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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   4,277   4,213   4,068   3,843   3,236   3,395   3,255   3,360   3,683   3,607
  Fellowships   91   80   87   78   70   77   65   76   61   70
    Federal   69   55   61   53   52   48   38   28   35   38
    Institutional   15   13   21   15   17   24   13   33   24   29
    Nonfederal   7   12   5   10   1   5   14   15   2   3
  Research assistantships   1,865   1,883   1,805   1,710   1,592   1,574   1,550   1,538   1,561   1,569
    Federal   972   985   900   907   821   781   749   720   714   726
    Institutional   688   686   686   595   576   591   558   591   619   600
    Nonfederal   205   212   219   208   195   202   243   227   228   243
  Teaching assistantships   1,177   1,078   1,136   1,096   1,025   1,157   1,068   1,065   1,159   1,111
    Federal   18   1   3   1   4   2   6   6   1   7
    Institutional   1,146   1,075   1,127   1,093   1,016   1,149   1,056   1,056   1,154   1,101
    Nonfederal   13   2   6   2   5   6   6   3   4   3
  Other types of support   1,144   1,172   1,040   959   549   587   572   681   902   857
    Federal   13   12   9   3   6   3   2   2   9   4
    Institutional   133   196   138   110   79   80   109   101   117   148
    Nonfederal   11   15   5   3   2   7   1   2   2   0
    Personal resources   987   949   888   843   462   497   460   576   774   705

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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