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Table 4-18a. Other health 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 380 53.1 343 48.0 194 27.1
Schools 409 50.1 361 44.2 211 25.8
Units 927 4.7 664 3.4 448 2.3
All graduate students 40,749 100.0 29,326 100.0 11,423 100.0
Male 9,623 23.6 5,897 20.1 3,726 32.6
Female 31,126 76.4 23,429 79.9 7,697 67.4
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 35,920 88.1 27,384 93.4 8,536 74.7
Hispanic or Latino 3,981 9.8 3,416 11.6 565 4.9
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 140 0.3 102 0.3 38 0.3
Asian 2,726 6.7 1,940 6.6 786 6.9
Black or African American 2,826 6.9 1,973 6.7 853 7.5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 53 0.1 41 0.1 12 0.1
White 23,572 57.8 17,907 61.1 5,665 49.6
More than one race 962 2.4 731 2.5 231 2.0
Unknown ethnicity and race 1,660 4.1 1,274 4.3 386 3.4
Temporary visa holders 4,829 11.9 1,942 6.6 2,887 25.3
Part time 10,540 25.9 7,294 24.9 3,246 28.4
Full time 30,209 74.1 22,032 75.1 8,177 71.6
First time 11,031 27.1 9,339 31.8 1,692 14.8
Primary source of support for full-time studentsb
Federal 1,892 4.6 667 2.3 1,225 10.7
DOD 62 0.2 33 0.1 29 0.3
DOE 1 * 0 0.0 1 *
HHS 1,101 2.7 121 0.4 980 8.6
NIH 964 2.4 103 0.4 861 7.5
Other HHS 137 0.3 18 0.1 119 1.0
NASA 3 * 0 0.0 3 *
NSF 125 0.3 55 0.2 70 0.6
USDA 48 0.1 18 0.1 30 0.3
Other 552 1.4 440 1.5 112 1.0
Nonfederal 9,706 23.8 4,982 17.0 4,724 41.4
Institutional 8,538 21.0 4,489 15.3 4,049 35.4
Domestic 817 2.0 330 1.1 487 4.3
Foreign 351 0.9 163 0.6 188 1.6
Self-support 18,611 45.7 16,383 55.9 2,228 19.5
Primary mechanism of support for full-time studentsb
Fellowships 1,093 2.7 245 0.8 848 7.4
Research assistantships 3,102 7.6 989 3.4 2,113 18.5
Teaching assistantships 2,895 7.1 1,356 4.6 1,539 13.5
Traineeships 739 1.8 295 1.0 444 3.9
Other types of support 22,380 54.9 19,147 65.3 3,233 28.3
Self-support 18,611 45.7 16,383 55.9 2,228 19.5
Other 3,769 9.2 2,764 9.4 1,005 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.
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.