Overview

All students admitted into the Statistics Department are offered enough financial support to live comfortably, for at least the standard duration of the degree. This aid may take several forms: fellowships, teaching appointments, research appointments, etc.

Funding policy for Ph.D. students

The policy for the Ph.D. program is that financial support will be distributed among all students making satisfactory progress. In giving support, the department will try to equalize net income, defined as payment plus fellowships and tuition waivers, minus taxes and the fees and non-resident tuition that the student has to pay. A level of net income will be determined which constitutes basic support, comparable to support offered by other institutions with good statistics programs. Support is promised for four years to students making satisfactory progress, and is frequently extended for another year. In addition, all Ph.D. students are offered financial support of some kind durring the summer.

Funding policy for M.A. students

Normally, up to 50% teaching support per semester is available for Masters students with good language and teaching skills who are making satisfactory progress towards their degree; however, it is the department's policy that financial support is offered first to Ph.D. students. It is rare for students in the Masters program to be offered research assistantships, and nonresident tuition fellowships are reserved for Ph.D. students. Masters students are not guaranteed financial support durring the summer.

Funding sources from the department

Funding sources from the department include:

• Teaching appointments
• Research appointments
• Readerships
• Tutoring: The office staff occasionally receives inquiries from people interested in hiring graduate students as tutors in statistics. The staff keeps a list of students who are available for such tutoring. If you are interested in making a few extra dollars tutoring and if you let the office staff know about it, chances are excellent that you'll get a few tutoring requests each semester. Pay rates are arranged privately with the student. Typical pay rates are $25 per hour.
• Fellowships: All applicants to the Statistics Department are automatically considered for department and university fellowships. The Michel and Line Loève Fellowship is granted to doctoral students specializing in probability.
• Travel funds

Funding sources from outside the department

Sometimes students make use of other sources of funding. This includes:

• University sources
• Fellowships
• Consulting
• Private tutoring
• Internships
• Other university part-time jobs