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Primary sources of financial support for U.S. doctorate recipients in 2016

Doctorate recipients' primary sources of financial support in the United States in 2016

The data displays the share or distribution of doctorate recipients in the U.S. in 2016, by their primary source of financial support when completing their doctorate. In this year, 21.4% of all doctoral recipients relied primarily on teaching assistantships to fund their doctoral studies.

Research assistantships/traineeships	30.8
Fellowships/grants	27.7
Teaching assistantships	21.4
Own resources	15.1
Employer	3.2
Other	1.9

Primary sources of financial support for U.S. doctorate recipients in 2016

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