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The government is offering advanced degrees; what do you study? (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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You can get any graduate degree, masters or Ph.D. in whatever you want. What do you choose?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In the US, PhDs, in STEM at least, are fully funded. Either by research or teaching assistanship. This is the same as in Europe and students are frequently exchanged.

You'll only be paying for yourself if you're in art history or something stupid like that (even then you could get a TA) or you haven't demonstrated that you're smart enough to get a PhD.

Edit: it's so weird how this completely factual statement has been so controversial. I actually went through this process.