Graduate student stipend chart

Bachelor’s degree recipients average wage

(ages 25-24)1

$35,027

Sources: 1Statistical Abstracts of the U.S. (1999), 2U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 3U.S. Dept. of Labor, 4 U.S. Census Bureau

All U.S. workers average wage (ages 25-34)1

$26,462

Current NSF stipend

$16,800

Poverty threshold (family of three)4

$13,410

Food stamp eligibility (family of one)2

$10,860

Minimum wage (40 hrs/wk @ $5.15/hr)3

$10,300

Poverty threshold (family of one)4

$8,667