Carnegie Mellon University

GSA Stipend Report 2017-2018

Important Notes

  • ‘Yes’ means the department covers this cost for you
  • The data is the product of self-reports. If you believe any information is incorrect, e-mail gsa-vpcomm@andrew.cmu.edu.
  • The table below does not represent all PhD programs or all PhD students in a given program and it does not account for funding from other sources

Department

Monthly Stipend (pre-tax)

Months of Support

Total Stipend (pre-tax)

Technology Fee ($410)

Transportation Fee ($210)

Student Activity Fee ($214)

Health Insurance ($2,039)

College of Fine Arts

Architecture (pre-quals)

$1,700

9

$15,300

No

No

No

No

Design

$1,500

9

$13,500

No

No

No

No

Heinz College

Heinz

$2,667

9

$24,000

Yes

No

No

Yes

Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences

English

$2,302

9

$20,718

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

History

$1,667

12

$20,000

No

No

No

Yes

Modern Languages

$2,333

9

$21,000

No

No

No

No

Philosophy

$2,222

9

$20,000

No

No

No

Yes

Psychology

$2,500

12

$30,000

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Statistics

$2,800

9

$25,200

Yes

No

No

No

Mellon College of Sciences

Biological Sciences

$2,525

12

$30,305

Yes

Yes

Yes

Partial

Chemistry

$2,500

12

$30,000

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Mathematical Science

$2,450

9

$22,050

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Physics

$2,450

12

$29,400

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

College of Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

$2,417

12

$29,000

Yes

No

No

No

Civil and Environmental Engineering

$2,417

12

$29,000

Yes

No

No

No

Chemical Engineering

$2,417

12

$29,000

Yes

No

No

No

Electrical and Computer Engineering

$2,781

12

$33,372

Yes

No

No

No

Engineering & Public Policy

$2,370

12

$28,440

Yes

No

No

No

Material Sciences and Engineering

$2,400

12

$28,800

Yes

No

No

No

Mechanical Engineering

$2,350

12

$28,200

Yes

No

No

No

School of Computer Science

Computational Biology

$2,781

12

$33,372

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Computer Science

$2,781

12

$33,372

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Human Computer Interaction Institute

$2,781

12

$33,372

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Institute for Software Research

$2,781

12

$33,372

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Language Technology Institute

$2,781

12

$33,372

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Machine Learning

$2,781

12

$33,372

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Robotics

$2,781

12

$33,372

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Software Engineering

$2,781

12

$33,372

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Tepper School of Business

Tepper

$2,250

12

$27,000

No

Yes

No

Yes

Compiled by the Graduate Student Assembly. Last updated: July 5th, 2018.