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Table 4-8a. Computer and information science 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 398 56.6 390 55.5 171 24.3
Schools 412 50.6 403 49.5 174 21.4
Units 777 4.1 719 3.8 229 1.2
All graduate students 89,909 100.0 75,618 100.0 14,291 100.0
Male 62,870 69.9 52,155 69.0 10,715 75.0
Female 27,039 30.1 23,463 31.0 3,576 25.0
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 36,847 41.0 31,595 41.8 5,252 36.8
Hispanic or Latino 3,094 3.4 2,782 3.7 312 2.2
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 82 0.1 67 0.1 15 0.1
Asian 6,512 7.2 5,770 7.6 742 5.2
Black or African American 4,444 4.9 4,106 5.4 338 2.4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 59 0.1 56 0.1 3 *
White 18,902 21.0 15,639 20.7 3,263 22.8
More than one race 1,189 1.3 1,019 1.3 170 1.2
Unknown ethnicity and race 2,565 2.9 2,156 2.9 409 2.9
Temporary visa holders 53,062 59.0 44,023 58.2 9,039 63.2
Part time 33,703 37.5 31,298 41.4 2,405 16.8
Full time 56,206 62.5 44,320 58.6 11,886 83.2
First time 21,604 24.0 19,155 25.3 2,449 17.1
Primary source of support for full-time studentsb
Federal 4,447 4.9 1,116 1.5 3,331 23.3
DOD 857 1.0 288 0.4 569 4.0
DOE 114 0.1 32 * 82 0.6
HHS 251 0.3 53 0.1 198 1.4
NIH 229 0.3 47 0.1 182 1.3
Other HHS 22 * 6 * 16 0.1
NASA 29 * 11 * 18 0.1
NSF 2,559 2.8 406 0.5 2,153 15.1
USDA 23 * 14 * 9 0.1
Other 614 0.7 312 0.4 302 2.1
Nonfederal 15,070 16.8 8,203 10.8 6,867 48.1
Institutional 13,413 14.9 7,480 9.9 5,933 41.5
Domestic 1,303 1.4 498 0.7 805 5.6
Foreign 354 0.4 225 0.3 129 0.9
Self-support 36,689 40.8 35,001 46.3 1,688 11.8
Primary mechanism of support for full-time studentsb
Fellowships 1,727 1.9 620 0.8 1,107 7.7
Research assistantships 6,967 7.7 1,911 2.5 5,056 35.4
Teaching assistantships 6,385 7.1 3,116 4.1 3,269 22.9
Traineeships 285 0.3 155 0.2 130 0.9
Other types of support 40,842 45.4 38,518 50.9 2,324 16.3
Self-support 36,689 40.8 35,001 46.3 1,688 11.8
Other 4,153 4.6 3,517 4.7 636 4.5
* = value < 0.05%.
DOD = Department of Defense; 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.