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Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support   4,767   4,670   4,943   4,959   4,305   4,583   3,663   3,329   3,782   3,766
  Fellowships   73   94   124   469   492   280   182   181   453   395
    Federal   57   76   94   71   104   127   55   52   120   113
    Institutional   15   12   25   392   384   137   118   108   299   262
    Nonfederal   1   6   5   6   4   16   9   21   34   20
  Research assistantships   978   1,075   1,106   484   435   488   216   170   690   771
    Federal   127   109   129   146   111   123   110   77   476   535
    Institutional   823   929   946   314   314   357   100   84   147   198
    Nonfederal   28   37   31   24   10   8   6   9   67   38
  Teaching assistantships   532   457   439   371   365   395   109   129   376   330
    Federal   3   0   0   6   3   0   0   0   0   0
    Institutional   529   457   439   358   362   395   109   129   375   328
    Nonfederal   0   0   0   7   0   0   0   0   1   2
  Other types of support   3,184   3,044   3,274   3,635   3,013   3,420   3,156   2,849   2,263   2,270
    Federal   61   50   33   19   9   21   5   3   3   2
    Institutional   1,082   844   738   1,020   957   956   385   459   119   163
    Nonfederal   40   138   138   106   103   103   128   98   110   103
    Personal resources   2,001   2,012   2,365   2,490   1,944   2,340   2,638   2,289   2,031   2,002

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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