Minimum graduate stipend
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Stanford University
Other stipend figures
Supporting detail: pay scales, specific schools or departments, and prior years. None of these is a university-wide figure.
- College-level · Range $55,000 to $59,500 Official Pay period not stated by source · 2026-2027 · Graduate School of Business PhD figure; not representative of engineering. Not marked primary; the ME department figure is still needed. · Flagged for re-verification: treat as provisional until we re-check the source Source: Stanford GSB Financial Aid page · Verified 2026-09-27
- University-wide · Fellowship $58,500/yr Official Paid over 12 months · 2026-2027 · $14,625 per quarter, four quarters · Stipend level for fellowships administered by the Vice Provost for Graduate Education. This is a competitive fellowship (roughly 100 awarded per year), not the typical department RA/TA pay, so it does not represent what most Stanford doctoral students receive. The Mechanical Engineering department page publishes no dollar figure. Source: Stanford VPGE: Stanford Graduate Fellowship in Science & Engineering · Verified 2026-09-28
Cost of living in Stanford, CA
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) $2,110 to $3,014/mo Official Studio $2,110 (Escondido Village standard) to $3,014 (Munger). 2026-27. Premium studios are not assigned through the any-residence first-year guarantee. Furnished; utilities included. Source: Stanford R&DE: Residences for Single Graduates · Verified 2026-09-29
- Rent, 1-bedroom (city-level range) $2,700 to $2,900/mo Estimated Studio/1BR range. Early manual pass; different sources than the Zumper figures, so not directly comparable. Rentometer, Palo Alto, 2026; 2BR ~$4,000-$4,300 total. Many students live cheaper in East Palo Alto, Redwood City or Mountain View. Source: Rentometer / ApartmentList / RentHop (varies) · Verified 2026-09-27
- Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (university graduate housing, shared, per person) $1,203 to $2,110/mo Official Per person in an on-campus graduate apartment: $1,203 (Escondido Village junior 2-bedroom) to $2,110 (EVGR premium 2-bedroom). 2026-27, billed per quarter at these monthly rates. Furnished with utilities; Wi-Fi comes through a $95 per quarter technology fee and a $44 per quarter mail fee is extra. First-year graduate students are guaranteed housing if they apply by the lottery deadline. The Munger 4-bedroom is listed at $2,349 in one place and $2,394 in another summary of the same source, so it is left out of the range. Source: Stanford R&DE: Residences for Single Graduates · Verified 2026-09-29
- Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (city-level range) $2,000 to $2,150/mo Estimated 2BR split two ways (range). Early manual pass; different sources than the Zumper figures, so not directly comparable. Rentometer, Palo Alto, 2026; 2BR ~$4,000-$4,300 total. Many students live cheaper in East Palo Alto, Redwood City or Mountain View. Source: Rentometer / ApartmentList / RentHop (varies) · Verified 2026-09-27
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- Parking $46 to $156/mo Official C permit $46 per month; A permit $156 per month. Effective Sep 1 2026. Daily: C $8.25, A $22.25. Graduate students may buy A, C and residential ($49 per month) permits. Stanford states that no one parks for free. Source: Stanford Transportation: Permit Prices · 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.
- Graduate School (non-engineering master's/doctoral) $21,815/quarter Official 2026-2027. 11-18 units; above 18 = $1454/unit Source: Stanford Student Services 2026-27 graduate tuition rates · Verified 2026-09-30
- Graduate School of Engineering $23,239/quarter Official 2026-2027. 11-18 units per quarter; 8-10 units = $15100; above 18 = $1549/unit Source: Stanford Student Services 2026-27 graduate tuition rates · Verified 2026-09-30
- MBA (GSB) first year $29,729/quarter Official 2026-2027. Second year $28585 per quarter Source: Stanford Student Services 2026-27 graduate tuition rates · Verified 2026-09-30