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I'm weighing between two offers that I have. From my previous posts, I've been trying to decide between Religious Studies and Anthropology. 

One of my offers is from a prestigious university in a high cost of living city in the US. The stipend is $32,000+ and has guaranteed summer funding. The program is in Religious Studies, and I come from an Anthropology background. The RS program at this school is amazing, and there's multiple faculty there that I really want to work with, and faculty at other schools in this particular city that I could work with as well. 

The second offer is from a lower tier, smaller university that is still reputable. It's in another relatively high cost of living city in the US, but slightly lower cost than the one above. The stipend is $24,000 maximum with no guaranteed summer funding. It's an Anthropology PhD in a program that is a great fit for me as well. Not so much for faculty specifically (who are all great) but because of the department's focuses and interests as a whole. It's also been said to me, even from the faculty at the RS program, that an Anthropology degree would definitely be more flexible on the job market (of course the job market is tight for ALL degrees). 

Both programs have amazing resources and both seem like great fits for me. The only things that give me pause are stipend and the type of degree I'd leave with. 

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