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And a lot of debt, usually. Don't forget that one.
I got paid for the PhD. Not as much as I would have earned as a computer button pusher, but enough to live on.
If you have to pay to get a PhD then you were fleeced and probably deserve to lose that money
Yeah, I got paid to do gradschool. Not much cuz I didn’t shop around and just stayed where I did undergrad, but yeah, once you’re doing research, they should be paying you.
pls no bully yanks
yanks are fren not food
I don’t know, there are lots of PhD programs in the U.S. where you’re a research assistant, which basically means your tuition is free and you’re paid a stipend for the research. In my experience, I’ve only met US PhD students who were fully funded.
From what I've heard, PhD positions in the US are funded in STEM fields, but not in the arts and social sciences. But I could be wrong.
Apologies for the Reddit link, but this explains a lot of what I would have said: https://www.reddit.com/r/GradSchool/comments/qwgl6h/why_is_there_a_commonly_repeated_idea_on_this_sub/
Ah, that's interesting. So I guess the idea that arts PhDs don't get funding in the US is (mostly) a myth?
I think people think that having to TA means they’re not being funded or something like that. If you’re getting into a program that doesn’t fully fund you, then that program doesn’t want you or it’s not a good research program. All reputable PhD programs fully fund across disciplines.
According to the NCES, in 2015-16 the average PhD graduate had about $100k student debt
I think most of these are from undergrad and master. AFAIK most PhD are fully funded. Not enough to pay any debt, but usually enough to not starve.
Maybe you should look outside of the US.
Ya got me there.
I think that’s maybe from undergrad or masters? Most PhD programs are fellowships or scholarships, so the student doesn’t pay for anything.