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UIUC

Location: Urbana-Champaign, IL

Minimum graduate stipend

$24,200 per 9-month appointment Official

Paid over 9 months · 2025-2026 · 0.50 FTE 9-month graduate assistant minimum, effective 8/16/2025; successor contract under negotiation · Official University of Illinois HR minimum-rate page (re-fetched 2026-10-20): 0.50 FTE 9-month $24,200.00 ($2,688.89/mo); 0.50 FTE 12-month $32,266.68; 1.0 FTE 9-month $48,400.02, 12-month $64,533.36. The page is titled 2025-2026 and says the rates are effective 8/16/2025. It does not name the Urbana-Champaign campus, but the figure equals the UIUC GEO contract minimum already stored, which the official page now corroborates. No 2026-27 figure found. STEM/RA pay is often well above this. · Flagged for re-verification: treat as provisional until we re-check the source

Official: published by the university · Source: University of Illinois HR: graduate assistant minimum rates · Verified 2026-10-20

Cost of living in Urbana-Champaign, 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) $685 to $750/mo Official Goodwin-Green room $685; Orchard Downs 1-bedroom $750. 2026-27. Source: University of Illinois Housing: Costs · Verified 2026-09-29
Rent, 1-bedroom (city median) $1,045/mo Estimated City median 1BR. Champaign, IL median. Source: Zumper city median asking rent (Sept 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (university graduate housing, shared, per person) $400/mo Official Orchard Downs 2-bedroom, $800 per unit, split between two roommates. 2026-27. Each roommate is billed half, so $400 per person (derived). Unfurnished. The Goodwin-Green room is $685 (see the single-occupant row). Source: University of Illinois Housing: Costs · Verified 2026-09-29
Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (city median) $705/mo Estimated City median 2BR, split two ways. Champaign, IL median. Source: Zumper city median asking rent (Sept 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
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Public transit Free with student ID Official MTD free with i-Card. Funded by a mandatory student transportation fee (about $70/semester per Wikipedia; not confirmed by UIUC). Public price $20/mo or $60/yr. Source: MTD: fares and passes · Verified 2026-09-27
Parking $143 to $960/yr Official Shuttle lot permit $143; student 12-month permit $960. Student 12-month permit (Aug 1 to Jul 31) is $960 and the shuttle lot permit is $143 per year; students ride MTD buses free with the i-Card. The page also lists faculty/staff rates through FY28, but the student-rate year is not stated. Graduate assistants with an appointment may qualify for the faculty/staff salary-based permit instead. Source: University of Illinois Parking Department: Rates · 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 base (in-state) $14,908/yr Official 2026-2027. academic year; Range I (12+ hrs) $7454/semester Source: UIUC Registrar 26/27 AY Graduate & Professional Tuition Rates · Verified 2026-09-30
Graduate base (out-of-state) $32,204/yr Official 2026-2027. academic year; Range I $16102/semester Source: UIUC Registrar 26/27 AY Graduate & Professional Tuition Rates · Verified 2026-09-30
Business (Gies college rate) (in-state) $17,700/yr Official 2026-2027. academic year. Figure is being rechecked. Source: UIUC Registrar 26/27 AY Graduate & Professional Tuition Rates · Verified 2026-09-30
Business (Gies college rate) (out-of-state) $34,996/yr Official 2026-2027. academic year. Figure is being rechecked. Source: UIUC Registrar 26/27 AY Graduate & Professional Tuition Rates · Verified 2026-09-30
Chemistry & Life Sciences (in-state) $20,114/yr Official 2026-2027. academic year; Range I $10057/semester. Figure is being rechecked. Source: UIUC Registrar 26/27 AY Graduate & Professional Tuition Rates · Verified 2026-09-30
Chemistry & Life Sciences (out-of-state) $37,410/yr Official 2026-2027. academic year; Range I $18705/semester. Figure is being rechecked. Source: UIUC Registrar 26/27 AY Graduate & Professional Tuition Rates · Verified 2026-09-30
Grainger Engineering & Engineering Related (incl. Computer Science) (in-state) $21,272/yr Official 2026-2027. academic year; Range I $10636/semester Source: UIUC Registrar 26/27 AY Graduate & Professional Tuition Rates · Verified 2026-09-30
Grainger Engineering & Engineering Related (incl. Computer Science) (out-of-state) $40,444/yr Official 2026-2027. academic year; Range I $20222/semester Source: UIUC Registrar 26/27 AY Graduate & Professional Tuition Rates · Verified 2026-09-30
MEng Bioengineering (in-state) $22,788/yr Official 2026-2027. academic year; Range I $11394/semester Source: UIUC Registrar 26/27 AY Graduate & Professional Tuition Rates · Verified 2026-09-30
MEng Bioengineering (out-of-state) $41,968/yr Official 2026-2027. academic year; Range I $20984/semester Source: UIUC Registrar 26/27 AY Graduate & Professional Tuition Rates · Verified 2026-09-30
MS Business Analytics (entered Fall 2026 or after) $38,070/yr Official 2026-2027. academic year; any enrolled hours Source: UIUC Registrar 26/27 AY Graduate & Professional Tuition Rates · Verified 2026-09-30

PhD program profiles at UIUC

Computer Science PhD · Computer Science

Master’s program profiles at UIUC

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