From: hugh@engrg.uwo.ca (Mr. Hugh Jack)
Subject: Grad Student Compensation
Organization: DA&MRL, Engineering, UWO, London Ont. CA
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:29:23 GMT


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posted to: sci.engr,alt.grad-student.tenured,sci.research,soc.college.gradinfo


UPDATED November 19th, 1992.


A roughly put together survey regarding graduate student funding levels,
conditions, and other stuff. This survey shows a great variety of situations
which cannot be put into good or bad categories. If some of the facts are
indeed not facts, please send me e-mail (hugh@engrg.uwo.ca), or if you want
to be added, please send some e-mail.

(Please Note: FIGURES WERE CONVERTED TO CANADIAN FUNDS USING THE FORMULA
              1.0 $CDN = $0.8 $US, U.S. DOLLARS HAVE A 'us' IN FRONT,
              CANADIAN HAS A 'cdn' IN FRONT)


Some factors to consider (probably wrong, and over generalized):
- US students will have to support Health Insurance (avg us500),
  and health care costs are not deducted.
- I believe Canadian taxes can be slightly higher (they include healthcare),
  but no tax is deducted from the figures given.
- TA = Teaching Assistant
- RA = Research Assistant
- Tuition is tax deductable in canada, along with some living expenses
- Scholarships can often discard all funding schemes, or might not make
  a difference depending upon the size.
- Fees are always(?) higher for non-canadians in Canada, and in the US
  the fees are always(?) higher for out of state people.
- Many full time grad students have restrictions on the number (or any)
  hours worked outside the department. This seems to be intended to
  focus the studies, but also limits other possible sources of income.


School         Tuition/   Annual        Comments
               Fees       Income  
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ucf.edu ???:
?? PhD         1200-1500  10800-        Income tied to progress.
                          12300
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University of Arizona:
CompSci        us1400     us13000avg    funding tied to passed prerequisites
                                        funding from TA, RA, level varies by
                                        student (up to us20000)
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University of British Columbia:
Physics Mast.  cdn2000-   cdn13600      have optional TA, have TA union,
                  1000                  with scholarships get $3000 extra +TA,,
                                        about 125-140 students, tuition drops
                                        from 2000 to 1000 after 2 years
Physics Ph.D.             cdn>13600     see Masters
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Carelton University, Ottawa, Ontario:
??Journa.Mast             cdn6200+      Scholarships on top. TA positions($6200)
                                        assigned by GPA. Heavy use of OSAP, and
                                        personal savings.
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University of California, San-Diego
??? PhD        us3000     us14000       TA and RA, fees sometime waived, pay
                                        for 9 months. med insurance covered.
                                        15% of other students have other forms
                                        of support.
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University of California, Santa-Cruz
math??                    us15000       many sources of income. High drop out
                                        because of withdrawn funding. Expensive
                                        campus, rent us490/mo. TA is reduced
                                        by other funding. Most scholarships for
                                        politically correct categories.
                                        My impression was moral was very low.
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Emory University, Atlanta Georgia:
BioSci PhD     0          us12000       housing us500/mo., no outside work. 
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Illinois (nswc.navy.mil ??)
Eng. PhD ??                             TA guaranteed unless qualified failed
                                        twice. after pass qualifier, only TA
                                        or RA (if advisor can support). Very
                                        well defined policies.
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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign:
CompSci PhD    us579      us15468       funding tied to passed prerequisites
               and up
Physics PhD    0          us13640       paid over 11 mon., us500 in fees,
                                        dept. runs most TA and RA funding,
                                        dept. reported to 'absorb' scholarship
                                        money in some cases. tuition is combin.
                                        of num. couses, etc. About 350 grad.
                                        students. differential between TA and RA
                                        (* post docs get us28K, new prof. us40K)
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Indiana University
Geol.Mast                 us8778        Associate Instructors (TA) for 10 mon.
                                        tuition waiver (us8000 for out of state)
                                        more money for RA positions.
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kfa-juelich.de ??? Germany
Physics PhD    0          dm1800        Obviously in dueschmarks(sp?). Standard
                                        medical, etc deductions are dm400. Rent
                                        dm500, food dm5-700. 
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University of Missouri-Rolla:
Eng.Elect.Mast us2-3K     us5000-       has about 85 students. Scholarships add
                          23000         to avg. base of $5K. Low num. of
                                        scholarship holders. 
                                        rate.
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University of Pretoria, South Africa (Here's one from far away):
Engin.MechMast r3000      r8500-        Obviously not dollars us1 = r2.9. No
                          r18500        taxes, I assume living costs lower ???
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University of Southern California (private):
Engin.         us500/unit us13436-      support comes from RA & TA. I can only
                                        approximate methods. Seems like tuition
                                        is huge, but students get 'waivers'.
                                        income tied to progress. RA and TA
                                        appointments not gauranteed, and vary
                                        widely by student, and advisor.
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Iowa State:
Physics                   us15600
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Ohio State:
Materials Eng  us9000     us12900       rent $320/mo, health $556/yr, 
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University of Toronto:
Chemistry PhD  cdn2000-   cdn16500      can terminate support after period.
                  3000
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Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.:
Engin.? Mast.    us100    us8-12K       income includes tuition and health ins-
                                        urance, summers unsupported, but options
                                        for outside work. support from RA & TA.
                                        The source reported making us18000 with
                                        outside work.
Engin.? PhD               us12K+        see above. support from advisors grants.
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VA Tech
Physics         us4000    us10000+      funding ties to TA, RA (not many given),
                                        some tuition wavers, $400/mo rent, 
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University of Western Ontario:
Engin. Mast.    cdn2000-  cdn13905      TA work may be a required part of
                   3000                 funding. Tuition decrases after 3 terms.
                                        funding is run on a prof. by prof. basis
Engin. PhD      cdn2000-  cdn15225      See above. tuition decreases after 6
                   3000                 terms.
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NOTE: I was informed another contact for information is the 'Information
      Exchange' of the 'National Association of Graduate Professional Students'.
      If you want to contact them, their number is (708) 256-1562. Depending 
      upon membership (or not) there is no fee (or a small fee).