tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post6278287067100617493..comments2024-03-10T05:26:42.148-04:00Comments on My Biased Coin: How Much Does a Graduate Student Cost?Michael Mitzenmacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-6908803176988417222007-07-31T19:06:00.000-04:002007-07-31T19:06:00.000-04:00Ph.D. programs in biomedicine and related areas (s...Ph.D. programs in biomedicine and related areas (such as Bioinformatics, etc) have a big advantage in this area...the vast majority of reputable programs (and even a lot of sucky ones) have training grants which cover most of the cost of training graduate students.<BR/><BR/>I think the NLM/NIH grants give 3 full years of support for each graduate student in Bioinformatics.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Maybe you can come up with a bullshit link between your work and biology....others have tried and succeeded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-3968324846686821492007-07-14T18:20:00.000-04:002007-07-14T18:20:00.000-04:00At Berkeley, it's 4.5K / 12K for tuition + fees fo...At Berkeley, it's 4.5K / 12K for tuition + fees for each semester.<BR/><BR/>It's about 17K for stipend for 9 months, and if you get a 100% time appointment in summer (double time) it ends up being around 28K I think.<BR/><BR/>So the total *cost* for just tuition, fees, and stipend is 37K in state and 52 K out of state (with pre-qual-passing international students always being out of state).<BR/><BR/>Having never written an NSF grant myself, I don't know how that translates into the line-item cost, but I'm sure others would know how that works. There are also department fees like overage on disk quotas, computer maintenance, etc.<BR/><BR/>Overhead at Berkeley is a little under 50%, from what I understand.<BR/><BR/>Since the other UCs are on quarters it may work out to a different number for them.asarwatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587164580336503000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-60153042856723701562007-07-11T20:54:00.000-04:002007-07-11T20:54:00.000-04:00I could be wrong, but my impression is that most t...I could be wrong, but my impression is that most theory students don't do summer internships in any given year. There just aren't that many summer internships! <BR/><BR/>I imagine most students do 1 or 2 by the time they finish, but that still means that for several summers they have to be funded somehow.Michael Mitzenmacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-22108207081524312952007-07-11T20:44:00.000-04:002007-07-11T20:44:00.000-04:00How many students are funded for 12 months as oppo...How many students are funded for 12 months as opposed to going off to summer internships?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-47421891782309259652007-07-10T23:39:00.000-04:002007-07-10T23:39:00.000-04:00Well, I thought people might post anonymously, and...Well, I thought people might post anonymously, and I wasn't sure it was appropriate to reveal information...<BR/><BR/>But what the heck. I guess the information is easy to get anyway. I think the cost was in the 60-70K range before; I'm not sure what it will be after the accounting change I mentioned in the post.Michael Mitzenmacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-61234440032139691382007-07-10T20:50:00.000-04:002007-07-10T20:50:00.000-04:0050k seems cheap, but it's not as cheap as a free s...50k seems cheap, but it's not as cheap as a free student!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-15534484859954862052007-07-10T20:03:00.000-04:002007-07-10T20:03:00.000-04:00At NYU the cost is approximately 2x the annual sti...At NYU the cost is approximately 2x the annual stipend that the student gets. (For 2.5K/mon for 12 months, the cost is 60K; for 2K/mon for 9 months, the cost is 36K)Panos Ipeirotishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283752183704062501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-10162741092646983472007-07-10T18:33:00.000-04:002007-07-10T18:33:00.000-04:00Hi Mike, you're asking for the numbers from other ...Hi Mike, you're asking for the numbers from other schools, but what are the costs at Harvard?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-89518653916485465002007-07-09T16:32:00.000-04:002007-07-09T16:32:00.000-04:00I have to admit, 80 seems high -- unless they're g...I have to admit, 80 seems high -- unless they're getting paid extra over the summer and there's overhead on tuition...<BR/><BR/>50 seems cheap.<BR/><BR/>What about the UC schools? In-state grad students must be inexpensive?Michael Mitzenmacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-69475135577203404802007-07-09T04:17:00.000-04:002007-07-09T04:17:00.000-04:00Its between 80K to 100K at MIT.Its between 80K to 100K at MIT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-70222283136112416032007-07-08T15:17:00.000-04:002007-07-08T15:17:00.000-04:00I've heard 80K from both Purdue and an Ivy league ...I've heard 80K from both Purdue and an Ivy league university.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-48783644175762820142007-07-08T14:30:00.000-04:002007-07-08T14:30:00.000-04:00Roughly 50K here at SUNY Buffalo too.Roughly 50K here at SUNY Buffalo too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-29168642955719914122007-07-08T13:06:00.000-04:002007-07-08T13:06:00.000-04:00it's roughly 50k at the U. of U, not including hea...it's roughly 50k at the U. of U, not including health insurance, which we pay separately.Suresh Venkatasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.com