University profile

NYU

Location: New York, NY

Headline graduate stipend

$36,050 per 9-month appointment Official

Graduate-school-wide figure, not university-wide · Paid over 9 months · 2025-2026 · 9-month GSAS fellowship, posted on a department page.

Official: published by the university · Source: NYU English PhD prospective students page (GSAS fellowship) · Verified 2026-09-27

Other stipend figures

Supporting detail: pay scales, specific schools or departments, and prior years. These are not the headline figure above.

College-level · Minimum $56,763/yr Official Paid over 12 months · 2025-2026 · Vilcek Institute (biomedical sciences). Source: NYU Langone: Vilcek Institute financial support · Verified 2026-09-27

Cost of living in New York, NY

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) $3,191/mo Official Washington Square Village single studio: $14,360 per semester. 2026-27 proposed rate. Monthly derived as $14,360 x 2 divided by 9. Non-renewable, one year. Source: NYU: Housing Rates, Payments & License · Verified 2026-09-29
Rent, 1-bedroom (city median) $4,500/mo Estimated City median 1BR. Same figure as Columbia (city-wide). Source: Zumper city median asking rent (Sept 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (university graduate housing, shared, per person) $1,314 to $2,398/mo Official GSAS Stuyvesant Town doctoral housing about $1,314 per month; Washington Square Village double studio about $2,398 per person. 2026-27 proposed rates. Stuyvesant Town: $15,107 for 11.5 months for first-year PhD students in university-leased apartments (https://gsas.nyu.edu/admissions/financial-aid/general-graduate-housing-information/single-student-housing.html). Washington Square Village: $10,790 per person per semester, monthly derived as $10,790 x 2 divided by 9. Source: NYU: Housing Rates, Payments & License · Verified 2026-09-29
Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (city median) $2,705/mo Estimated City median 2BR, split two ways. Same figure as Columbia (city-wide). Source: Zumper city median asking rent (Sept 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
Utilities $232/mo Crowdsourced Basic utilities (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage). 85 m2 apartment, excludes internet; overstates a studio. Source: Numbeo (Americas table, Sept 27 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
Public transit $35/week (weekly fare cap) Official OMNY 7-day fare cap ($3.00 fare); 30-day pass discontinued Jan 2026. No student discount. Source: OMNY / MTA fares · Verified 2026-09-27
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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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PhD program profiles at NYU

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