Cost and Financial Aid
The schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering offer comprehensive financial assistance to graduate students in the form of fellowships, research assistantships, teaching assistantships, other academic employment possibilities, and tuition waivers. All full-time, resident, PhD-seeking graduate students in the schools receive free health insurance.
For more information about graduate student financial aid, please visit: http://www.jhu.edu/finaid/grads.html
Full-time Graduate Student Expenses for 2009 - 2010
12-month Estimated Cost**
Tuition - $39,150
Room & Board - $16,000
Books & Supplies - $1,200
Personal Expenses - $600
Travel - $1,600
Mandatory Health Insurance - $1,677
Matriculation Fee (1st year students) - $500
Total Cost - $60,727
Full-time Graduate Student Expenses for 2009 - 2010
9-month Estimated Cost
Tuition - $39,150
Room & Board - $14,230*
Books & Supplies - $1,200
Personal Expenses - $1,000
Travel - $500
Mandatory Health Insurance - $1,677
Matriculation Fee (1st year students) - $500
Total Cost - $58,257
*University does not provide housing for graduate students.
**The 12-month estimated cost is important for incoming international graduate students. ***The Nonresident fee is $3915.
Brigid O’Brien
In 2004 and 2005, Brigid O’Brien, a graduate student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, began each day by climbing 100 feet of stairs and scaffolding. It doesn’t sound like typical work for an engineer, but then, O’Brien isn’t your typical engineer. She took a year off from her graduate work to pursue what she describes as, “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity:” working to clean and conserve the 130-year-old La Farge murals in Boston’s famous Trinity Church.
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