Financial Support and Tuition — Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University in St Louis

Graduate Tuition and Fees

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
Full-time students: Tuition ?$37,800
Full-time students: Fees ?$550
Part-time students: Cost per credit hour $1,575

Application fee

(Source: IPEDS, 2009) ?
Graduate school application fee $45

Living Expenses

On Campus

(Source: IPEDS, 2009)
On-campus room and board ?$12,465
Additional expenses ?$2,060

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 ? 0%
Research assistantship ? 45%
Fellowship ? 12%
Traineeship ? 0%
Other 43%

First Year Support

(Source: NRC, 2005) ?
Data for full-time doctoral students in the fall of 2005
First year students with full financial support 80%

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 20%
National Institutes of Health 2%
Health and Human Services (except NIH) 0%
National Science Foundation 13%
Department of Agriculture 0%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 0%
Department of Energy 2%
Other Federal sources 0%

Non-Federal Support

Institutional support 17%
Foreign sources 2%
Other US sources 7%
Self support 38%

Tuition Remission

(Source: SED, 2000–2004) ?
Tuition paid by 2000–2004 doctorate recipients from Washington University in St Louis
Median tuition remission 50%

Amount of Tuition Remission Granted

No tuition remission 38%
Less than 1/3 of tuition 5%*
1/3 to 2/3 of tuition 18%*
More than 2/3 of tuition 38%

Graduate School Debt

(Source: SED, 2000–2004) ?
Debt for 2000–2004 doctorate recipients from Washington University in St Louis
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 degree recipients in the field from Washington University in St Louis and may include graduates from more than one program.

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