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Table 3-3. Detailed primary source of federal support for full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health: 2018

Broad field Total DOD DOE HHS: NIH HHS: Other HHS NASA NSF USDA Other
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All graduate students 71,594 7,600 10.6 4,568 6.4 19,903 27.8 2,842 4.0 1,899 2.7 21,711 30.3 2,619 3.7 10,452 14.6
Science 46,268 3,176 6.9 2,370 5.1 15,733 34.0 1,682 3.6 1,193 2.6 13,387 28.9 2,235 4.8 6,492 14.0
Agricultural sciences 1,294 7 0.5 32 2.5 25 1.9 69 5.3 7 0.5 122 9.4 837 64.7 195 15.1
Biological and biomedical sciences 18,269 331 1.8 144 0.8 12,527 68.6 909 5.0 61 0.3 2,507 13.7 663 3.6 1,127 6.2
Computer and information sciences 4,871 968 19.9 103 2.1 250 5.1 76 1.6 46 0.9 2,637 54.1 28 0.6 763 15.7
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2,535 179 7.1 104 4.1 26 1.0 7 0.3 424 16.7 1,282 50.6 31 1.2 482 19.0
Mathematics and statistics 1,518 158 10.4 33 2.2 185 12.2 29 1.9 14 0.9 885 58.3 15 1.0 199 13.1
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 499 46 9.2 18 3.6 111 22.2 6 1.2 17 3.4 147 29.5 38 7.6 116 23.2
Natural resources and conservation 1,303 31 2.4 22 1.7 76 5.8 44 3.4 46 3.5 326 25.0 333 25.6 425 32.6
Physical sciences 10,211 753 7.4 1,888 18.5 1,627 15.9 254 2.5 533 5.2 4,289 42.0 33 0.3 834 8.2
Psychology 2,962 186 6.3 4 0.1 719 24.3 188 6.3 6 0.2 439 14.8 13 0.4 1,407 47.5
Social sciences 2,806 517 18.4 22 0.8 187 6.7 100 3.6 39 1.4 753 26.8 244 8.7 944 33.6
Engineering 21,961 4,346 19.8 2,191 10.0 2,615 11.9 656 3.0 703 3.2 8,159 37.2 325 1.5 2,966 13.5
Health 3,365 78 2.3 7 0.2 1,555 46.2 504 15.0 3 0.1 165 4.9 59 1.8 994 29.5
Clinical medicinea 1,473 16 1.1 6 0.4 591 40.1 367 24.9 0 0.0 40 2.7 11 0.7 442 30.0
Other health 1,892 62 3.3 1 0.1 964 51.0 137 7.2 3 0.2 125 6.6 48 2.5 552 29.2
Master's students 12,324 2,345 19.0 412 3.3 975 7.9 539 4.4 300 2.4 2,160 17.5 1,059 8.6 4,534 36.8
Science 7,291 1,046 14.3 109 1.5 561 7.7 208 2.9 143 2.0 1,267 17.4 946 13.0 3,011 41.3
Agricultural sciences 588 4 0.7 12 2.0 5 0.9 37 6.3 1 0.2 30 5.1 395 67.2 104 17.7
Biological and biomedical sciences 1,274 53 4.2 8 0.6 367 28.8 62 4.9 4 0.3 221 17.3 209 16.4 350 27.5
Computer and information sciences 1,136 299 26.3 25 2.2 54 4.8 14 1.2 20 1.8 359 31.6 18 1.6 347 30.5
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 668 84 12.6 31 4.6 2 0.3 3 0.4 51 7.6 255 38.2 18 2.7 224 33.5
Mathematics and statistics 201 32 15.9 4 2.0 15 7.5 8 4.0 5 2.5 55 27.4 2 1.0 80 39.8
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 148 20 13.5 3 2.0 5 3.4 0 0.0 7 4.7 19 12.8 25 16.9 69 46.6
Natural resources and conservation 638 16 2.5 7 1.1 27 4.2 34 5.3 7 1.1 95 14.9 187 29.3 265 41.5
Physical sciences 330 33 10.0 11 3.3 34 10.3 0 0.0 30 9.1 113 34.2 2 0.6 107 32.4
Psychology 1,139 63 5.5 0 0.0 34 3.0 37 3.2 4 0.4 30 2.6 2 0.2 969 85.1
Social sciences 1,169 442 37.8 8 0.7 18 1.5 13 1.1 14 1.2 90 7.7 88 7.5 496 42.4
Engineering 3,591 1,255 34.9 302 8.4 135 3.8 105 2.9 157 4.4 832 23.2 90 2.5 715 19.9
Health 1,442 44 3.1 1 0.1 279 19.3 226 15.7 0 0.0 61 4.2 23 1.6 808 56.0
Clinical medicinea 775 11 1.4 1 0.1 176 22.7 208 26.8 0 0.0 6 0.8 5 0.6 368 47.5
Other health 667 33 4.9 0 0.0 103 15.4 18 2.7 0 0.0 55 8.2 18 2.7 440 66.0
Doctoral students 59,270 5,255 8.9 4,156 7.0 18,928 31.9 2,303 3.9 1,599 2.7 19,551 33.0 1,560 2.6 5,918 10.0
Science 38,977 2,130 5.5 2,261 5.8 15,172 38.9 1,474 3.8 1,050 2.7 12,120 31.1 1,289 3.3 3,481 8.9
Agricultural sciences 706 3 0.4 20 2.8 20 2.8 32 4.5 6 0.8 92 13.0 442 62.6 91 12.9
Biological and biomedical sciences 16,995 278 1.6 136 0.8 12,160 71.6 847 5.0 57 0.3 2,286 13.5 454 2.7 777 4.6
Computer and information sciences 3,735 669 17.9 78 2.1 196 5.2 62 1.7 26 0.7 2,278 61.0 10 0.3 416 11.1
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 1,867 95 5.1 73 3.9 24 1.3 4 0.2 373 20.0 1,027 55.0 13 0.7 258 13.8
Mathematics and statistics 1,317 126 9.6 29 2.2 170 12.9 21 1.6 9 0.7 830 63.0 13 1.0 119 9.0
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 351 26 7.4 15 4.3 106 30.2 6 1.7 10 2.8 128 36.5 13 3.7 47 13.4
Natural resources and conservation 665 15 2.3 15 2.3 49 7.4 10 1.5 39 5.9 231 34.7 146 22.0 160 24.1
Physical sciences 9,881 720 7.3 1,877 19.0 1,593 16.1 254 2.6 503 5.1 4,176 42.3 31 0.3 727 7.4
Psychology 1,823 123 6.7 4 0.2 685 37.6 151 8.3 2 0.1 409 22.4 11 0.6 438 24.0
Social sciences 1,637 75 4.6 14 0.9 169 10.3 87 5.3 25 1.5 663 40.5 156 9.5 448 27.4
Engineering 18,370 3,091 16.8 1,889 10.3 2,480 13.5 551 3.0 546 3.0 7,327 39.9 235 1.3 2,251 12.3
Health 1,923 34 1.8 6 0.3 1,276 66.4 278 14.5 3 0.2 104 5.4 36 1.9 186 9.7
Clinical medicinea 698 5 0.7 5 0.7 415 59.5 159 22.8 0 0.0 34 4.9 6 0.9 74 10.6
Other health 1,225 29 2.4 1 0.1 861 70.3 119 9.7 3 0.2 70 5.7 30 2.4 112 9.1
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 Clinical medicine includes graduate students in public health and clinical medicine not elsewhere classified.
NOTE: Percentages may not add to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2018.