How many hours a week do grad students work?

How many hours a week do grad students work?

Top Reasons Grad Students Work While in School According to research published in The Atlantic, almost 76% of graduate students work at least 30 hours per week and an estimated one in five graduate students help support a spouse and children.

Can I do a PhD and work full time?

Completing a minimal PhD can certainly be done while working full time in an unrelated job, if you are very diligent. That’s a big if, though. The danger of working full time is that you won’t make progress without constant effort.

Do grad students work on weekends?

As others have said: it varies considerably. It varies depending on whether you are working on your PhD or masters, whether you work (TA, for example), and you time in the program. In my first 3 years of grad school while I was starting research and still taking classes, I probably worked 10-20 hours most weekends.