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Table 4-14a. Psychology 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 461 64.5 394 55.1 238 33.3
Schools 475 58.1 404 49.4 244 29.9
Units 1,022 5.2 716 3.7 466 2.4
All graduate students 55,707 100.0 35,404 100.0 20,303 100.0
Male 12,915 23.2 7,252 20.5 5,663 27.9
Female 42,792 76.8 28,152 79.5 14,640 72.1
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 52,365 94.0 33,909 95.8 18,456 90.9
Hispanic or Latino 8,303 14.9 5,789 16.4 2,514 12.4
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 258 0.5 159 0.4 99 0.5
Asian 2,731 4.9 1,525 4.3 1,206 5.9
Black or African American 5,431 9.7 3,989 11.3 1,442 7.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 101 0.2 68 0.2 33 0.2
White 30,089 54.0 18,423 52.0 11,666 57.5
More than one race 1,885 3.4 1,155 3.3 730 3.6
Unknown ethnicity and race 3,567 6.4 2,801 7.9 766 3.8
Temporary visa holders 3,342 6.0 1,495 4.2 1,847 9.1
Part time 17,182 30.8 13,417 37.9 3,765 18.5
Full time 38,525 69.2 21,987 62.1 16,538 81.5
First time 12,002 21.5 8,788 24.8 3,214 15.8
Primary source of support for full-time studentsb
Federal 2,962 5.3 1,139 3.2 1,823 9.0
DOD 186 0.3 63 0.2 123 0.6
DOE 4 * 0 0.0 4 *
HHS 907 1.6 71 0.2 836 4.1
NIH 719 1.3 34 0.1 685 3.4
Other HHS 188 0.3 37 0.1 151 0.7
NASA 6 * 4 * 2 *
NSF 439 0.8 30 0.1 409 2.0
USDA 13 * 2 * 11 0.1
Other 1,407 2.5 969 2.7 438 2.2
Nonfederal 14,286 25.6 3,567 10.1 10,719 52.8
Institutional 13,487 24.2 3,408 9.6 10,079 49.6
Domestic 708 1.3 135 0.4 573 2.8
Foreign 91 0.2 24 0.1 67 0.3
Self-support 21,277 38.2 17,281 48.8 3,996 19.7
Primary mechanism of support for full-time studentsb
Fellowships 1,788 3.2 94 0.3 1,694 8.3
Research assistantships 4,445 8.0 939 2.7 3,506 17.3
Teaching assistantships 6,131 11.0 965 2.7 5,166 25.4
Traineeships 984 1.8 268 0.8 716 3.5
Other types of support 25,177 45.2 19,721 55.7 5,456 26.9
Self-support 21,277 38.2 17,281 48.8 3,996 19.7
Other 3,900 7.0 2,440 6.9 1,460 7.2
* = 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.