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Table 4-17a. Clinical medicine 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 236 33.0 232 32.4 101 14.1
Schools 250 30.6 243 29.7 110 13.5
Units 489 2.5 429 2.2 184 0.9
All graduate students 32,002 100.0 27,494 100.0 4,508 100.0
Male 8,342 26.1 6,965 25.3 1,377 30.5
Female 23,660 73.9 20,529 74.7 3,131 69.5
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 28,614 89.4 25,044 91.1 3,570 79.2
Hispanic or Latino 3,270 10.2 2,868 10.4 402 8.9
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 178 0.6 154 0.6 24 0.5
Asian 3,293 10.3 2,926 10.6 367 8.1
Black or African American 4,238 13.2 3,727 13.6 511 11.3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 71 0.2 61 0.2 10 0.2
White 13,981 43.7 12,029 43.8 1,952 43.3
More than one race 1,096 3.4 955 3.5 141 3.1
Unknown ethnicity and race 2,487 7.8 2,324 8.5 163 3.6
Temporary visa holders 3,388 10.6 2,450 8.9 938 20.8
Part time 12,346 38.6 11,261 41.0 1,085 24.1
Full time 19,656 61.4 16,233 59.0 3,423 75.9
First time 8,266 25.8 7,550 27.5 716 15.9
Primary source of support for full-time studentsb
Federal 1,473 4.6 775 2.8 698 15.5
DOD 16 * 11 * 5 0.1
DOE 6 * 1 * 5 0.1
HHS 958 3.0 384 1.4 574 12.7
NIH 591 1.8 176 0.6 415 9.2
Other HHS 367 1.1 208 0.8 159 3.5
NASA 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
NSF 40 0.1 6 * 34 0.8
USDA 11 * 5 * 6 0.1
Other 442 1.4 368 1.3 74 1.6
Nonfederal 5,274 16.5 3,436 12.5 1,838 40.8
Institutional 4,692 14.7 3,079 11.2 1,613 35.8
Domestic 469 1.5 299 1.1 170 3.8
Foreign 113 0.4 58 0.2 55 1.2
Self-support 12,909 40.3 12,022 43.7 887 19.7
Primary mechanism of support for full-time studentsb
Fellowships 985 3.1 659 2.4 326 7.2
Research assistantships 1,929 6.0 843 3.1 1,086 24.1
Teaching assistantships 1,052 3.3 621 2.3 431 9.6
Traineeships 659 2.1 363 1.3 296 6.6
Other types of support 15,031 47.0 13,747 50.0 1,284 28.5
Self-support 12,909 40.3 12,022 43.7 887 19.7
Other 2,122 6.6 1,725 6.3 397 8.8
* = 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.
NOTES: Percentages may not add to total because of rounding. Clinical medicine includes graduate students in public health and clinical medicine not elsewhere classified.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2018.