U Toronto AI PhD stipends were just $16k-23k until recently, top now ~$30k
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-11-09
In a debate over whether a $51k PhD stipend in Boston (median income for a 28-year-old full-time worker) is reasonable, a University of Toronto AI PhD notes that until a couple years ago stipends there were only $16k-23k despite very expensive rent. The author was highly involved in raising them, and today the top is still only $30k — a window into the gap between academic AI stipends and industry pay.
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