It’s paid, but (at least in my case) doesn’t pay that much. It’s barely enough to live off of if you’re really careful with your money. I wouldn’t have been able to do it without accumulating significant savings beforehand.
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FinalRemix@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoMaybe it’s just my field, but every PhD program I’ve seen, applied to, attended, sent attends to, etc… was basically paid for, outright. Mostly it’s a matter of moving, which is a gigantic bitch.
howrar@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Jhex@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Don’t you need a Graduate degree AND a Post Graduate degree to even be eligible for most PhDs?
FinalRemix@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It depends on the field, program of study, and institution. Some places want masters degrees coming in. Others, a bachelor’s or postbacc, so they can do a combined “full tour” masters-through-PhD and they get to shape students as-is.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Paid PhDs are only the norm in stem, and those are the exact subjects where academia is a huge pay cut compared to industry. Hell, I’ll be taking a huge pay cut (in terms of net hourly wage) when I finish my master’s and quit my part time job, that requires a bachelor’s, and start a PhD.
FinalRemix@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Depends in if you include behavior and psych as STEM, I guess, then.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, should’ve specified, hard sciences
FinalRemix@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You already said STEM. Some universities I’ve worked with include psych in the STEM department. It is a science. Fuck saying “hard sciences” like some kind of tiered distinction.
And, to my previous point… every psych PhD I’ve come across has been paid for. Hell, my advisor even had the balls to say “if you’re paying for a PhD, you’re doing it wrong,” when someone asked about funding during the interview.