Comment Re:What country? (Score 1) 270
Errrr, here at the University of Texas at Austin PhD candidates in biomedical engineering are guaranteed $30k/year with more possible via fellowships. It is not uncommon to reach $40-50k/year.
Assistant profs in engineering make around $100k/year. Our department chair owns a ranch where he keeps his bulldozer, firetruck, and related toys.
I'm not disagreeing that the vast majority of professors are not well paid, but the numbers you cite sound more like what I'd expect from a liberal arts college, not a respected engineering department. They certainly do not jive with my experience.
Assistant profs in engineering make around $100k/year. Our department chair owns a ranch where he keeps his bulldozer, firetruck, and related toys.
I'm not disagreeing that the vast majority of professors are not well paid, but the numbers you cite sound more like what I'd expect from a liberal arts college, not a respected engineering department. They certainly do not jive with my experience.
