Table A-10. Imputation for full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health fields, by mechanism of support, sex, and source of support: 2018

Mechanism of support and sex All sources Federal Domestic Foreign Institutional Self-support
DOD DOE HHS NASA NSF USDA Other
NIH Other
Doctoral students, imputation rate (%)
All full-time doctoral students 1.1 10.8 7.3 10.0 5.1 12.1 9.9 5.2 12.3 8.7 7.9 10.0 12.0
Fellowships 9.9 9.9 4.9 10.4 16.5 12.8 11.9 6.8 10.7 9.5 9.8 9.7 na
Research assistantships 9.8 10.7 6.4 9.9 4.8 11.4 9.2 4.0 13.5 8.9 4.5 10.5 na
Teaching assistantships 11.6 na 36.4 na 0.0 20.0 12.5 16.3 11.8 12.4 8.1 11.7 na
Traineeships 9.8 13.3 58.8 13.0 6.1 18.5 11.6 7.7 9.1 9.9 7.9 6.4 na
Other types of support 11.6 15.9 14.3 12.0 0.0 22.7 8.3 19.5 7.2 8.7 12.5 10.2 12.0
Male 3.4 10.3 7.1 9.6 4.4 12.8 9.8 3.6 13.3 8.9 7.8 10.1 12.8
Female 2.6 13.2 9.0 10.4 5.9 11.5 10.3 5.3 10.9 8.5 8.8 10.3 11.4
Doctoral students, number imputeda
All full-time doctoral students 2,603 569 303 1,901 118 194 1,938 81 726 1,285 265 14,125 2,909
Fellowships 3,459 44 8 230 13 30 480 5 79 191 64 2,347 na
Research assistantships 8,987 484 246 1,188 84 141 1,290 54 559 905 60 3,890 na
Teaching assistantships 7,543 na 24 na 0 4 101 14 31 69 29 7,368 na
Traineeships 1,043 4 20 570 21 15 49 1 23 43 7 291 na
Other types of support 4,752 39 5 42 0 5 25 8 37 146 111 1,293 2,909
Male 4,700 416 222 889 50 135 1,237 29 477 811 172 8,104 1,598
Female 2,688 159 91 1,012 68 63 722 40 253 485 99 6,308 1,332
Master's students, imputation rate (%)
All full-time master's students 1.6 6.2 7.5 14.9 6.7 7.0 8.1 4.6 20.9 10.1 15.0 11.5 12.8
Fellowships 12.4 19.6 0.0 28.2 2.6 5.6 4.4 11.1 15.3 8.2 13.5 12.7 na
Research assistantships 10.5 13.2 7.3 13.2 5.5 7.3 9.6 4.1 8.8 7.8 9.1 12.0 na
Teaching assistantships 12.8 na 0.0 na 0.0 25.0 4.2 1.9 28.8 27.7 18.3 12.8 na
Traineeships 12.0 5.9 0.0 25.7 10.1 0.0 0.0 15.4 5.4 4.2 0.0 12.8 na
Other types of support 13.6 2.5 16.7 4.3 9.8 0.0 6.9 14.5 31.6 13.1 16.6 10.9 12.8
Male 4.0 6.1 9.7 17.8 2.2 5.5 9.1 4.9 17.8 9.5 14.2 11.5 13.9
Female 3.2 6.5 0.0 12.9 9.9 9.4 6.5 4.4 24.2 10.8 16.3 11.9 14.6
Master's students, number imputeda
All full-time master's students 4,090 145 31 145 36 21 175 49 946 479 231 6,670 22,047
Fellowships 852 10 0 22 1 1 8 1 41 36 20 714 na
Research assistantships 2,123 96 27 82 18 19 146 38 120 192 21 1,359 na
Teaching assistantships 2,896 na 0 na 0 1 8 1 49 51 22 2,810 na
Traineeships 271 1 0 35 13 0 0 2 4 8 0 208 na
Other types of support 26,822 39 4 6 4 0 16 8 842 195 168 1,901 22,047
Male 4,916 113 31 73 5 10 119 24 350 251 140 3,305 11,693
Female 4,001 32 0 73 31 11 56 25 622 229 91 3,477 12,785