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<p>mathmom beat me to it. Many engineering departments, natural science departments and social science departments (such as economics) bring in a lot of external research funds which include support for graduate students. Neither my husband nor I paid any tuition or fees for our doctoral programs, and were paid stipends for our research (albeit not lucrative). </p>
<p>Medical, veterinary, law schools, etc. are completely different.</p>