Financial Support and Tuition — Anthropology, Northwestern University

Graduate Tuition and Fees

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
Full-time students: Tuition ?$38,400
Full-time students: Fees ?$312
Part-time students: Cost per credit hour $4,518

Application fee

(Source: IPEDS, 2009) ?
Graduate school application fee $75

Living Expenses

On Campus

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
On-campus room and board ?$11,703
Additional expenses ?$2,132

Off Campus

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
Off-campus room and board ?$11,703
Additional expenses ?$2,716

Type of Financial Support

(Source: GSS, 2007)
How graduate students in the program (including master's, doctoral, and professional degree students) paid for their graduate educations
Teaching assistantship ? 22%
Research assistantship ? 0%
Fellowship ? 46%
Traineeship ? 0%
Other 32%

First Year Support

(Source: NRC, 2005) ?
Data for full-time doctoral students in the fall of 2005
First year students with full financial support 100%

Sources of Financial Support

(Source: GSS, 2007)
How graduate students in the program (including master's, doctoral, and professional degree students) paid for their graduate educations

Federal Support

Department of Defense 0%
National Institutes of Health 0%
Health and Human Services (except NIH) 0%
National Science Foundation 15%
Department of Agriculture 0%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 0%
Department of Energy 0%
Other Federal sources 12%

Non-Federal Support

Institutional support 41%
Foreign sources 0%
Other US sources 10%
Self support 22%

Tuition Remission

(Source: SED, 2000–2004) ?
Tuition paid by 2000–2004 doctorate recipients from Northwestern University
Median tuition remission 83%

Amount of Tuition Remission Granted

No tuition remission 25%*
Less than 1/3 of tuition 13%*
1/3 to 2/3 of tuition 0%
More than 2/3 of tuition 62%

Graduate School Debt

(Source: SED, 2000–2004) ?
Debt for 2000–2004 doctorate recipients from Northwestern University
Median graduate school debt $5,000
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all degree recipients in the field from Northwestern University and may include graduates from more than one program.

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