull Waiver

School of Labor and Employment RelationsProgram DesignationReimbursableStand Alone Waiver Rate
Doctoral program: Human Resources & Industrial RelationsTraditional - Full WaiverNot ApplicableFull Waiver

MHRIR- Human Resources & Industrial Relations-Online
Online NDEG - Human Resources & Industrial Relations

Graduate Certificate programs: Human Resources Data Analytics, Compensation Best Practices, Fundamentals of Human Resources, Human Resource Management

Self-SupportingNot ApplicableNone
MHRIR - Human Resources & Industrial Relations On CampusTraditional - Full WaiverYesFull Waiver

School of Information SciencesProgram DesignationReimbursableStand Alone Waiver Rate
Doctoral programs: Information Sciences, InformaticsTraditional - Full WaiverNot ApplicableFull Waiver

MS in Information Management (both on-campus and online)

MS in Game Development

Self-SupportingNot ApplicableNone
Masters and Certificate of Advanced Study Degree programs: Library and Information ScienceTraditional - Base Rate WaiverYesFull Waiver
Master of Science: Bioinformatics with Library & Information Science ConcentrationTraditional - Full WaiverYesFull Waiver

College of MediaProgram DesignationReimbursableStand Alone Waiver Rate
Doctoral program in: Communications and MediaTraditional - Full WaiverNot ApplicableFull Waiver
MS in Strategic Brand CommunicationSelf-SupportingNot ApplicableNone
Masters programs in: Advertising, JournalismTraditional - Full WaiverYesFull Waiver

College of Veterinary MedicineProgram DesignationReimbursableStand Alone Waive Rate

Doctoral programs: Comparative Biosciences, Pathobiology, Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Veterinary Medical Science, Vet Med Research Scholars

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)

Traditional - Full WaiverNot ApplicableFull Waiver
Master of Veterinary Science in Livestock Systems Health (Online)
NDEG Program: Veterinary Medicine Online, Livestock Systems Health
Self-SupportingNot ApplicableNone

Master of Science: Comparative Biosciences, Pathobiology, Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Veterinary Medical Science, Vet Med Research Scholars

Master of Veterinary Science in Livestock Systems (On-Campus)

Traditional - Full WaiverYesFull Waiver

School of Social WorkProgram DesignationReimbursableStand Alone Waiver Rate
Doctoral program in: Social WorkTraditional - Full WaiverNot ApplicableFull Waiver

Master of Social Work in Social Work

Certificate of Advanced Study: Schools Specialization (online)

Traditional - Base Rate WaiverYesFull Waiver