Table A-10. Imputation for full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health fields, by mechanism of support, sex, and source of support: 2017

Mechanism of support and sex All sources Federal Domestic Foreign Institutional Self-support
DOD DOE HHS NASA NSF USDA Other
NIH Other
Doctoral students, imputation rate (%)
All full-time doctoral students 1.0 8.4 5.7 6.7 8.5 9.3 8.0 6.4 11.4 7.0 7.3 9.9 11.9
Fellowships 9.0 10.3 3.9 6.2 11.7 10.6 8.6 6.8 12.8 9.0 5.6 9.5 na
Research assistantships 8.6 8.2 6.0 7.1 8.8 9.0 7.7 6.4 11.0 7.3 7.7 10.3 na
Teaching assistantships 10.0 na 0.0 na 0.0 0.0 11.6 11.5 15.6 4.6 3.7 10.2 na
Traineeships 5.5 0.0 0.0 5.8 10.0 14.0 10.3 0.0 7.4 1.5 7.5 4.9 na
Other types of support 11.7 24.0 6.7 9.2 2.2 9.1 9.3 6.1 14.9 7.1 10.1 11.6 11.9
Male 1.3 7.8 5.4 6.4 7.8 9.0 7.8 5.5 11.5 7.1 7.1 9.8 11.9
Female 1.4 11.0 7.3 7.1 9.2 10.4 8.6 7.3 11.3 7.0 8.9 10.1 11.9
Doctoral students, number imputeda
All full-time doctoral students 2,314 466 229 1,257 120 143 1,505 93 671 1,050 240 13,448 2,997
Fellowships 3,149 42 7 121 9 29 343 5 105 157 46 2,324 na
Research assistantships 7,513 393 220 841 82 106 1,067 83 459 672 92 3,582 na
Teaching assistantships 6,392 na 0 na 0 0 34 3 26 61 13 6,305 na
Traineeships 569 0 0 264 27 6 46 0 16 9 4 197 na
Other types of support 4,610 83 2 31 2 2 17 3 73 151 87 1,136 2,997
Male 1,724 329 163 587 51 95 945 41 410 663 156 7,540 1,591
Female 1,400 149 72 670 69 49 568 52 260 394 97 5,847 1,407
Master's students, imputation rate (%)
All full-time master's students 2.7 11.8 9.8 14.0 9.4 14.3 10.9 7.8 12.0 8.7 8.4 12.7 12.4
Fellowships 17.6 10.5 0.0 7.0 8.9 6.7 11.7 16.7 12.0 5.6 6.1 20.6 na
Research assistantships 11.0 16.3 10.1 17.9 3.6 12.4 10.8 7.0 10.7 8.7 10.4 11.5 na
Teaching assistantships 12.6 na 0.0 na 0.0 42.9 23.8 6.7 24.2 13.6 11.6 12.7 na
Traineeships 11.8 18.8 - 8.1 18.8 100.0 2.3 50.0 7.3 3.6 0.0 12.6 na
Other types of support 12.5 48.4 13.3 9.9 11.1 0.0 11.5 18.4 13.2 9.1 17.8 11.7 12.4
Male 3.1 9.0 11.6 14.8 7.3 12.7 11.2 8.3 12.1 8.2 7.1 12.5 12.3
Female 3.4 19.9 4.2 13.4 10.4 16.8 10.6 7.3 12.8 9.4 10.5 12.8 13.0
Master's students, number imputeda
All full-time master's students 6,641 324 48 142 29 41 242 75 520 511 159 7,540 20,600
Fellowships 1,151 6 0 5 5 1 27 3 39 29 13 1,030 na
Research assistantships 2,384 157 44 126 4 31 191 62 154 234 28 1,403 na
Teaching assistantships 3,043 na 0 na 0 3 10 1 39 76 17 2,943 na
Traineeships 235 3 0 8 18 8 1 2 8 6 0 181 na
Other types of support 23,780 832 4 14 4 0 15 7 302 177 224 2,045 20,600
Male 3,894 185 43 68 8 22 153 39 232 271 82 3,809 10,323
Female 4,103 138 5 74 21 19 89 36 308 241 78 3,719 10,603