PhD's, depending upon the city, get paid between 16-30K. 26-30K is for ColumbiaU, NY. 22K, MIT. 22K, CMU, Pittsburgh, 16/18/22K varies intradepartment for the mid west schools. And I have absolutely no clue about pays they lure grads at on the West coast. If you win an NSF GRFP/Hertz grant, you...