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Departmental Practice   Type of Department
    Psychology   Educational   Counseling   Professional   Other*
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Doctoral Students
Percentage of departments providing any support (full or partial) for:                    
                     
    None of their students   0%   0%   0%   5%   0%
    1-25% of their students   4%   12%   0%   26%   5%
    26-50% of their students   16%   41%   27%   37%   29%
    51-75% of their students   28%   18%   27%   32%   38%
    76-99% of their students   39%   24%   40%   0%   19%
    All of their students   13%   6%   7%   0%   10%
                     
Percentage of students fully or partially supported by a department:                    
                     
    Median   77%   50%   60%   38%   60%
    Q1   57%   32%   46%   20%   45%
    Q3   89%   83%   90%   65%   80%
                     
Number of departments reporting   142   17   15   19   21
                     
Master's Students
Percentage of departments providing any support (full or partial) for:                    
                     
    None of their students   12%   9%   25%   a   0%
    1-25% of their students   27%   55%   50%   a   35%
    26-50% of their students   21%   18%   13%   a   20%
    51-75% of their students   18%   18%   13%   a   20%
    76-99% of their students   12%   0%   0%   a   10%
    All of their students   11%   0%   0%   a   15%
                     
Percentage of students fully or partially supported by a department:                    
                     
    Median   42%   14%   12%   a   43%
    Q1   18%   6%   0.75%   a   21%
    Q3   75%   50%   27%   a   86%
                     
Number of departments reporting   113   11   16   5   20

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.


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