How do the TA stipends compare with the cost of living in Minneapolis?
In 2005, one of our graduate students wrote (in answering this question): My basic living expenses are about $850 per month, although I have a fairly cheap apartment. Typical expenses are perhaps closer to $1000 to $1100 a month. Fortunately, the usual TA stipend for students in our department is over $1300 per month. At the time, his salary (as a senior student) was $14,368. At the time, an incoming student would have been earning $13,830. In 2007-8, an incoming student will be earning $15,740. It would therefore be reasonable to multiply the numbers he wrote by 15740/14368.
