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In Computer Science, PhD students at any reasonable institution are invariably funded (stipend + tuition & some fees). Most who are in non-theoretical fields ge
by emeryberger 11y ago
In Computer Science, PhD students at any reasonable institution are invariably funded (stipend + tuition & some fees). Most who are in non-theoretical fields get research assistantships, which pay for them to do their PhD without any teaching responsibilities. The pay is in no way comparable to industrial salaries (OK, it's comparable; it's WAY less). The University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I am a faculty member, pays our PhD students more than $2,500 per month, plus benefits. This is a pretty competitive figure. However, many PhD students do summer research internships at places like Microsoft Research, IBM Research, Facebook, and Google, and these pay pretty handsomely.
- peter303 11y agoFurthermore the student stipend may go further because many needs at a big university may subsidized. These include student residences, gyms, health care, etc. To maintain the same lifestyle after leaving the ubiversity was more expensive.
- emeryberger 11y agoI should have clarified: the above is for US institutions (and I believe Canada). I do not know how things are in other countries.