Minimum graduate stipend
$49,000 Official
Pay period not stated by source · 2026-2027 · University minimum annual stipend for fully funded PhD students as of 2026-04-01; the 2025-26 minimum was $40,608 · Official Penn page (fetched 2026-10-24): University minimum $49,000 as of 2026-04-01, applying to 2026-27; fully funded students get not less than the minimum. The page does not say how many months the stipend covers, so period_months is blank (the stored row says 12, taken from the student-newspaper report). A Daily Pennsylvanian article (unverified, not an official source) reports the union agreement raises the minimum to $50,470 on 2027-07-01; not stored as a value. Earlier official figure $40,608 for 2025-26 is at https://valuing-grad-students.upenn.edu/student-support. Department examples for 2025-26 stay as stored. · Flagged for re-verification: treat as provisional until we re-check the source
Official: published by the university · Source: Penn Student Registration and Financial Services: PhD costs and budgeting · Verified 2026-10-24