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Does following a PhD cost money or earn money?
According to academicpositions.be, which quotes the New York Times, PhD students earn 15000 and 30000 dollars per year. But according to Educationdata:
In 2012, the average cost of a full year in a ...
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Does being accepted in a PhD program guarantee that my tuition is payed for?
I'm a prospective psychology PhD student, and one of the most intimidating problems was tuition expenses, but I've checked a number of PhD programs (NYU, Carniege-Mellon, Princeton) and they all say ...
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Does it make sense to pay tuition fees for a PhD degree? [duplicate]
Some Ph.D. programs charge tuition fees. Others are competitive.
Does a Ph.D. done by paying tuition fees have the same gravity as a Ph.D. done on stipend when it comes to an academic career?
When ...
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Is it possible or common to receive a scholarship from home country for international students?
I'm looking to pursue my Ph.D. degree in a different country.
Currently, I'm working on my Master's thesis.
The major challenge for me would be to receive a tuition fee waiver from the University I'm ...
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What does it actually mean by the sentence "tuition is paid by the supervisor"?
What does it actually mean by the sentence "tuition is paid for by the supervisor" ?
Why would the supervisor pay the tuition fee for a PhD student?
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Costs of having a US-based PhD supervisor doing a PhD in Germany?
A little background first, as this is maybe not familiar to people outside Germany: In Germany there are universities that can not award PhDs. So called "Hochschulen/Fachhochschulen". This means they ...
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Is it normal for US PhD programs to require students to pay tuition for extra credits beyond 9 credits/semester?
Last semester I chose 12 credits, but the department said it can only pay for 9 credits, i.e. I have to pay for the extra 3 credits by myself.
No one ever told me about such rules before. I thought ...
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Why are Ph.D admission numbers low?
I am applying to a few Ph.D programs in mathematics and I found that most schools only admit about 5% of applicants. I know most programs fund students; some schools give stipends to all incoming ...
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Master's degree in science is generally not free in US, CANADA, UK, OZ, NZ? (Tuition)
I had the impression that in general, PhD programs are the only really "free" ones in higher education in those typically high cost English-speaking countries that they charge no tuition, pay you to ...
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Is it possible to do a cheap or free online or distance Ph.D. program? [closed]
Is it possible do to an online or distance Ph.D. program at all?
If so, are there ones that are cheap or free?
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Why are tuition fees for PhD students so high in the USA, despite not taking any class?
As a PhD student in a US university, my tuition fees are ~44,000 USD per year, despite the fact that I don't take any class: only 6 classes are required during the PhD program, and I've completed them ...
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What limits the number of PhD students in universities with and without PhD tution fee?
Universities normally (as far as I know) do not limit the number of PhD students a research-active professor can have as long as he secure the funding for his PhD students. For example, if a professor ...
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