Minimum graduate stipend
$47,748/yr Official
Paid over 12 months · 2026-2027 · 12-month, 4 quarters.
Official: published by the university · Source: Northwestern TGS: Funding · Verified 2026-09-27
University profile
Northwestern University
Other stipend figures
Supporting detail: pay scales, specific schools or departments, and prior years. These are not the headline figure above.
- University-wide · Minimum $46,356/yr Official Paid over 12 months · 2025-2026 · 12-month, 4 quarters. Source: Northwestern TGS: Funding · Verified 2026-09-27
Cost of living in Evanston, IL
City-median rent is a city-level figure, not a near-campus price; university graduate housing lines are the university's own published rates. Each line is labeled with its own source.
- Rent, 1-bedroom (university graduate housing, single occupant) $1,428 to $1,940/mo Official Engelhart studio $17,135 per year; 1-bedroom $23,280 per year. 2026-27 fiscal year. Monthly derived by dividing by 12. Furnished; utilities, Wi-Fi, cable and laundry included. Source: Northwestern Residential Services: Graduate Housing Rent Rates · Verified 2026-09-29
- Rent, 1-bedroom (city median) $1,600/mo Estimated City median 1BR. Small sample (15 listings); treat as unreliable. Source: Zumper city median asking rent (Sept 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
- Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (university graduate housing, shared, per person) $1,069 to $1,544/mo Official Engelhart 2-bedroom share: small bedroom $12,828, large $15,677 per year; McManus 2-bedroom share $18,524 per year. 2026-27 fiscal year (four quarters including summer). Monthly derived: annual divided by 12. Furnished; utilities, Wi-Fi, cable and laundry included. Fully booked as of June 23 2026. McManus is mainly for Kellogg students. Source: Northwestern Residential Services: Graduate Housing Rent Rates · Verified 2026-09-29
- Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (city median) $950/mo Estimated City median 2BR, split two ways. Small sample (15 listings); treat as unreliable. Source: Zumper city median asking rent (Sept 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
- Utilities (nearest-metro stand-in) $192/mo Estimated Nearest-metro proxy (Chicago). No Numbeo figure for this town; Chicago stand-in. Excludes internet. Source: Numbeo (Americas table, Sept 27 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
- Public transit $85/mo Estimated CTA 30-day pass. Northwestern TGS U-Pass is opt-in each quarter (price not captured). Source: CBS Chicago / WTTW (2026 CTA fare changes) · Verified 2026-09-27
- Parking $531 to $648/yr Official Chicago student $531 academic year / $576 annual; Evanston student $540 academic year / $648 annual. 2025-26 rates (effective Oct 1 2025). New rates take effect Oct 1 2026 and were not yet posted. Source: Northwestern Transportation & Parking: Student Permits · Verified 2026-09-28
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Master's tuition
Published tuition (before any aid). PhD students usually have tuition waived; their offer letter confirms. This is not part of the stipend-versus-cost-of-living comparison.
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