Graduate fellow vs doctoral student

The differences between graduate fellows and doctoral students can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a graduate fellow has an average salary of $60,507, which is higher than the $56,000 average annual salary of a doctoral student.

The top three skills for a graduate fellow include data analysis, undergraduate classes and data collection. The most important skills for a doctoral student are C++, python, and java.

Graduate fellow vs doctoral student overview

	Graduate Fellow	Doctoral Student
Yearly salary	$60,507	$56,000
Hourly rate	$29.09	$26.92
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	7,204	15,502
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	-	-

Graduate fellow vs doctoral student salary

Graduate fellows and doctoral students have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Graduate Fellow	Doctoral Student
Average salary	$60,507	$56,000
Salary range	Between $44,000 And $82,000	Between $39,000 And $78,000
Highest paying City	Germantown, MD	-
Highest paying state	Washington	-
Best paying company	Pace University	-
Best paying industry	Technology	-

Differences between graduate fellow and doctoral student education

There are a few differences between a graduate fellow and a doctoral student in terms of educational background:

	Graduate Fellow	Doctoral Student
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Law	Biology
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Graduate fellow vs doctoral student demographics

Here are the differences between graduate fellows' and doctoral students' demographics:

	Graduate Fellow	Doctoral Student
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 45.8% Female, 54.2%	Male, 52.9% Female, 47.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.0% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 18.9% Asian, 7.6% White, 55.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 17.6% Asian, 11.8% White, 53.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between graduate fellow and doctoral student duties and responsibilities

Graduate fellow example responsibilities.

Develop and manage syllabus material; evaluate students' performance relative to standardize learning objectives.
Assist with creating scoring keys for automate scoring engines for mathematics and short-text constructed-response tasks.
Prepare the documents and PowerPoint presentations containing the results for the ETSU COE s NCATE accreditation evaluation
Present technical data using PowerPoint.
Research mathematics with faculty and teach mathematics to undergraduate students
Develop procedures for hydrothermal synthesis of uranyl vanadate minerals and novelmineral analogues.

Doctoral student example responsibilities.

Manage multiple collaborative projects peripheral to dissertation that leverage experience in characterization and inorganic synthesis.
Lead the in-vitro biophysical and biochemical characterization of homologous recombination and investigate structure-function effects of mutant enzymes.
Used RT-PCR, ELISA, western blot, culture of establish cell lines, and immunohistochemistry.
Apply NMR techniques to assess the effect of a health supplement on neurological changes in Alzheimer s disease.
Analyze the molecular structures by NMR and FR-IR, determine the molecular weight and polymerization kinetics by GPC.
Develop complex ELISA and western blot methods to study and characterize the host immune response to intracellular parasitism.

Graduate fellow vs doctoral student skills

Common graduate fellow skills

Data Analysis, 10%
Undergraduate Classes, 8%
Data Collection, 8%
Fellowship Program, 8%
Legal Research, 7%
Mathematics, 6%

Common doctoral student skills

C++, 15%
Python, 11%
Java, 10%
Cell Culture, 6%
Chemistry, 6%
Data Analysis, 5%

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