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Table 4-18a. Other health 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 368 52.3 328 46.7 188 26.7
Schools 396 48.6 344 42.3 201 24.7
Units 889 4.7 624 3.3 429 2.3
All graduate students 38,270 100.0 27,379 100.0 10,891 100.0
Male 9,131 23.9 5,617 20.5 3,514 32.3
Female 29,139 76.1 21,762 79.5 7,377 67.7
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 33,554 87.7 25,444 92.9 8,110 74.5
Hispanic or Latino 3,537 9.2 3,063 11.2 474 4.4
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 135 0.4 91 0.3 44 0.4
Asian 2,352 6.1 1,759 6.4 593 5.4
Black or African American 2,479 6.5 1,755 6.4 724 6.6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 52 0.1 38 0.1 14 0.1
White 22,555 58.9 16,855 61.6 5,700 52.3
More than one race 884 2.3 678 2.5 206 1.9
Unknown ethnicity and race 1,560 4.1 1,205 4.4 355 3.3
Temporary visa holders 4,716 12.3 1,935 7.1 2,781 25.5
Part time 9,701 25.3 6,633 24.2 3,068 28.2
Full time 28,569 74.7 20,746 75.8 7,823 71.8
First time 10,549 27.6 8,938 32.6 1,611 14.8
Primary source of support for full-time studentsb
Federal 2,015 5.3 764 2.8 1,251 11.5
DOD 152 0.4 122 0.4 30 0.3
DOE 3 * 0 0.0 3 *
HHS 1,052 2.7 104 0.4 948 8.7
NIH 917 2.4 90 0.3 827 7.6
Other HHS 135 0.4 14 0.1 121 1.1
NASA 4 * 2 * 2 *
NSF 102 0.3 10 * 92 0.8
USDA 42 0.1 15 0.1 27 0.2
Other 660 1.7 511 1.9 149 1.4
Nonfederal 9,607 25.1 5,048 18.4 4,559 41.9
Institutional 8,341 21.8 4,426 16.2 3,915 35.9
Domestic 916 2.4 448 1.6 468 4.3
Foreign 350 0.9 174 0.6 176 1.6
Self-support 16,947 44.3 14,934 54.5 2,013 18.5
Primary mechanism of support for full-time studentsb
Fellowships 1,170 3.1 327 1.2 843 7.7
Research assistantships 3,237 8.5 1,066 3.9 2,171 19.9
Teaching assistantships 2,893 7.6 1,451 5.3 1,442 13.2
Traineeships 628 1.6 197 0.7 431 4.0
Other types of support 20,641 53.9 17,705 64.7 2,936 27.0
Self-support 16,947 44.3 14,934 54.5 2,013 18.5
Other 3,694 9.7 2,771 10.1 923 8.5
* = 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.