1996-97 Insert to Graduate Study Survey Table 8

Doctoral Students

Percentage of departments providing any support (full or partial) for: 

Type of Department
PsychologyEducationalCounselingProfessionalOther*
None of their students0%0%0% 5%0%
1-25% of their students4%12%0%26%5%
26-50% of their students16%41%27%37%29%
51-75% of their students28%18%27%32%38%
76-99% of their students39%24%40%0%19%
All of their students13%6%7%0%10%

Percentage of students fully or partially supported by a department: 

Type of Department
PsychologyEducationalCounselingProfessionalOther* 
Median77%50%60%38%60%
Q157%32%46%20%45%
Q389%83%90%65%80%
Number of departments reporting14217151921

Master's Students

Percentage of departments providing any support (full or partial) for: 

Type of Department
PsychologyEducationalCounselingProfessionalOther*
None of their students12%9%25%a0%
1-25% of their students274%55%50%a35%
26-50% of their students21%18%13%a20%
51-75% of their students18%18%13%a20%
76-99% of their students12%0%0%a10%
All of their students11%0%0%a15%

Percentage of students fully or partially supported by a department: 

Type of Department
PsychologyEducationalCounselingProfessionalOther* 
Median42%14%12%a43%
Q118%6%0.75%a21%
Q375%50%27%a86%
Number of departments reporting1131116520

 

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.

* Included in this category are Human Development, School Psychology, Education, and other departments.

a = Summary statistics are not reported when N of departments is less than 10.