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Table 4-12a. Natural resources and conservation 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 203 28.4 193 27.0 99 13.8
Schools 207 25.3 196 24.0 101 12.4
Units 356 1.8 312 1.6 146 0.7
All graduate students 11,407 100.0 7,691 100.0 3,716 100.0
Male 5,151 45.2 3,388 44.1 1,763 47.4
Female 6,256 54.8 4,303 55.9 1,953 52.6
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 9,709 85.1 6,951 90.4 2,758 74.2
Hispanic or Latino 902 7.9 671 8.7 231 6.2
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 97 0.9 73 0.9 24 0.6
Asian 337 3.0 217 2.8 120 3.2
Black or African American 364 3.2 219 2.8 145 3.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 22 0.2 21 0.3 1 *
White 7,095 62.2 5,148 66.9 1,947 52.4
More than one race 349 3.1 255 3.3 94 2.5
Unknown ethnicity and race 543 4.8 347 4.5 196 5.3
Temporary visa holders 1,698 14.9 740 9.6 958 25.8
Part time 3,373 29.6 2,619 34.1 754 20.3
Full time 8,034 70.4 5,072 65.9 2,962 79.7
First time 2,535 22.2 2,115 27.5 420 11.3
Primary source of support for full-time studentsb
Federal 1,303 11.4 638 8.3 665 17.9
DOD 31 0.3 16 0.2 15 0.4
DOE 22 0.2 7 0.1 15 0.4
HHS 120 1.1 61 0.8 59 1.6
NIH 76 0.7 27 0.4 49 1.3
Other HHS 44 0.4 34 0.4 10 0.3
NASA 46 0.4 7 0.1 39 1.0
NSF 326 2.9 95 1.2 231 6.2
USDA 333 2.9 187 2.4 146 3.9
Other 425 3.7 265 3.4 160 4.3
Nonfederal 3,888 34.1 2,009 26.1 1,879 50.6
Institutional 3,397 29.8 1,778 23.1 1,619 43.6
Domestic 404 3.5 188 2.4 216 5.8
Foreign 87 0.8 43 0.6 44 1.2
Self-support 2,843 24.9 2,425 31.5 418 11.2
Primary mechanism of support for full-time studentsb
Fellowships 714 6.3 232 3.0 482 13.0
Research assistantships 2,432 21.3 1,227 16.0 1,205 32.4
Teaching assistantships 1,335 11.7 698 9.1 637 17.1
Traineeships 81 0.7 46 0.6 35 0.9
Other types of support 3,472 30.4 2,869 37.3 603 16.2
Self-support 2,843 24.9 2,425 31.5 418 11.2
Other 629 5.5 444 5.8 185 5.0
* = 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.