GSA Stipend Report 2021-2022
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. Please note that this page is outdated; for the most recent stipend report, please see here.
Important Notes
- ‘Yes’ means the department covers this cost for you
- As of the 2021-2022 academic year, Carnegie Mellon provides a health insurance subsidy of 50% to all PhD students. The cost of health insurance with no subsidy is $2,261. ‘Yes’ means a department offers additional health insurance subsidies above the university's 50% baseline.
- The data is the product of self-reports. If you believe any information is incorrect, email us.
- 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 ($440) |
Transportation Fee ($244) |
Student Activity Fee ($222) |
Health Insurance ($1,130) |
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College of Fine Arts |
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Architecture |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
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Design |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
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Heinz College |
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Heinz |
$3,000 |
9 |
$27,000 |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Dietrich College |
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English |
$2,325 |
12 |
$27,900 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
History |
$1,958 |
12 |
$23,500 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
Modern Languages |
$2,340 |
9 |
$21,060 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Philosophy |
$2,250 |
12 |
$27,000 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
Psychology |
$2,441 |
12 |
$29,292 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Statistics |
$3,100 |
9 |
$27,900 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Program in Neural Computation |
$2,808 |
12 |
$33,700 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Mellon College of Science |
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Biological Sciences |
$2,500 |
12 |
$30,000 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Chemistry |
$2,500 |
12 |
$30,000 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Mathematical Science |
$2,550 |
9 |
$22,950 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Physics |
$2,550 |
12 |
$30,600 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
College of Engineering |
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Biomedical Engineering |
$2,615 |
12 |
$31,375 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
$2,563 |
12 |
$30,750 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Chemical Engineering |
$2,667 |
12 |
$32,000 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
Electrical and Computer Engineering |
$3,060 |
12 |
$36,720 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
Engineering Public Policy |
$2,570 |
12 |
$30,840 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
Material Science and Engineering |
$2,600 |
12 |
$31,200 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
Mechanical Engineering |
$2,585 |
12 |
$31,020 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
School of Computer Science |
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Computational Biology |
$3,060 |
12 |
$36,720 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Computer Science |
$3,060 |
9/12 |
$27,540/$36,720 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Human Computer Interaction |
$3,060 |
12 |
$36,720 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Institute for Software Research - Societal Computing |
$3,060 |
9 |
$27,540 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Institute for Software Research - Software Engineering |
$3,010 |
12 |
$36,120 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Language Technology Institute |
$3,060 |
12 |
$36,720 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Machine Learning |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
No information provided |
|
Robotics |
$3,000 |
12 |
$36,000 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Tepper School of Business |
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Tepper (Year 1) |
$2,250 |
12 |
$27,000 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
Tepper (Years 2 - 5) |
Varies based on TA-ship |
12 |
Varies |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Compiled by the Graduate Student Assembly. Last updated: March 14th, 2022.