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Table 4-17a. Clinical medicine 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 225 32.0 219 31.2 101 14.4
Schools 236 29.0 227 27.9 108 13.3
Units 448 2.4 387 2.1 177 0.9
All graduate students 29,693 100.0 25,283 100.0 4,410 100.0
Male 7,999 26.9 6,665 26.4 1,334 30.2
Female 21,694 73.1 18,618 73.6 3,076 69.8
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 26,710 90.0 23,151 91.6 3,559 80.7
Hispanic or Latino 3,164 10.7 2,701 10.7 463 10.5
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 160 0.5 134 0.5 26 0.6
Asian 3,182 10.7 2,834 11.2 348 7.9
Black or African American 3,871 13.0 3,367 13.3 504 11.4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 78 0.3 69 0.3 9 0.2
White 13,309 44.8 11,384 45.0 1,925 43.7
More than one race 956 3.2 817 3.2 139 3.2
Unknown ethnicity and race 1,990 6.7 1,845 7.3 145 3.3
Temporary visa holders 2,983 10.0 2,132 8.4 851 19.3
Part time 11,390 38.4 10,240 40.5 1,150 26.1
Full time 18,303 61.6 15,043 59.5 3,260 73.9
First time 7,729 26.0 6,978 27.6 751 17.0
Primary source of support for full-time studentsb
Federal 1,523 5.1 854 3.4 669 15.2
DOD 82 0.3 66 0.3 16 0.4
DOE 5 * 0 0.0 5 0.1
HHS 954 3.2 411 1.6 543 12.3
NIH 632 2.1 225 0.9 407 9.2
Other HHS 322 1.1 186 0.7 136 3.1
NASA 8 * 8 * 0 0.0
NSF 29 0.1 10 * 19 0.4
USDA 12 * 9 * 3 0.1
Other 433 1.5 350 1.4 83 1.9
Nonfederal 4,675 15.7 3,011 11.9 1,664 37.7
Institutional 4,074 13.7 2,640 10.4 1,434 32.5
Domestic 485 1.6 300 1.2 185 4.2
Foreign 116 0.4 71 0.3 45 1.0
Self-support 12,105 40.8 11,178 44.2 927 21.0
Primary mechanism of support for full-time studentsb
Fellowships 870 2.9 521 2.1 349 7.9
Research assistantships 1,810 6.1 913 3.6 897 20.3
Teaching assistantships 931 3.1 571 2.3 360 8.2
Traineeships 676 2.3 298 1.2 378 8.6
Other types of support 14,016 47.2 12,740 50.4 1,276 28.9
Self-support 12,105 40.8 11,178 44.2 927 21.0
Other 1,911 6.4 1,562 6.2 349 7.9
* = 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.