Stipend and Benefits
Mayo Graduate School offers exceptional student benefits. Students appointed to Ph.D. programs receive the following:
- Stipend of $26,750 per year (2010-2011)
- Full tuition scholarships ($17,900 per year)
- Flexible vacation time
- Paid travel to scientific meetings
Students also have access to the following benefits, some on a shared cost basis.
- Low-cost medical insurance (includes a prescription drug plan)
- Dental assistance plan (no cost)
- Term life and disability insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Professional liability insurance
- Adoption reimbursement
- Health and dependent care reimbursement accounts
- Mayo Credit Union
- Low-cost modern exercise facility
If additional funding is required, Ph.D. students have access to the resources of Mayo Clinic College of Medicine's Student Financial Aid Office.
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