Graduate Funding
We want to guide you toward the resources you need to complete your degree. We offer a variety of funding opportunities in the form of departmental support and assistantships, as well as scholarships and fellowships.
Grainger Engineering Five-Year Ph.D. Funding Guarantee
Grainger Engineering Ph.D. students in their first five years of enrollment are guaranteed a funded appointment for fall and spring that includes a full tuition waiver, a partial fee waiver, and a stipend. Students are also eligible for summer support. Students must remain in Good Academic Standing and successfully perform the duties of their assistantships.
Major Grainger Engineering Fellowships
Carver Fellowship
The Carver Fellowship is for incoming doctoral students who have exhibited exceptional potential for academic success. It is a one-year, $34,000 fellowship (fall, spring, and summer terms) that includes a tuition waiver.
SURGE Fellowship
The SURGE Fellowship is for incoming doctoral students who have exhibited exceptional potential for academic success and come from groups that have been historically underrepresented in engineering research. It is a five-year fellowship that includes tuition waivers, a $41,000 stipend, and four years of guaranteed assistantships.
Comparing costs
This is where we fall on the Cost of Living Comparison Among Top 25 Engineering Graduate Schools. For a more detailed cost of living comparison, see the Cost of Living Comparison calculator.
| University | Location | Cost of Living Index | |
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Carnegie Mellon University |
Pittsburgh, PA |
87% |
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Johns Hopkins University |
Baltimore, MD |
88% |
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University of Illinois |
Urbana, IL |
93% |
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Texas A&M University |
College Station, TX |
94% |
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University of Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia, PA |
96% |
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Georgia Institute of Technology |
Atlanta, GA |
97% |
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Purdue University |
West Lafayette, IN |
98% |
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Virginia Tech |
Blacksburg, VA |
102% |
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University of Texas |
Austin, TX |
107% |
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University of Michigan |
Ann Arbor, MI |
111% |
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Cornell University |
Ithaca, NY |
113% |
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University of Wisconsin |
Madison, WI |
116% |
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University of Maryland |
College Park, MD |
119% |
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Northwestern University |
Evanston, IL |
128% |
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| Princeton University |
Princeton, N.J. |
162% |
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| University of California-Los Angeles |
Los Angeles, CA |
164% |
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| University of Southern California |
Los Angeles, CA |
164% |
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| Columbia University |
New York, NY |
168% |
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| Harvard University |
Cambridge, MA |
183% |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Cambridge, MA |
183% |
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| California Institute of Technology |
Pasadena, CA |
194% |
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| University of California-Berkeley |
Berkeley, CA |
231% |
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| University of California-Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara, CA |
247% |
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| University of California-San Diego |
La Jolla, CA |
372% |
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| Stanford University |
Stanford, CA |
445% |