1996-97 Insert to Graduate Study Survey Table 7
Doctoral Students
Percentage of departments providing any support (full or partial) for: | U.S. Departments | Canadian Departments | ||
| Public | Private | All | ||
| None of their students | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% |
| 1-25% of their students | 6% | 13% | 9% | 5% |
| 26-50% of their students | 16% | 22% | 21% | 0% |
| 51-75% of their students | 30% | 29% | 27% | 16% |
| 76-99% of their students | 39% | 22% | 32% | 58% |
| All of their students | 9% | 12% | 11% | 21% |
Percentage of students fully or partially supported by a department: | U.S. Departments | Canadian Departments | ||
| Public | Private | All | ||
| Median | 74% | 67% | 69% | 84% |
| Q1 | 53% | 37% | 48% | 77% |
| Q3 | 90% | 83% | 88% | 97% |
| Number of departments reporting | 152 | 86 | 277 | 19 |
Master's Students
Percentage of departments providing any support (full or partial) for: | U.S. Departments | Canadian Departments | ||
| Public | Private | All | ||
| None of their students | 10% | 21% | 14% | a |
| 1-25% of their students | 28% | 42% | 32% | a |
| 26-50% of their students | 27% | 11% | 21% | a |
| 51-75% of their students | 17% | 12% | 15% | a |
| 76-99% of their students | 9% | 4% | 9% | a |
| All of their students | 9% | 11% | 9% | a |
Percentage of students fully or partially supported by a department: | U.S. Departments | Canadian Departments | ||
| Public | Private | All | ||
| Median | 40% | 18% | 33% | a |
| Q1 | 15% | 4% | 10% | a |
| Q3 | 67% | 60% | 67% | a |
| Number of departments reporting | 129 | 57 | 220 | 6 |
SOURCE: 1996-1997 Insert to Graduate Study, Research Office, APA. June 1998.
Note: Percentages are column percentages and may not sum to 100% due to rounding. "Full support" refers to tuition assistance that covers the full amount of tuition plus a full stipend whereas "partial support" refers to partial stipend only, full stipend but no tuition assistance, and so forth.
a = Summary statistics are not reported when N of departments is less than 10.
