Financial Support and Tuition — Chemistry, University of Rochester

Graduate Tuition and Fees

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
Full-time students: Tuition ?$21,312
Full-time students: Fees ?$576
Part-time students: Cost per credit hour $1,184

Application fee

(Source: IPEDS, 2009) ?
Graduate school application fee $25

Living Expenses

On Campus

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
On-campus room and board ?$11,200
Additional expenses ?$1,550

Off Campus

(Source: IPEDS, )
Off-campus room and board ?NA
Additional expenses ?NA

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 ? 37%
Research assistantship ? 53%
Fellowship ? 6%
Traineeship ? 0%
Other 3%

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 14%
Health and Human Services (except NIH) 0%
National Science Foundation 11%
Department of Agriculture 0%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 0%
Department of Energy 7%
Other Federal sources 5%

Non-Federal Support

Institutional support 51%
Foreign sources 0%
Other US sources 9%
Self support 3%

Tuition Remission

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

Amount of Tuition Remission Granted

No tuition remission 3%*
Less than 1/3 of tuition 0%*
1/3 to 2/3 of tuition 0%
More than 2/3 of tuition 97%

Graduate School Debt

(Source: SED, 2000–2004) ?
Debt for 2000–2004 Chemistry doctorate recipients from University of Rochester
Median graduate school debt $0
* Value is missing. The value shown is based on the average for other programs in the same field. Learn more.
Data are for all Chemistry degree recipients from University of Rochester and may include graduates from more than one program.

The graduate school rankings on PhDs.org have been made possible by grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
The National Postdoctoral Association and The Center for Science and the Media have served as the project's fiscal sponsors.