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U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
Type and primary source of support 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support   2,813   2,809   2,735   2,530   2,470   2,394   2,349   2,131   2,079   1,933
  Fellowships   41   116   119   129   138   120   170   133   127   110
    Federal   5   48   45   64   57   59   76   69   61   68
    Institutional   32   58   64   54   70   49   82   50   53   30
    Nonfederal   4   10   10   11   11   12   12   14   13   12
  Research assistantships   936   935   909   856   823   839   773   803   809   781
    Federal   407   445   419   420   403   361   373   385   409   388
    Institutional   362   352   346   310   269   314   238   250   233   253
    Nonfederal   167   138   144   126   151   164   162   168   167   140
  Teaching assistantships   916   900   878   847   838   828   778   782   761   744
    Federal   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Institutional   915   899   878   847   837   828   778   782   759   744
    Nonfederal   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   2   0
  Other types of support   920   858   829   698   671   607   628   413   382   298
    Federal   0   2   1   0   0   1   3   1   1   2
    Institutional   33   60   57   39   39   55   47   43   43   22
    Nonfederal   0   0   1   2   1   1   0   0   0   2
    Personal resources   887   796   770   657   631   550   578   369   338   272

NOTES:
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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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