| Table 2-4 |
| Full-time S&E graduate students, by source and mechanism of primary support: 2009 |
| |
| Source |
|
All |
Research
assistantship |
Fellowship |
Traineeship |
Teaching
assistantship |
|
Other |
Self-supporta |
| |
| |
|
Number |
| All sources |
|
441,743 |
120,008 |
38,115 |
12,799 |
78,317 |
|
29,791 |
162,713 |
| Federal |
|
81,205 |
58,341 |
8,592 |
8,068 |
1,248 |
|
4,956 |
NA |
| Nonfederal |
|
197,825 |
61,667 |
29,523 |
4,731 |
77,069 |
|
24,835 |
NA |
| |
|
|
| |
|
Percent |
| All sources |
|
100.0 |
27.2 |
8.6 |
2.9 |
17.7 |
|
6.7 |
36.8 |
| Federal |
|
100.0 |
71.8 |
10.6 |
9.9 |
1.5 |
|
6.1 |
NA |
| Nonfederal |
|
100.0 |
31.2 |
14.9 |
2.4 |
39.0 |
|
12.6 |
NA |
| |
NA = not available
aIncludes any loans (including federal) and support from personal or family financial contributions.
NOTES: S&E includes health fields (i.e., medical sciences and other life sciences). These fields reported separately in National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (annual series). S&E excludes fields that were collected in this survey (architecture, communication, and family and consumer sciences/human sciences) that are not included in other tables in this report from other data sources. Self-support not included in federal or nonfederal counts. Percentages may not add to 100% because of rounding.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, Integrated Science and Engineering Resources Data System (WebCASPAR), http://webcaspar.nsf.gov.
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