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Ned Frost, Ph.D. candidate
Ph.D. candidate Ned Frost on assignment for the Bureau of Economic Geology acquiring LiDAR data in Western Australia's Windjana Gorge.
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How JSG support packages compare

Support offered to individual students will vary widely from institution to institution based on a number of factors, such as an individual candidate's specific fit with the institution's research goals. On average, however, based on comparative national data, the Jackson School has one of the most competitive financial support packages, for graduate students in the earth sciences.

The American Geological Institute (AGI), which collects information on earth science graduate programs, looked at financial support in academic year 2005-06 from the top 16 programs from the U.S. News & World Report graduate rankings. AGI's data shows that the average support for graduate students at the top programs other than the Jackson School is $12,100, not including benefits.

The average Jackson School graduate student received, in academic year 2005-06, between $13,900 and $14,600—15-20 percent more than their peers, on average, at other top schools. And Jackson School packages have risen for 2006-07.

Additionally,

  • JSG support is guaranteed throughout graduate school (two years for master's degrees, five years for doctoral candidates), for students in good standing. Few schools can match this.
  • JSG support includes outstanding health benefits, an added expense that is often very costly at other schools.
  • JSG students live in relatively affordable Austin, the 16th-largest U.S. city, which has a cost-of-living index (96.1) below the national average.
Average support for graduate students, 2005-06
CalTech, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Columbia, Michigan, Harvard, Penn State, Arizona, Chicago, Cornell, UC San Diego, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, UCLA
 $12,100
Jackson School at The University of Texas at Austin
 $13,900-$14,600
Source: American Geological Institute  

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