In-State Vs Out-of-State PHD?

Graduate School
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<p>Is there a difference between the funding options if you apply in an in-state or out-of-state phd programs?</p>

<p>What about the difference between private and public schools?</p>

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<p>In my "search and apply" season this year I haven't noticed any difference in funding opportunities although I have come across a few schools that seem to maintain the in-state vs. out of state tuition disparity. </p>

<p>There doesn't seem to be any pattern in public vs. private that I can see either. Some private universities fund everyone who is admitted rather lavishly as do many state universities; other private schools are well know for their stinginess and some public uni's have stipends that land you right at the "poverty line". It all depends on what the university is able to handle financially. </p>

<p>The real differences seem to be in subject area. Engineering and some sciences tend to be better funded than the humanities simply because there are more sources of federal funding for research.</p>

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<p>In my experience, state school PhD programs tend to make up the difference in cost for each individual out-of-state student for the first year of the program, but they expect the student to take the appropriate steps to establish state residency thereafter.</p>

<p>This is something that different programs are likely to handle differently, but funding the difference while expecting students to establish residency seems pretty reasonable to me.</p>

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<p>Different states have different policies (in most cases state law actually) regarding establishing residency in that state while a student. </p>

<p>So for state universities, you can't assume. But the residency stuff is easy to find out on the web.</p>

<p>I ask the OP to tell us how many departmental websites (s)he has visited? I would think most of this information can be easily found, on an institution by institution basis.</p>

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<p>In most academic fields (as opposed to vocational fields) for the PhD, applicants should be seeking awards (such as teaching or research assistantships, or fellowships) that provide full tuition remission as well as a stipend. With such an award, tuition costs are irrelevant.</p>