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Table 4-14a. Psychology 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 456 64.9 389 55.3 236 33.6
Schools 469 57.6 397 48.8 242 29.7
Units 986 5.3 694 3.7 459 2.4
All graduate students 50,033 100.0 29,638 100.0 20,395 100.0
Male 12,237 24.5 6,312 21.3 5,925 29.1
Female 37,796 75.5 23,326 78.7 14,470 70.9
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 46,845 93.6 28,305 95.5 18,540 90.9
Hispanic or Latino 7,124 14.2 4,820 16.3 2,304 11.3
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 216 0.4 124 0.4 92 0.5
Asian 2,500 5.0 1,324 4.5 1,176 5.8
Black or African American 4,513 9.0 3,101 10.5 1,412 6.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 91 0.2 60 0.2 31 0.2
White 28,352 56.7 16,358 55.2 11,994 58.8
More than one race 1,603 3.2 912 3.1 691 3.4
Unknown ethnicity and race 2,446 4.9 1,606 5.4 840 4.1
Temporary visa holders 3,188 6.4 1,333 4.5 1,855 9.1
Part time 14,098 28.2 10,320 34.8 3,778 18.5
Full time 35,935 71.8 19,318 65.2 16,617 81.5
First time 11,450 22.9 8,072 27.2 3,378 16.6
Primary source of support for full-time studentsb
Federal 2,916 5.8 1,066 3.6 1,850 9.1
DOD 277 0.6 129 0.4 148 0.7
DOE 32 0.1 0 0.0 32 0.2
HHS 915 1.8 70 0.2 845 4.1
NIH 809 1.6 55 0.2 754 3.7
Other HHS 106 0.2 15 0.1 91 0.4
NASA 8 * 2 * 6 *
NSF 490 1.0 27 0.1 463 2.3
USDA 1 * 0 0.0 1 *
Other 1,193 2.4 838 2.8 355 1.7
Nonfederal 14,802 29.6 3,991 13.5 10,811 53.0
Institutional 13,613 27.2 3,602 12.2 10,011 49.1
Domestic 1,060 2.1 354 1.2 706 3.5
Foreign 129 0.3 35 0.1 94 0.5
Self-support 18,217 36.4 14,261 48.1 3,956 19.4
Primary mechanism of support for full-time studentsb
Fellowships 1,911 3.8 146 0.5 1,765 8.7
Research assistantships 4,724 9.4 1,075 3.6 3,649 17.9
Teaching assistantships 6,102 12.2 1,113 3.8 4,989 24.5
Traineeships 1,068 2.1 272 0.9 796 3.9
Other types of support 22,130 44.2 16,712 56.4 5,418 26.6
Self-support 18,217 36.4 14,261 48.1 3,956 19.4
Other 3,913 7.8 2,451 8.3 1,462 7.2
* = 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.