Table A-10. Imputation for full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health fields, by mechanism of support, sex, and source of support: 2016

Mechanism of support and sex All sources Federal Domestic Foreign Institutional Self-support
DOD DOE HHS NASA NSF USDA Other
NIH Other
Imputation rate (%)
All full-time students 0.8 16.5 2.7 4.2 9.0 13.7 6.9 4.3 8.4 10.0 6.6 7.0 9.9
Fellowships 7.3 19.8 2.0 3.7 19.4 11.2 7.9 3.5 8.0 11.2 6.9 7.0 na
Research assistantships 7.0 12.8 2.7 3.8 8.8 14.7 6.5 3.0 7.5 9.9 1.5 7.0 na
Teaching assistantships 7.0 na 15.4 na 28.6 23.1 34.3 71.8 8.7 15.4 6.8 6.9 na
Traineeships 4.5 15.7 4.8 5.1 7.0 0.0 5.9 30.0 0.5 5.0 47.9 3.2 na
Other types of support 10.2 29.6 3.2 9.1 8.3 3.6 7.6 8.6 15.1 9.7 8.4 10.0 9.9
Male 1.3 15.7 2.9 4.1 7.8 15.5 7.6 4.2 8.7 10.8 6.3 7.3 10.1
Female 1.4 19.3 2.1 4.3 9.8 9.6 5.7 5.1 8.3 9.0 7.3 7.0 10.0
Number imputeda
All full-time students 3,925 1,369 120 854 147 277 1,557 110 838 1,986 330 14,171 20,538
Fellowships 3,114 83 4 79 30 36 380 2 101 287 82 2,060 na
Research assistantships 8,129 795 113 483 87 237 1,112 72 464 1,297 20 3,516 na
Teaching assistantships 6,389 na 2 na 4 3 37 28 29 114 6 6,248 na
Traineeships 528 8 1 248 25 0 23 3 2 36 23 159 na
Other types of support 25,177 484 2 50 10 1 25 5 263 263 199 2,887 20,538
Male 3,596 981 102 407 53 220 1,135 55 511 1,304 200 8,177 10,998
Female 3,281 392 21 447 94 58 440 63 337 695 136 6,442 9,891