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Stipend and Budget Data
Last Update: November 17, 2023
How do our stipends compare with the local cost of living?
University | Location | Living Wage | Stipend | Delta | Ratio | Guarantees | Subsidized Housing? |
Brown | Providence | $5,553 | 115.1% | No | |||
Princeton | Princeton | $5,824 | 114.6% | Yes | |||
UPenn | Philadelphia | ($169) | 99.5% | 5 Years (H/SS) | No | ||
Yale-SoM | New Haven | $409 | 101.0% | Entire Ph.D. | No | ||
Yale-H/SS | New Haven | ($1,291) | 96.7% | No | |||
MIT-Biomed. | Cambridge | ($4,301) | 91.4% | Entire Ph.D. | Yes | ||
MIT-H/SS* | Cambridge | ($5,061) | 89.8% | 5 Years | Yes | ||
WashU-SoM | St. Louis | ($296) | 99.1% | Entire Ph.D. | No | ||
WashU-H/SS (2021-22) | St. Louis | ($6,644) | 80.9% | No | |||
Cornell-SoM | New York | ($6,613) | 87.5% | Entire Ph.D. | Yes | ||
Cornell-H/SS | Ithaca | ($3,790) | 90.6% | 5 Years | No | ||
JHU-SoM & WSE | Baltimore | ($1,976) | 94.7% | Entire Ph.D. | No | ||
JHU-KSAS | Baltimore | ($4,586) | 87.8% | 5 Years | No | ||
JHU-SoE | Baltimore | $30,000 | ($7,586) | 79.8% | 5 Years | No | |
JHU-SPH (Min.) | Baltimore | ($11,234) | 70.1% | None | No | ||
Northwestern | Chicago | ($4,927) | 87.7% | No | |||
Harvard-SoM | Cambridge | ($5,405) | 89.1% | Entire Ph.D. | Yes | ||
Harvard-H/SS | Cambridge | ($9,737) | 80.4% | Yes | |||
Harvard-SPH | Cambridge | ($11,642) | 76.6% | 5 Years | Yes | ||
UChicago-SoM* | Chicago | ($4,423) | 89.0% | Entire Ph.D. | No | ||
UChicago-H/SS* | Chicago | $34,000 | ($6,123) | 84.7% | No | ||
Columbia-SoM | New York | ($7,543) | 85.7% | Entire Ph.D. | Yes | ||
Columbia-H/SS | New York | ($12,873) | 75.6% | Yes | |||
Columbia-SPH | New York | ($12,873) | 75.6% | 5 Years | Yes |
After accounting for inflation since December 2021, the cost-of-living for Baltimore already exceeds $40,000.
Remember: Hopkins can afford it!
How Much Would Raises Cost?
School and Division | Minimum Stipend (2022/23) | Individual Cost of Raises to $40,000 | Ph.D. Students | Maximum Total Cost |
School of Medicine | $35,610 | $4,390 | 871 | $3,823,690 |
KSAS Humanities/Social Science | $33,000 | $7,000 | 491 | $3,437,000 |
KSAS Natural Science | $34,000 | $6,000 | 534 | $3,204,000 |
Whiting School of Engineering | $35,610 | $4,390 | 796 | $3,494,440 |
School of Public Health (Stipend)* | $26,353 | $13,647 | 210 | $2,865,870 |
School of Public Health (Hourly)* | $0 | $40,000 | 214 | $8,560,000 |
School of Education | $30,000 | $10,000 | 27 | $270,000 |
School of Nursing | $35,610 | $4,390 | 65 | $285,350 |
Johns Hopkins University | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 3,208 | $25,940,350 |
How Much Would Raises Cost?
School and Division | Minimum Stipend (2023–24) | Individual Cost of Raises to $58,000 | Ph.D. Students | Maximum Total Cost |
School of Medicine | $37,600 | $20,400 | 790 | $16,116,000 |
KSAS Humanities/Social Science | $34,500 | $23,500 | 450 | $10,575,000 |
KSAS Natural Science | $35,000 | $23,000 | 620 | $14,260,000 |
Whiting School of Engineering | $37,600 | $20,400 | 830 | $16,932,000 |
School of Public Health (Stipend)* | $27,200 | $30,800 | 300 | $9,240,000 |
School of Public Health (Hourly)* | $0 | $58,000 | 100 | $5,800,000 |
School of Education/SAIS | $30,000 | $28,000 | 80 | $2,240,000 |
School of Nursing | $37,600 | $20,400 | 60 | $1,224,000 |
Johns Hopkins University | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 3,230 | $76,387,000 |
How Much Money Does JHU Have?
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