Graduate Assistantships
Earn & Learn
Gain practical experience while you receive financial support.
Graduate assistantships empower you to achieve academic and professional success. You'll build relationships with faculty and peers, gain experience and deepen your knowledge.
Handshake is UW-Green Bay’s online job listing and candidate management system. Current students who are enrolled in classes can review all open graduate assistant and student worker positions in Handshake. Please note that graduate assistantships are competitive and contingent on funding. They may also be awarded with internal processes and not listed in Handshake. Nevertheless, Handshake provides students with the opportunity to review a variety of openings both on- and off-campus.
Graduate Assistantships
"Graduate Assistant” is a formal Job Title that is part of the Student Assistant Job Family in the UW Title and Total Compensation framework. This title is used to designate a graduate student who meets graduate academic requirements and has been assigned responsibilities in an instructional department. Please note that the Student Assistant Job Family includes many different student employment titles. However, Graduate Assistantships are the only student employment type that includes fringe benefits.
Graduate Assistantships encompass the following three categories which are defined in the Graduate Catalog: GTA (graduate teaching assistant), GRA (graduate research assistant), and GPA (graduate program assistant). Positions must encompass an applied learning experience that is directly related to their program of study, and all are awarded on a competitive basis to students who meet the requirements of the position and those listed below.
2025-26 Minimum Compensation (please note that contracts may vary depending on the funding source of the position). Most graduate assistants include:
- GPAs receive an hourly wage of $17.25
- GRAs and GTAs receive an academic year stipend of $13,453
- Positions that are for a minimum of 0.3375 FTE (or 13.5 hours per week) for 4.5 months will include:
- Fringe Benefits (2025 Benefits Summary )
- Wisconsin In-state tuition rates for Non-resident and Midwest Exchange students
Eligibility for Employment
Graduate assistantships are competitive, and financial need is not the basis for a hiring decision. Students must satisfy all of the minimum requirements for the position, as well as the conditions listed below. Further detail can be found in the Graduate Catalog.
- Admitted in full academic standing in a UW-Green Bay graduate degree program.
- Enrolled in a minimum of 6 graduate degree credits each academic term of employment.
- Maintains a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
- Shows satisfactory academic progress toward degree completion, as defined by the graduate program.
- Within the length of time-to-degree for graduation.
- Provide proof of English proficiency when hired as a GTA.Graduate Assistant PRIMER
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