Students

Whether you're an undergraduate student just starting to think about a career in student affairs or you're in your final year of a doctoral degree, NASPA offers a range of affordable membership options that will you help you on your way to becoming a student affairs professional.

As a student member, you are enabling yourself to gain skills, knowledge, and experience outside the classroom, make important connections with professionals in your region, and get access to key resources that will help you build the career you want.

Student Member Benefits

• Discounted registration on all in-person NASPA events, including the NASPA Annual Conference, Regional, and Constituent Group events.
• Discounted or free registration on all virtual learning and engagement opportunities, including live briefings, short-courses, community building and networking conversations, and large-scale virtual events.
• The opportunity to engage with NASPA's Regions, Knowledge Communities, and other Constituent Groups, with graduate students able to hold certain elected or appointed positions.
• Professional development-focused volunteer opportunities including reviewing programs, presenting at in-person or virtual NASPA events, and joining the NASPA Graduate Associate Program (GAP).
• Access to members-only scholarship and grant opportunities, including the ability to nominate and receive NASPA awards.
• Online access to NASPA's three historic scholarly journals: JSARPA, NJAWHE, and JCC.
• Online access to the Community College Journal of Research and Practice.
• Online access to Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning.
• Member rate on all NASPA publications (up to a 33% discount!)
• Personalized NASPA communications, including the NASPA Weekly Update.
• Access to a searchable online member directory.
• Discounted rate for professional liability insurance through Forrest T. Jones.
• Online engagement through the ability to comment on articles and blog posts on naspa.org.

View NASPA member benefits for other member types.

 

NASPA MEMBERSHIP

Click the "Join" button to enter the NASPA membership join process. You will be asked a series of questions to determine which of the student membership types below is most appropriate for you.

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Member Type	Price
Undergraduate Student Affiliate Undergraduate students considering a career in student affairs.	$30.00
Graduate Student Affiliate Students who are studying student affairs and are not full time employees of any institution.	$40.00
NASPA Undergraduate Fellows Program A semi-structured mentoring program for historically disenfranchised and underrepresented undergraduate students wishing to explore and better understand the field of student affairs and/or higher education. Learn More about NUFP.	Free
Recently Graduated Students in Transition NASPA’s Transitional Membership is designed to bridge a gap for student affairs professionals who wish to stay connected to the Association while searching for their next opportunity following a job loss. In recognition of the significant impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the student affairs profession, the transitional membership is now available to both renewing and brand new members, as well as recent graduate students who have not yet found employment in student affairs, for one annual join or renewal. To access the transitional membership, please click here.	$40.00

 

For an additional $90, any membership can be upgraded, gaining $395 worth of benefits, including:

• Access to P.R.A.C.T.I.C.E.S. Live Briefing Series Bundle - a series of nine on-demand presentations on crucial student affairs topics spanning across NASPA Advisory Services' signature framework.
• Choice of one complimentary copy of select NASPA book titles.

Member Type	Price
Student Membership Upgrade You will be given the option to purchase an individual membership upgrade during checkout as you create/renew your NASPA individual membership. If you would like to add an upgrade on to an existing membership, please contact us at 202-265-7500.	$90