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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   4,213   4,068   3,843   3,236   3,395   3,255   3,360   3,683   3,607   3,407
  Fellowships   80   87   78   70   77   65   76   61   70   59
    Federal   55   61   53   52   48   38   28   35   38   30
    Institutional   13   21   15   17   24   13   33   24   29   27
    Nonfederal   12   5   10   1   5   14   15   2   3   2
  Research assistantships   1,883   1,805   1,710   1,592   1,574   1,550   1,538   1,561   1,569   1,542
    Federal   985   900   907   821   781   749   720   714   726   745
    Institutional   686   686   595   576   591   558   591   619   600   554
    Nonfederal   212   219   208   195   202   243   227   228   243   243
  Teaching assistantships   1,078   1,136   1,096   1,025   1,157   1,068   1,065   1,159   1,111   1,105
    Federal   1   3   1   4   2   6   6   1   7   3
    Institutional   1,075   1,127   1,093   1,016   1,149   1,056   1,056   1,154   1,101   1,092
    Nonfederal   2   6   2   5   6   6   3   4   3   10
  Other types of support   1,172   1,040   959   549   587   572   681   902   857   701
    Federal   12   9   3   6   3   2   2   9   4   6
    Institutional   196   138   110   79   80   109   101   117   148   109
    Nonfederal   15   5   3   2   7   1   2   2   0   3
    Personal resources   949   888   843   462   497   460   576   774   705   583

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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