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[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

According to the NCES, in 2015-16 the average PhD graduate had about $100k student debt

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/pdf/coe_tub.pdf

[-] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I think most of these are from undergrad and master. AFAIK most PhD are fully funded. Not enough to pay any debt, but usually enough to not starve.

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 8 months ago

Maybe you should look outside of the US.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 points 8 months ago

Ya got me there.

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I think that’s maybe from undergrad or masters? Most PhD programs are fellowships or scholarships, so the student doesn’t pay for anything.

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