finallyagradstudent Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Hi everyone, I am seriously considering attending UCSB for fall of 2014, but I am wondering about that my stipend. I know that the grad student life is not supposed to be luxurious, yet I can help but think that I might be getting short changed considering the cost of living in Santa Barbara. I was wondering if anyone would be willing to discuss the financial package that was offered to them by UCSB. Personally my stipend would amount to $25k a year, which isn't terrible I am just curious if this is what everyone else received. Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvorimir Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Hi, I have almost the same offer, or maybe exactly the same offer, - something about $2k/month. Since I am literally from the opposite side of the Earth, I don't know how much it is for the life in SB (and in other parts of America as well), but as far as I know it is a typical funding package for American graduate students. There is another thing I am wondering about - I am confused a bit about university rankings: while Times (20 in Eng&Tech worldwide) and phds.org (5-16 in ME) rank UCSB pretty high and USN places it on 26 in ME and on 19 in Eng (which also seems not bad) - QS ranks it only as 151-200 in mechanical engineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMostPowerfulApplicant Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 UCSB Mechanical is respectable program, but getting a job afterwards might be more difficult compared to other higher ranked schools. I think this is the case because mechanical engineering jobs is in much less demand theses days. justinmcummings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shijieren Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Congrats! I also submitted application to the program, but I still hear nothing from them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJim Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Don't worry about rankings, there is a reason they are so inconsistent. Companies in CA know UCSB and recruit from there. This is not a university to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finallyagradstudent Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 I agree, the school is excellent and particularly for MEMS (which is what I want to specialize in). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clandry Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I think this is the case because mechanical engineering jobs is in much less demand theses days.lol... Want to give us the source of this info? finallyagradstudent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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