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Table 4-12a. Natural resources and conservation master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status, and funding: 2017

Characteristic All graduate students Master's students Doctoral students
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Institutions 193 27.5 183 26.0 97 13.8
Schools 195 24.0 184 22.6 98 12.0
Units 318 1.7 275 1.5 144 0.8
All graduate students 10,879 100.0 7,311 100.0 3,568 100.0
Male 4,904 45.1 3,175 43.4 1,729 48.5
Female 5,975 54.9 4,136 56.6 1,839 51.5
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 9,285 85.3 6,638 90.8 2,647 74.2
Hispanic or Latino 715 6.6 533 7.3 182 5.1
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 88 0.8 64 0.9 24 0.7
Asian 322 3.0 204 2.8 118 3.3
Black or African American 373 3.4 222 3.0 151 4.2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 22 0.2 20 0.3 2 0.1
White 6,918 63.6 4,955 67.8 1,963 55.0
More than one race 330 3.0 257 3.5 73 2.0
Unknown ethnicity and race 517 4.8 383 5.2 134 3.8
Temporary visa holders 1,594 14.7 673 9.2 921 25.8
Part time 3,182 29.2 2,445 33.4 737 20.7
Full time 7,697 70.8 4,866 66.6 2,831 79.3
First time 2,422 22.3 2,009 27.5 413 11.6
Primary source of support for full-time studentsb
Federal 1,256 11.5 630 8.6 626 17.5
DOD 59 0.5 50 0.7 9 0.3
DOE 15 0.1 7 0.1 8 0.2
HHS 73 0.7 27 0.4 46 1.3
NIH 70 0.6 26 0.4 44 1.2
Other HHS 3 * 1 * 2 0.1
NASA 44 0.4 5 0.1 39 1.1
NSF 273 2.5 77 1.1 196 5.5
USDA 359 3.3 218 3.0 141 4.0
Other 433 4.0 246 3.4 187 5.2
Nonfederal 3,858 35.5 1,995 27.3 1,863 52.2
Institutional 3,386 31.1 1,753 24.0 1,633 45.8
Domestic 433 4.0 226 3.1 207 5.8
Foreign 39 0.4 16 0.2 23 0.6
Self-support 2,583 23.7 2,241 30.7 342 9.6
Primary mechanism of support for full-time studentsb
Fellowships 654 6.0 200 2.7 454 12.7
Research assistantships 2,490 22.9 1,238 16.9 1,252 35.1
Teaching assistantships 1,290 11.9 721 9.9 569 15.9
Traineeships 73 0.7 41 0.6 32 0.9
Other types of support 3,190 29.3 2,666 36.5 524 14.7
Self-support 2,583 23.7 2,241 30.7 342 9.6
Other 607 5.6 425 5.8 182 5.1
* = value < 0.05%.
DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NIH = National Institutes of Health; NSF = National Science Foundation; USDA = Department of Agriculture.
a Ethnicity and race data are available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
b Funding data are available only for full-time students.
NOTE: Percentages may not add to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2017.