| University | Department | Overall Pay | Academic Year | Program Year | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago (UC) | Physics | $46,350 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| University of Nevada - Las Vegas (UNLV) | Mechanical Engineering | $19,000 | 2025-2026 | 2nd | They cover and pay for up-to 9 credits, health insurance through the school and then any non-resident fees. This *does not* include the differential for Engineering Grad level classes which was $720 per semester plus the myriad of fees each semester. The stipend is paid monthly like a paycheck. I am expected to TA (teach a lab class, or grade) for 20 hours per week. I pay ~$1700 a month for a 2 bed room apartment which I share with my spouse who is in Dental School (gotta love student loans). My summer support will come through an internship of some sort. |
| Tufts University (TU) | ECE | $48,500 | 2025-2026 | 3rd | |
| Texas Tech University (TTU) | ECE | $22,000 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| University of Illinois - Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) | Economics | $30,700 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| University of Texas - Austin (UT) | Finance | $43,500 | 2024-2025 | 2nd | McCombs School of Business; 22000 stipend + 21500 TA wage (inflation-adjusted every year); TA every semester since the 1st year, the workload is typically high (though you mileage can vary) |
| University of California - Riverside (UCR) | Physics | $47,128 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| $24,000 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |||
| Johns Hopkins University (JHU) | Human Genetics | $50,000 | 2025-2026 | 3rd | Pay will be increased to $52,000 starting in July 2026 and will run until the same time the following year, after which the collective bargaining agreement ends |
| Harvard University (HU) | Public Policy | $51,500 | 2025-2026 | ||
| University of Wisconsin - Madison (UW) | History | $34,157 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (UNC) | Urban and Regional Planning | $40,000 | 2022-2023 | 3rd | With summer stipend and summer course teaching |
| University of Cincinnati (UC) | CS | $26,589 | 2024-2025 | 2nd | $125 international fee for 2 semester. |
| University of Alabama - Huntsville (UAH) | BSE | $23,000 | 2025-2026 | 2nd | |
| Georgia State University (GSU) | Computer Science | $20,166 | 2024-2025 | 1st | It is not even sufficient to survive in Atlanta. As TAs, we work too much (1.5-2 times the workload compared with GT and Emory) but get too little. In my case, every semester I need to instruct 4 sections of labs and each lab is 100min. The school does not provide insurance and has a high insurance requirement, so the insurance fee is 250ish per month. The student fee is 700ish per semester. |
| University of California - Davis (UCD) | Nutrition | $38,610 | 2025-2026 | 3rd | |
| University of South Carolina (USC) | Biostatistics | $21,000 | 2025-2026 | 4th | |
| Duke University (DU) | Electrical and Computer Engineering | $39,521 | 2025-2026 | 4th | |
| University of Kentucky (UK) | Mechanical Engineering | $28,400 | 2025-2026 | 4th | |
| University of Georgia (UGA) | ECE | $-700 | 2024-2025 | 5th | Need to pay half health insurance ourselves, which is around 1800 a year. |
| Duke University (DU) | Economics | $42,500 | 2025-2026 | 1st | Great program. Hope to survive. |
| Johns Hopkins University (JHU) | cellular and molecular medicine | $50,000 | 2025-2026 | 4th | |
| University of Notre Dame (ND) | $37,913 | 2024-2025 | 3rd | ||
| Georgia State University (GSU) | Data Science | $22,500 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| Cornell University (CU) | Applied physics | $44,000 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| $21,000 | 2022-2023 | ||||
| Texas A&M; University - College Station | Computer Science and Engineering | $22,500 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| Texas A&M; University - College Station | Computer Science | $2,500 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| Yale University (YU) | Economics | $60,017 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| University of Texas - Austin (UT) | Oden | $37,000 | 2024-2025 | 2nd | |
| Texas A&M; University - College Station | Mechanical engineering | $2,500 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| Harvard University (HU) | History of Science | $51,500 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (UM) | $36,000 | 2023-2024 | 4th | ||
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center | Biology | $46,190 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| Emory University | LGS | $40,000 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| University of Arizona (U of A) | SPLS | $32,000 | 2024-2025 | 4th | |
| Texas A&M; University - College Station | Engineering | $30,000 | 2022-2023 | 2nd | |
| Stanford University (SU) | Mscs | $60,000 | 2022-2023 | 6th and up | |
| University at Albany - SUNY | Sociology | $23,400 | 2025-2026 | 2nd | $23500 for 10 months, paid biweekly. We have a graduate student employee union which managed to work out an agreement with the State government that covers most of the fees. Insurance rate is around $35 biweekly that you have to pay out of pocket. |
| University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (UNC) | Mathematics | $34,368 | 2025-2026 | 3rd | |
| Tennessee State University (TSU) | Environmental Science | $14,000 | 2024-2025 | 2nd | Tuition is not waived. Costs 4,000 per semester in average. |
| University of Tennessee - Knoxville | Mathematics | $2,000 | 2022-2023 | ||
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Biology | $50,752 | 2025-2026 | 6th and up | Health insurance included. Dental insurance is like $10/month |
| New York University (NYU) | Neural Science | $45,000 | 2025-2026 | 4th | Additional $6,000 as housing supplements |
| Purdue University - West Lafayette | Industrial engineering | $39,880 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| University of Florida (UF) | Chemistry | $30,000 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| Emory University | Physics | $40,000 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) | Physics | $37,800 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| University of Wisconsin - Madison (UW) | Chemistry PhD | $34,000 | 2025-2026 | 1st | |
| Yale University (YU) | American Studies | $50,600 | 2025-2026 | 1st |