University Graduates

Do most students have jobs when entering graduate school?

Do most graduate students have jobs/internships or do they just remain full time students? And if they do have a job, are they ones that they have found in their own time or are they jobs offered through their undergraduate school? Any graduates/post graduates/in the know - please tell me!

Public Comments

1. we got tons of grad students in dc...who have jobs and internships, but are sooo poor.
2. its pretty hard to through GRAD school AND work at the same time!
3. It depends on the type of grad school. In the sciences, for instance, your "job" might be TAing undergraduate courses (as a requirement for the stipend they give you). Most law or medical students go full-time. Some grad students go to school full-time during the first few years when they're still taking classes, but might work part-time when they're in the research/writing portion of the program. And so on.
4. Most in my field don't have outside jobs. . . although I have known a few with outside jobs that they bring with them (more often older students with families, etc.). . . but we also often get free or at least reduced tuition plus enough money to be able to survive okay if you can manage it halfway decently. I'm getting about $15,000 a year plus tuition just for being a Ph.D. student and putting up with teaching an undergraduate lab until they can get me shifted over to a research assistantship (doing the work for my dissertation) that pays essentially the same.