Table 3-1. Primary source of support for full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by field: 2017

Broad field Total Federal Institutional Nonfederal domestic Foreign Self-support
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All graduate students 480,788 69,537 14.5 194,550 40.5 20,833 4.3 5,175 1.1 190,693 39.7
Science 310,809 44,245 14.2 139,850 45.0 10,947 3.5 2,576 0.8 113,191 36.4
Agricultural sciences 6,766 1,135 16.8 3,457 51.1 824 12.2 70 1.0 1,280 18.9
Biological and biomedical sciences 71,866 17,687 24.6 32,029 44.6 3,104 4.3 734 1.0 18,312 25.5
Computer and information sciences 56,206 4,447 7.9 13,413 23.9 1,303 2.3 354 0.6 36,689 65.3
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 9,904 2,555 25.8 5,140 51.9 515 5.2 100 1.0 1,594 16.1
Mathematics and statistics 23,454 1,396 6.0 12,728 54.3 456 1.9 241 1.0 8,633 36.8
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 6,358 557 8.8 2,372 37.3 142 2.2 68 1.1 3,219 50.6
Natural resources and conservation 7,697 1,256 16.3 3,386 44.0 433 5.6 39 0.5 2,583 33.6
Physical sciences 37,151 9,627 25.9 22,218 59.8 1,759 4.7 326 0.9 3,221 8.7
Psychology 35,935 2,916 8.1 13,613 37.9 1,060 2.9 129 0.4 18,217 50.7
Social sciences 55,472 2,669 4.8 31,494 56.8 1,351 2.4 515 0.9 19,443 35.1
Engineering 123,107 21,754 17.7 42,285 34.3 8,485 6.9 2,133 1.7 48,450 39.4
Health 46,872 3,538 7.5 12,415 26.5 1,401 3.0 466 1.0 29,052 62.0
Clinical medicine 18,303 1,523 8.3 4,074 22.3 485 2.6 116 0.6 12,105 66.1
Other health 28,569 2,015 7.1 8,341 29.2 916 3.2 350 1.2 16,947 59.3
Master's students 245,010 12,354 5.0 59,385 24.2 5,884 2.4 1,902 0.8 165,485 67.5
Science 145,689 6,832 4.7 37,960 26.1 2,833 1.9 948 0.7 97,116 66.7
Agricultural sciences 3,609 518 14.4 1,743 48.3 411 11.4 19 0.5 918 25.4
Biological and biomedical sciences 23,889 1,066 4.5 6,319 26.5 428 1.8 171 0.7 15,905 66.6
Computer and information sciences 44,320 1,116 2.5 7,480 16.9 498 1.1 225 0.5 35,001 79.0
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 4,107 667 16.2 2,105 51.3 152 3.7 26 0.6 1,157 28.2
Mathematics and statistics 11,551 173 1.5 3,362 29.1 117 1.0 108 0.9 7,791 67.4
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 4,038 132 3.3 909 22.5 68 1.7 46 1.1 2,883 71.4
Natural resources and conservation 4,866 630 12.9 1,753 36.0 226 4.6 16 0.3 2,241 46.1
Physical sciences 4,197 396 9.4 2,002 47.7 92 2.2 82 2.0 1,625 38.7
Psychology 19,318 1,066 5.5 3,602 18.6 354 1.8 35 0.2 14,261 73.8
Social sciences 25,794 1,068 4.1 8,685 33.7 487 1.9 220 0.9 15,334 59.4
Engineering 63,532 3,904 6.1 14,359 22.6 2,303 3.6 709 1.1 42,257 66.5
Health 35,789 1,618 4.5 7,066 19.7 748 2.1 245 0.7 26,112 73.0
Clinical medicine 15,043 854 5.7 2,640 17.5 300 2.0 71 0.5 11,178 74.3
Other health 20,746 764 3.7 4,426 21.3 448 2.2 174 0.8 14,934 72.0
Doctoral students 235,778 57,183 24.3 135,165 57.3 14,949 6.3 3,273 1.4 25,208 10.7
Science 165,120 37,413 22.7 101,890 61.7 8,114 4.9 1,628 1.0 16,075 9.7
Agricultural sciences 3,157 617 19.5 1,714 54.3 413 13.1 51 1.6 362 11.5
Biological and biomedical sciences 47,977 16,621 34.6 25,710 53.6 2,676 5.6 563 1.2 2,407 5.0
Computer and information sciences 11,886 3,331 28.0 5,933 49.9 805 6.8 129 1.1 1,688 14.2
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,797 1,888 32.6 3,035 52.4 363 6.3 74 1.3 437 7.5
Mathematics and statistics 11,903 1,223 10.3 9,366 78.7 339 2.8 133 1.1 842 7.1
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 2,320 425 18.3 1,463 63.1 74 3.2 22 0.9 336 14.5
Natural resources and conservation 2,831 626 22.1 1,633 57.7 207 7.3 23 0.8 342 12.1
Physical sciences 32,954 9,231 28.0 20,216 61.3 1,667 5.1 244 0.7 1,596 4.8
Psychology 16,617 1,850 11.1 10,011 60.2 706 4.2 94 0.6 3,956 23.8
Social sciences 29,678 1,601 5.4 22,809 76.9 864 2.9 295 1.0 4,109 13.8
Engineering 59,575 17,850 30.0 27,926 46.9 6,182 10.4 1,424 2.4 6,193 10.4
Health 11,083 1,920 17.3 5,349 48.3 653 5.9 221 2.0 2,940 26.5
Clinical medicine 3,260 669 20.5 1,434 44.0 185 5.7 45 1.4 927 28.4
Other health 7,823 1,251 16.0 3,915 50.0 468 6.0 176 2.2 2,013 25.7