Table 3-1. Primary source of support for full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by field: 2018

Broad field Total Federal Institutional Nonfederal domestic Foreign Self-support
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All graduate students 491,449 71,594 14.6 199,298 40.6 19,568 4.0 4,875 1.0 196,114 39.9
Science 321,063 46,268 14.4 141,941 44.2 10,988 3.4 2,408 0.8 119,458 37.2
Agricultural sciences 6,899 1,294 18.8 3,423 49.6 821 11.9 80 1.2 1,281 18.6
Biological and biomedical sciences 74,013 18,269 24.7 32,644 44.1 3,355 4.5 563 0.8 19,182 25.9
Computer and information sciences 57,789 4,871 8.4 14,310 24.8 1,320 2.3 450 0.8 36,838 63.7
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 9,770 2,535 25.9 5,189 53.1 483 4.9 104 1.1 1,459 14.9
Mathematics and statistics 24,955 1,518 6.1 12,590 50.5 391 1.6 226 0.9 10,230 41.0
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 6,656 499 7.5 2,449 36.8 150 2.3 31 0.5 3,527 53.0
Natural resources and conservation 8,034 1,303 16.2 3,397 42.3 404 5.0 87 1.1 2,843 35.4
Physical sciences 37,671 10,211 27.1 22,423 59.5 1,715 4.6 307 0.8 3,015 8.0
Psychology 38,525 2,962 7.7 13,487 35.0 708 1.8 91 0.2 21,277 55.2
Social sciences 56,751 2,806 4.9 32,029 56.4 1,641 2.9 469 0.8 19,806 34.9
Engineering 120,521 21,961 18.2 44,127 36.6 7,294 6.1 2,003 1.7 45,136 37.5
Health 49,865 3,365 6.7 13,230 26.5 1,286 2.6 464 0.9 31,520 63.2
Clinical medicinea 19,656 1,473 7.5 4,692 23.9 469 2.4 113 0.6 12,909 65.7
Other health 30,209 1,892 6.3 8,538 28.3 817 2.7 351 1.2 18,611 61.6
Master's students 248,552 12,324 5.0 57,999 23.3 4,758 1.9 1,541 0.6 171,930 69.2
Science 151,059 7,291 4.8 36,887 24.4 2,457 1.6 778 0.5 103,646 68.6
Agricultural sciences 3,626 588 16.2 1,636 45.1 417 11.5 18 0.5 967 26.7
Biological and biomedical sciences 24,759 1,274 5.1 6,039 24.4 396 1.6 125 0.5 16,925 68.4
Computer and information sciences 44,193 1,136 2.6 7,413 16.8 452 1.0 199 0.5 34,993 79.2
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,820 668 17.5 1,951 51.1 149 3.9 30 0.8 1,022 26.8
Mathematics and statistics 12,707 201 1.6 2,963 23.3 95 0.7 92 0.7 9,356 73.6
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 4,268 148 3.5 948 22.2 48 1.1 13 0.3 3,111 72.9
Natural resources and conservation 5,072 638 12.6 1,778 35.1 188 3.7 43 0.8 2,425 47.8
Physical sciences 3,915 330 8.4 1,845 47.1 67 1.7 41 1.0 1,632 41.7
Psychology 21,987 1,139 5.2 3,408 15.5 135 0.6 24 0.1 17,281 78.6
Social sciences 26,712 1,169 4.4 8,906 33.3 510 1.9 193 0.7 15,934 59.7
Engineering 59,228 3,591 6.1 13,544 22.9 1,672 2.8 542 0.9 39,879 67.3
Health 38,265 1,442 3.8 7,568 19.8 629 1.6 221 0.6 28,405 74.2
Clinical medicinea 16,233 775 4.8 3,079 19.0 299 1.8 58 0.4 12,022 74.1
Other health 22,032 667 3.0 4,489 20.4 330 1.5 163 0.7 16,383 74.4
Doctoral students 242,897 59,270 24.4 141,299 58.2 14,810 6.1 3,334 1.4 24,184 10.0
Science 170,004 38,977 22.9 105,054 61.8 8,531 5.0 1,630 1.0 15,812 9.3
Agricultural sciences 3,273 706 21.6 1,787 54.6 404 12.3 62 1.9 314 9.6
Biological and biomedical sciences 49,254 16,995 34.5 26,605 54.0 2,959 6.0 438 0.9 2,257 4.6
Computer and information sciences 13,596 3,735 27.5 6,897 50.7 868 6.4 251 1.8 1,845 13.6
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 5,950 1,867 31.4 3,238 54.4 334 5.6 74 1.2 437 7.3
Mathematics and statistics 12,248 1,317 10.8 9,627 78.6 296 2.4 134 1.1 874 7.1
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 2,388 351 14.7 1,501 62.9 102 4.3 18 0.8 416 17.4
Natural resources and conservation 2,962 665 22.5 1,619 54.7 216 7.3 44 1.5 418 14.1
Physical sciences 33,756 9,881 29.3 20,578 61.0 1,648 4.9 266 0.8 1,383 4.1
Psychology 16,538 1,823 11.0 10,079 60.9 573 3.5 67 0.4 3,996 24.2
Social sciences 30,039 1,637 5.4 23,123 77.0 1,131 3.8 276 0.9 3,872 12.9
Engineering 61,293 18,370 30.0 30,583 49.9 5,622 9.2 1,461 2.4 5,257 8.6
Health 11,600 1,923 16.6 5,662 48.8 657 5.7 243 2.1 3,115 26.9
Clinical medicinea 3,423 698 20.4 1,613 47.1 170 5.0 55 1.6 887 25.9
Other health 8,177 1,225 15.0 4,049 49.5 487 6.0 188 2.3 2,228 27.2