Indecisive Poet Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) I've updated the stipend information for Boston College (it has increased by a considerable amount since it was last updated for 2017) but I'm not sure how to calculate the new wage index. @Warelin? Edited January 31, 2020 by Indecisive Poet Warelin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warelin Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Indecisive Poet said: I've updated the stipend information for Boston College (it has increased by a considerable amount since it was last updated for 2017) but I'm not sure how to calculate the new wage index. @Warelin? Thanks for the updated info! To calculate the Living Wage Index: 1. Visit https://livingwage.mit.edu/ 2. Type in the name of the city 3. Look at the living wage under 0 children 4. In the living wage box, type in the following: Your Stipend amount/ (Living Wage/*2080) - The 2080 is the number of hours you'd work if you had a full-time job. MIT updates their numbers every year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indecisive Poet Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 On 1/31/2020 at 7:22 AM, Warelin said: Thanks for the updated info! To calculate the Living Wage Index: 1. Visit https://livingwage.mit.edu/ 2. Type in the name of the city 3. Look at the living wage under 0 children 4. In the living wage box, type in the following: Your Stipend amount/ (Living Wage/*2080) - The 2080 is the number of hours you'd work if you had a full-time job. MIT updates their numbers every year or so. Wonderful, thank you! BC's WI has been updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solana Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Would anyone be interested in having a list like this for Canadian English/Comp Lit PhDs? I could definitely start one! TurnLeft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warelin Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 On 2/9/2020 at 2:26 PM, solana said: Would anyone be interested in having a list like this for Canadian English/Comp Lit PhDs? I could definitely start one! There were Canadian Universities on the original list. I think someone deleted it because there was confusion on the stipend's overlap with the tuition payments. Feel free to re-add it. CanadianEnglish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merry night wanderer Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) Just a heads up that I adjusted Oregon's package with more information, especially since there was some confusion about it earlier in the year. It's definitely tight, but I think there was some confusion surrounding the way they've worded things, and the situation is better than people have assumed. Edited February 17, 2020 by merry night wanderer PlacingJane1994 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnLeft Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 On 2/9/2020 at 2:26 PM, solana said: Would anyone be interested in having a list like this for Canadian English/Comp Lit PhDs? I could definitely start one! YES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warelin Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 Due to someone deleting information, I had to roll the spreadsheet back to a version from a few days ago. Please do not delete information unless you're updating information for that school. If you added information in the past day or two, please feel free to re-add your information. CanadianEnglish and merry night wanderer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Maritime Scholar Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 @Warelin, thank you for this! This is exactly what I've been looking for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikha Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) Princeton increasing their funding for grad students in the humanities to $38,000-$42,000. If you receive offers from multiple schools including Princeton, ask them to match. If you're currently a grad student, ask your department if they'll be offering a similar increase in order to stay competitive with new applicants. https://www.princeton.edu/news/2022/01/25/princeton-will-significantly-increase-stipends-support-graduate-students Edited January 25, 2022 by Mikha ashwel11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetasp Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 I'm not sure where else really to post this, but I wanted some help deciphering UC Santa Cruz's pay scale. I see what's listed on the funding form here, and I got an unofficial offer that similar, but then I looked at their pay scale on their website and I'm confused. Really, I just need someone who gets the money part to untangle it a bit, if possible. They list their teaching assistant salary as $46,493 and their teaching fellow as $54,509, which seems really high and is way higher than all of the other pay I've seen, but I don't see any other scales for TAs listed anywhere. Help? https://apo.ucsc.edu/compensation/salary-scales/index.html https://apo.ucsc.edu/docs/scales-crnt.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regimentations Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 41 minutes ago, zetasp said: 'm not sure where else really to post this, but I wanted some help deciphering UC Santa Cruz's pay scale. I see what's listed on the funding form here, and I got an unofficial offer that similar, but then I looked at their pay scale on their website and I'm confused. Really, I just need someone who gets the money part to untangle it a bit, if possible. They list their teaching assistant salary as $46,493 and their teaching fellow as $54,509, which seems really high and is way higher than all of the other pay I've seen, but I don't see any other scales for TAs listed anywhere. Help? https://apo.ucsc.edu/compensation/salary-scales/index.html https://apo.ucsc.edu/docs/scales-crnt.pdf I think it's important to note that those are FTE/Full Time Equivalency. Grad students would never be considered FT. I believe most universities would consider grad students at either .25FTE or .5FTE. Using the two numbers you listed and dividing by half, you'd get $23,246.50 and $27,254.50. The number might even be further adjusted if their FTE is based on 12 months instead of the academic year.) I imagine that the number is also lower than the above because UCSC has this on their website which sounds like one of their top rewards: Chancellor’s Fellowships A limited number of these fellowships are awarded to first-year graduate students in doctoral programs. These nine-month awards provided a stipend of $24,000 plus payment of all university fees. Best of luck! zetasp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuttlefish Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Current TA at UC Santa Cruz chiming in - though they list the TA annual salary as $46,493, with a monthly take-home of of $2,582.83, my actual take-home pay after taxes and fees is closer to $2200/month. It should also be noted that UCSC operates on a nine month annual cycle, and funding during summers is not always guaranteed; this may be why the annual estimates seem high. It can be very difficult to live in Santa Cruz on a TA stipend due to the incredibly high cost of living here. Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plantdaddy89 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Columbia's package has been updated as a result of the recent graduate student laborers strike. TA work beginning in your second year, 1-1 teaching load starting your third. $39,990 for those on 9-month appointments (total compensation includes a $6,000 summer stipend). We also have pretty good health insurance, and can opt-in to the dental insurance for a reasonable fee. Solidarity forever! The Penguin and Podiatrist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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