That might be a valid claim if STEM students made more than eg humanities students, but it’s unfortunately not the case in the real world that supply and demand

That might be a valid claim if STEM students made more than eg humanities students, but it’s unfortunately not the case in the real world that supply and demand dictate resources in a state university...I just graduated with a STEM PhD and comfortably make six figures, but that’s after five years of making $20k and teaching courses required by unrelated subjects, as the only professor. And I was lucky to have such a stable income for such a long time, which actually covered my rent... Generally, grad student pay is not calibrated at the department / subject level, and that’s especially true of a large multi university state system like CA has...