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Table 4-11a. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status, and funding: 2018

Characteristic All graduate students Master's students Doctoral students
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Institutions 186 26.0 159 22.2 86 12.0
Schools 194 23.7 164 20.1 90 11.0
Units 299 1.5 233 1.2 112 0.6
All graduate students 10,338 100.0 7,414 100.0 2,924 100.0
Male 4,862 47.0 3,442 46.4 1,420 48.6
Female 5,476 53.0 3,972 53.6 1,504 51.4
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 7,620 73.7 5,478 73.9 2,142 73.3
Hispanic or Latino 838 8.1 654 8.8 184 6.3
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 31 0.3 22 0.3 9 0.3
Asian 833 8.1 641 8.6 192 6.6
Black or African American 709 6.9 554 7.5 155 5.3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 22 0.2 17 0.2 5 0.2
White 4,582 44.3 3,149 42.5 1,433 49.0
More than one race 273 2.6 207 2.8 66 2.3
Unknown ethnicity and race 332 3.2 234 3.2 98 3.4
Temporary visa holders 2,718 26.3 1,936 26.1 782 26.7
Part time 3,682 35.6 3,146 42.4 536 18.3
Full time 6,656 64.4 4,268 57.6 2,388 81.7
First time 2,791 27.0 2,274 30.7 517 17.7
Primary source of support for full-time studentsb
Federal 499 4.8 148 2.0 351 12.0
DOD 46 0.4 20 0.3 26 0.9
DOE 18 0.2 3 * 15 0.5
HHS 117 1.1 5 0.1 112 3.8
NIH 111 1.1 5 0.1 106 3.6
Other HHS 6 0.1 0 0.0 6 0.2
NASA 17 0.2 7 0.1 10 0.3
NSF 147 1.4 19 0.3 128 4.4
USDA 38 0.4 25 0.3 13 0.4
Other 116 1.1 69 0.9 47 1.6
Nonfederal 2,630 25.4 1,009 13.6 1,621 55.4
Institutional 2,449 23.7 948 12.8 1,501 51.3
Domestic 150 1.5 48 0.6 102 3.5
Foreign 31 0.3 13 0.2 18 0.6
Self-support 3,527 34.1 3,111 42.0 416 14.2
Primary mechanism of support for full-time studentsb
Fellowships 638 6.2 299 4.0 339 11.6
Research assistantships 838 8.1 237 3.2 601 20.6
Teaching assistantships 769 7.4 274 3.7 495 16.9
Traineeships 96 0.9 7 0.1 89 3.0
Other types of support 4,315 41.7 3,451 46.5 864 29.5
Self-support 3,527 34.1 3,111 42.0 416 14.2
Other 788 7.6 340 4.6 448 15.3
* = 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 Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2018.