GSA Stipend Report 2018-2019
Each year, the Graduate Student Assembly surveys all of its representatives across different departments to get information on stipends given to PhD students in their departments. We also gather information on any fees or health insurance that is paid by the department. You can compare the report below with the 2017-2018 Stipend Report or previous years.
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
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Department |
Monthly Stipend (pre-tax) |
Months of Support |
Total Stipend (pre-tax) |
Technology Fee ($420) |
Transportation Fee ($216) |
Student Activity Fee ($216) |
Total Minimum Compensation |
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College of Fine Arts |
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Architecture (pre-quals) |
$1,700 |
9 |
$15,300 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
$15,300 |
|
Design |
$1,400 |
9 |
$12,600 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
$12,600 |
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Heinz College |
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Heinz |
$2,667 |
9 |
$24,000 |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
$26,759 |
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Dietrich College |
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English |
$2,053 |
12 |
$24,636 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
$27,827 |
|
History |
$1,750 |
12 |
$21,000 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
$23,975 |
|
Modern Languages |
$2,556 |
9 |
$23,004 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
$23,004 |
|
Philosophy |
$2,222 |
9 |
$20,000 |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
$22,339 |
|
Psychology |
$2,500 |
12 |
$30,000 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
$33,191 |
|
Statistics |
$2,844 |
9 |
$25,596 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
$26,016 |
|
Program in Neural Computation |
$2,258 |
12 |
$27,096 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
$29,435 |
|
Mellon College of Science |
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Biological Sciences |
$2,573 |
12 |
$30,881 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (28%) |
$32,394 |
|
Chemistry |
$2,550 |
12 |
$30,600 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
$31,452 |
|
Mathematical Science |
$2,500 |
9 |
$22,500 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
$23,352 |
|
Physics |
$2,500 |
12 |
$30,000 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
$30,852 |
|
College of Engineering |
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Biomedical Engineering |
$2,500 |
12 |
$30,000 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
$30,420 |
|
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
$2,400 |
12 |
$28,800 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
$29,220 |
|
Chemical Engineering |
$2,500 |
12 |
$30,000 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
$30,420 |
|
Electrical and Computer Engineering |
$2,857 |
12 |
$34,284 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
$34,704 |
|
Engineering Public Policy |
$2,445 |
12 |
$29,340 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
$29,760 |
|
Material Science and Engineering |
$2,450 |
12 |
$29,400 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
$30,036 |
|
Mechanical Engineering |
$2,400 |
12 |
$28,800 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
$29,220 |
|
School of Computer Science |
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Computational Biology |
$2,857 |
12 |
$34,284 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
$35,136 |
|
Computer Science |
$2,857 |
12 |
$34,284 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
$35,136 |
|
Human Computer Interaction |
$2,857 |
12 |
$34,284 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
$35,136 |
|
Institute for Software Research |
$2,857 |
12 |
$34,284 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
$35,136 |
|
Language Technology Institute |
$2,857 |
12 |
$34,284 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
$35,136 |
|
Machine Learning |
$2,857 |
12 |
$34,284 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
$35,136 |
|
Robotics |
$2,857 |
12 |
$34,284 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
$35,136 |
|
Software Engineering |
$2,857 |
12 |
$34,284 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
$35,136 |
|
Tepper School of Business |
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|
Tepper (Year 1) |
$2,200 |
12 |
$26,400 |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
$28,955 |
|
Tepper (Years 2 - 4) |
Varies based on TA-ship |
12 |
Varies |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Varies |
|
Tepper (Year 5) |
$3,000 |
12 |
$36,000 |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
$38,555 |
Compiled by the Graduate Student Assembly. Last updated: February 12th, 2019.