Math PhD Programs: Graduate Student Stipends and Benefits

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1	Last Updated: Oct 2023	The following is a partial list of graduate student stipends and benefits in mathematics departments curated by Mansi Bezbaruah. This list was inspired by Emily Winn's GRE and Qualifying exam resource list for GRE (linked here). To add a new department to the list please fill out this Google Form. If any information on this list is incorrect or if you have questions, please leave a comment at the end
2	University and Department	Geographic Location	PhD Stipend Amount (monthly and gross)	Health Insurance Information	Are there any additional fellowships available for incoming students?	Employment Term	Does the department support students for the summer and how likely is summer funding?	Is there a limit to how many years funding lasts?	Reccurring Costs/Fees from the department or school	Comment/Notes

3	Brandeis University, GSAS Math dept.	Waltham, MA, USA	$2,778	Good health insurance is included :)	Payment for teaching/grading/etc is all in addition. They are always looking for people to fill these spots. Very likely that an extra $5-10k is possible each semester with these jobs.	9 months	Summer funding is likely. I have been paid $25/hr to review the calculus curriculum this summer (post first year). There are research spots depending on the grants of different advisors. There are also a few summer teaching spots.	5 years	Basically none, maybe $50 per year?	Every semester you teach (a requirement for at least 4 semesters, starting in 2nd yr) is an extra $10k - which I didn’t know when I accepted the offer at Brandeis but am very happy to know now.
4	Brown University, Division of Applied Mathematics	Providence, RI, USA	$2,848.34	Health and dental insurance are included at no cost to students,	The Division nominates top applicants for Presidential Fellowships, but you can't apply for them yourself. If you win an external fellowship, you get the stipend of that fellowship plus an 11% bonus from Brown. (As an NSF fellow I make $3,321.62 net, which is about $3,000 after taxes)	11.5 months	Summer automatically funded but your pay is slightly lower month to month because it builds in 2.5 weeks of unpaid vacation	5 guaranteed, you can always apply for a sixth year and most people get it. If you earn a fellowship (from Brown or externally like NSF), you have 6 years guaranteed with the option to apply for a seventh	$64 at beginning of fall and spring (2 times per year), but if you waive the insurance you get reimbursed and the fees cancel (I understand most people are not privileged enough to do this)	(1) Payment has likely gone up as we do have a Graduate Student Union negotiating, but I'm not in it as I am on fellowship. I believe there is also a union fee that is collected from your stipend, but they negotiated a pay increase when they formed to cover it, so your net should be about the same as above. (2) The Division offers a budget to cover supplies/textbooks/research materials (it was $1750 my year, not sure if that has changed) to use over the course of your degree, and (3) They do have a moving stipend now (around $800 but to be confirmed)
5	Colorado State University, Mathematics Department	Fort Collins, CO, USA	$2,037 to $2,159 (dpeending on advisor)	Covered		9 months	Neglecting covid, basically everyone who wants funding can teach	5 guaranteed, 6 with additional application	$1200/semester	also: $1000 is travel funding
6	Cornell University, Department of Mathematics	Ithaca, NY, USA	$3,146			9 months	There is summer teaching and research funding available, but it is not guaranteed and can be around 2/3 of the normal stipend per month	Guaranteed for 5 years, must apply in 6th year, must be requested by advisor in 7th year	~$70 student activity fee
7	Dartmouth College, Mathematics	Hanover, NH, USA	$2,590		No	12 months	Yes, same stipend per month in summer quarter	5 years	$110 student record & activity fees per year
8	Georgia Institute of Technology, Mathematics	Atlanta, GA	$2,416	No; student health insurance is $400 a semester (fall, spring, summer)	Not to my knowledge.	12 months	summer funding is guaranteed and is the same as the fall and spring pay.	six years, with some exceptions.	$375/mo for about 9 months; this is a bit more for international students	Total net/mo after fees is $1,787, total gross is $1,850. For U.S. citizens, you can claim the Lifelong Learning tax credit to deduct all payments on fees; it can be helpful for some folks!
9	Harvard University, Mathematics Department	Boston, MA, USA	$3,300	Health & Dental fees are ~$250/mo.		9 months	Yes, $6000 research assistantship	5 years	Union dues are $44/mo.	plus $1000 p/a travel allowance
10	Johns Hopkins University, Department of Mathematics	Baltimore, MD, USA	$2,875			12months	Yes, additional summer funding is not uncommon	5 years of guaranteed funding, and a 6th year is generally possible for students that would benefit from it		The stipend is paid out evenly over 12 months (i.e. the total stipend amount is the listed monthly amount times 12), but is for 9 months of work. Students can teach or intern over the summer for extra pay.
11	Montana State University	Bozeman, MT, USA	$1,431	No	Not that I know of	10 months	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown -- not covered	The cost of living in Bozeman is insanely high -- 17k is NOT enough to live in Bozeman
12	Ohio State University, Department of Mathematics	Columbus, OH, USA	$2,280			9 months	Yes, likely	6 guaranteed, 7th often approved.
13	Oregon State University, Mathematics Dept	Corvallis, OR, USA	$2,000			9 months	Probably 90% of people who want summer funding get it.	6 but they can cut you off at 5 if they don’t think you’ll finish in another year	$300-ish a year
14	Temple University; Department of Mathematics	Philadelphia, PA, USA	$2,315			9 months or 12 months. You may choose every year	Summer teaching is guaranteed if you want it.		$400 fee every semester
15	Texas A&M University, Department of Mathematics	College Station, TX, USA	$2,250	PPO Plan Included		9 months	Not guaranteed but most students in need of it receive summer assistantship	5 years if you enter with a master's degree, 6 if you come straight from undergraduate. Beyond that funding is not guaranteed.		one time travel grant of $500
16	University of Arizona Applied Mathematics	Tucson, Arizona	$1,900	Yes		10	Yes, teaching jobs are available	Yes, 5 years.	~400 a semester
17	UC Berkeley, Department of Mathematics	Berkeley, CA, USA	$3,000			9 months				one off $1800 for moving costs
18	UCLA, Department of Mathematics	Los Angeles, CA, USA	$2,700			9 months	People are traditionally offered summer funding after the first year. For the other summers, you only get funding if you work as a TA or a research assistant (if your advisor or the department pays you for this)			plus $1000 travel allowance over whole degree
19	University of Chicago, Department of Mathematics	Chicago, IL, USA	$2,666.66	Includes university insurance which is pretty good.		9 months	Yes		$416/quarter. Recently they've added that amount to our pay because the union has been making noise about it, but don't expect that to last unless the university recognizes the union.	You also get a $1500 budget to use towards a computer/tablet when you enroll, and a relocation budget of $800/$1200 if you are domestic/international. You can't do outside work during the summer except mentoring in the REU (they will pay $2k if you choose to do that).
20	University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Mathematics	Honolulu, HI, USA	$1,840	No	No	9 months	Summer funding is likely, but is subject to higher taxation due to student status	6 years guaranteed	450 dollars per semester
21	University of Houston, Department of Mathematics	Houston, Texas, USA	w/o Masters: $2226.22; w/ Masters (or after earning 30 credits): $2426.22	No. Health insurance is about $3k per year ($1k in the Fall, $2k for the Spring and Summer).	UH Presidential Fellowship: You have to directly ask the department or if you know a professor in the department, you can ask them to recommend you for the fellowship; $2k per year for 2 years.	9 months for TA and 12 months for RA	Yes but it is limited	The funding lasts for 5 1/2 years.	None	I think the department is quite generous with travel funding for conferences.
22	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Mathematics	Urbana and Champaign, IL, USA	$2,315			9 months			$650 p/sem in fees + health insurance
23	University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY, USA	$1,501.50	Covered	There's a 3 year $3000/year fellowship available for first year students. I don't know how many students receive this fellowship.	10 months (August-May)	"Historically, almost all of our graduate students have an additional $3200-$6000 in income from summer teaching or fellowships. While we can't guarantee that summer income, we expect this to continue to be the case."	6 years	$300/semester
24	University of Massachusetts Amherst	New England, MA, USA	$2,426			9 Months	Some: one summer RA-ship allowed per student, and occasional summer teaching/TAing available to limited number of students; further summer support must come from advisor grants	5 years for PhD, with some exceptions negotiated	$724 for 9 credits if GEO(union) elligible, plus $285 per year if using student health insurance	Graduate students are unionized campus wide; wages usually go up each contract negotiation for cost of living adjustments. Full, complex fee schedule here: https://www.umass.edu/graduate/sites/default/files/files/2019-FALL%2019%20%20FEE%20SCHEDULE.pdf Stipends are somewhat smaller for terminal masters degree students, due to reduced duties (all GEO elligible employees receive a minimum of $30.33/hour; PhD teaching load is payed at 20 hours/week, masters is @ 15 hours/week)
25	University of Oregon, Department of Mathematics	Eugene, OR, USA	$2,000			9 months	$4500 if you teach summer
26	University of Pennsylvania, Mathematics	Philadelphia, PA, USA	3,225			10 months	Guaranteed funding for 3 summers.	5 Years guaranteed funding, some students find funding for a 6th year	n/a
27	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA, USA	$3,389 for September–April. $1,694 in August and May.		Every student gets two semesters of fellowship.	9 months	Some students teach during the summer	5 years, frequently extended to 6 or 7	~$100/term
28	University of Tennessee	Knoxville, TN, USA	$1,791.66	Covered -- can add dependents and/or spouse for added fees	Unknown	9 months	Some summer teaching is available -- priority given to students who have made more rapid progress than required for the PhD program.	5 years -- can renew for a 6th year	$1071/year	GTA/GRA must take "undergraduate level" diagnostic tests in linear algebra and real analysis by August of the 2nd year. "This is a condition for continuation of GTA support beyond the second year". Currently students receive $1000 if they pass both diagnostic tests in August at the beginning of the first year. Also, outside employment during semesters is prohibited. There's no income tax.
29	University of Waterloo, Pure Mathematics	Waterloo, Ontario, Canada	CAD 1,667			12 months	Yes, summer funding is guaranteed (TA-ship is mandatory)	4 years (if you come in with a Masters)
30	Wesleyan University	Middletown, CT, USA	$2,980			12 months	Yes, guaranteed	5 guaranteed, usually up to 6 years	Grad activity fee, not sure how much. Definitely <$100 per year
31	Yale University, Department of Mathematics	New Haven, CT, USA	$2,900			12 months	Yes -- funding continues	5 years
32	University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY, USA	$1,501.50	Covered	There's a 3 year $3000/year fellowship available for first year students. I don't know how many students receive this fellowship.	10 months (August-May)	"Historically, almost all of our graduate students have an additional $3200-$6000 in income from summer teaching or fellowships. While we can't guarantee that summer income, we expect this to continue to be the case."	6 years	$300/semester
33	Montana State University	Bozeman, MT, USA	$1,430.83	Not Covered	Not that I know of	10 months	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown -- not covered	The cost of living in Bozeman is insanely high -- 17k is NOT enough to live in Bozeman
34	University of Tennessee	Knoxville, TN, USA	$1,791.66	Covered -- can add dependents and/or spouse for added fees	Unknown	9 months	Some summer teaching is available -- priority given to students who have made more rapid progress than required for the PhD program.	5 years -- can renew for a 6th year	$1071/year	GTA/GRA must take "undergraduate level" diagnostic tests in linear algebra and real analysis by August of the 2nd year. "This is a condition for continuation of GTA support beyond the second year". Currently students receive $1000 if they pass both diagnostic tests in August at the beginning of the first year. Also, outside employment during semesters is prohibited. There's no income tax.
35	German universities	Germany	There are three different kinds of positions along math departments, paying in the following way: Gross: between 2056€ (50% position, relatively rare), 3084€ (75% position, standard) and 4113€ (100% position, very rare, slightly more common in applied math). Approximate net: 1450€ (50%), 2013€ (75%), 2563€ (100%). This is for first-year PhD students. Salary increases for second-year students (net increase between 100-250€ per month). Varies slightly from state to state.		Fellowships/financial awards and PhD jobs tend to exclude each other. There are fellowships that pay about the same as the net 50% and the net 75% jobs that can be applied for to secure your own funding if there are no department PhD jobs.	12 months	Yes, the job is year-round.	Usually 3-5 years, extensions are possible depending on circumstances.	0. Though it might be beneficial to enroll as a student (100-300 € per 6 months) to enjoy student benefits.	There are different types of PhD jobs. Some require teaching, some are purely research based. Teaching jobs tend to be more common. Some of them require proficiency in German, some don't (and you have to teach in English). Reseach based PhD jobs usually don't require German (but proficiency in English).
36	UK universities	UK	pegged to UKRI stipend (currently 15600 pounds p/a), and not taxable (i.e. net pay is the full 15,600)
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