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Current Stipend Levels at UNL�

Prepared by the Academic Affairs committee and the Executive Vice President

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Followup

  • Average excluding UNL: $17,660
  • If you find any errors, please let academicaffairsgsa@unl.edu or vicepresidentgsa@unl.edu know.

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What about by research spending?

  • https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf21314#data-tables
  • If you find any errors, please let academicaffairsgsa@unl.edu or vicepresidentgsa@unl.edu know.

Most

Least

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Purpose

Compare the compensation offered at different departments in UNL.

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Things to keep�in mind

  • Graduate Studies said most people make more than the minimum
    • our data supports this claim
    • however, this data is incomplete
  • The OGS minimum only has to do with tuition remission, most departments use their own guidelines for determining stipends
  • According to OGS, the new budget model gives department more freedom over finances, things might change positively over next couple of years, now is a good time to voice concerns!

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*If you find any errors, please let academicaffairsgsa@unl.edu or vicepresidentgsa@unl.edu know.

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*If you find any errors, please let academicaffairsgsa@unl.edu or vicepresidentgsa@unl.edu know.

Big 10 average minimum: 19,164

UNL current minimum: 10,610

UNL Estimated cost of attendance: 17,666

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About data …

  • FTE ranged from 0.33 – 0.49 among departments
  • Data presented here shows stipend levels at current FTE, not normalized
  • Some students make less money than stated for their department because they are hired somewhere else

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  • Average stipend levels: 18,558(PhD), 17,847(Masters)
  • Median: 17,400(PhD), 17,000(Masters)

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Snapshot of Graduate Student Academic Year Stipends

  • These data represent a surface level analysis of SAP data of 1243 students across all colleges as of 2/23/2022.

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Graduate Stipend (D line) for Academic Year 2021-2022

FTE

Lowest

Highest

Median

Mean

Number of Students

0.49

$10,610

$30,300

$19,000

$18,503

856/1243

0.33-0.49

$10,610

$30,300

$16,696

$17,855

1210/1243

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Snapshot of Graduate Student Academic Year Stipends�by OGS��Courtesy: Dr. Debra Hope

  • About 8% of those on an academic year appointment make the minimum of $10,610 or less based on a 0.33 to 0.49 FTE. 

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  • All of these students have Fall, Spring, and Summer tuition waivers and subsidized health insurance. Resident tuition for 18 credits (9 credits Fall and Spring) is $7,998 and non-resident tuition is $19,798. The university portion of health care is $2,640. Students are responsible for fees and 21% of health insurance.

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Next Steps

  • Meet with college deans
    • Find out about their guidelines
    • Discuss barriers to increasing stipend levels, such as funding from the state
    • How to decrease stipend disparities among colleges and departments
    • Discuss new budget model & its implications to grad student funding

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  • Work (upon request) with departmental GSAs to voice concerns regarding stipends