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|  Overview
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| | Does the institution pay for health benefits for graduate assistants? | No | | If yes, what percentage does the institution pay? | |  |  |  | | Does the institution provide any health-insurance coverage for spouses or partners of graduate students on assistantships? | Yes | | If yes, what percentage does the institution pay? | 0% |  |  |  | | Does the institution provide any health-insurance coverage for children or dependents of graduate students on assistantships? | Yes | | If yes, what percentage does the institution pay? | 0% |  |  |  | | | | 
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|  Teaching assistants
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| The value of the regular stipends offered to first-year, full-time Ph.D. students
| Field of study | 2000-1 Value | 2001-2 Value | Hours per week | 2001-2 Duration (mo.) | 2001-2 Limit (yrs.) | |  | |  | |  | | Biology | $12,500 | $12,500 | n/a | 9 | none | |  | |  | |  | | Economics | $12,000 | $12,000 | n/a | 9 | none | |  | |  | |  | | English | $12,000 | $12,000 | n/a | 9 | 5 | |  | |  | |  | | History | $14,000 | $14,000 | n/a | 9 | none | |  | |  | |  | | Mechanical Engineering | $12,000 | $12,600 | n/a | 9 | 5 | |  | |  | |  | | Sociology1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |  | |  | |  | | Note: This information covers first-year fellowships, not TA stipends. Rice offers fellowships to all first-year full-time Ph.D. students. Students serve as RA's or TA's after their first year. | | 1 - No program 2 - No first-year students in this category 3 - Did not provide data
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|  Research assistants
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| The value of the regular stipends offered to first-year, full-time Ph.D. students
| Field of study | 2000-1 Value | 2001-2 Value | Hours per week | 2001-2 Duration (mo.) | 2001-2 Limit (yrs.) | |  | |  | |  | | Biology | $12,500 | $12,500 | n/a | 9 | none | |  | |  | |  | | Economics | $12,000 | $12,000 | n/a | 9 | none | |  | |  | |  | | English | $12,000 | $12,000 | n/a | 9 | 5 | |  | |  | |  | | History | $14,000 | $14,000 | n/a | 9 | none | |  | |  | |  | | Mechanical Engineering | $12,000 | $12,600 | n/a | 9 | 5 | |  | |  | |  | | Sociology1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |  | |  | |  | | Note: This information covers first-year fellowships, not TA stipends. Rice offers fellowships to all first-year full-time Ph.D. students. Students serve as RA's or TA's after their first year. | | 1 - No program 2 - No first-year students in this category 3 - Did not provide data
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