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Category of   Doctoral Students   Master's Students
Support   First-Year   Intermediate   Dissertation   First-Year   Beyond
    Students       Year   Students   First-Year
__________________________________________________________________________
Teaching assistantship                    
    9-month                    
        Median   $9,000   $9,184   $9,445   $6,760   $6,841
        Q1:   $7,500   $7,598   $7,738   $4,495   $4,200
        Q3:   $10,944   $11,439   $11,850   $8,500   $8,628
        N:   205   206   170   122   124
                     
    12-month                    
        Median:   $12,000   $12,000   $13,408   $9,623   $9,559
        Q1:   $9,900   $9,000   $10,278   $4,498   $3,893
        Q3:   $15,000   $15,000   $16,423   $14,250   $12,787
        N:   47   43   33   18   16
                     
Research assistantship                    
    9-month                    
        Median:   $9,266   $9,355   $9,500   $6,510   $6,800
        Q1:   $7,530   $7,688   $7,775   $4,800   $4,860
        Q3:   $10,944   $11,208   $11,659   $8,664   $8,976
        N:   190   178   142   115   103
                     
    12-month                    
        Median:   $11,588   $12,000   $13,214   $9,000   $7,370
        Q1:   $9,128   $9,941   $10,000   $4,800   $4,800
        Q3:   $13,632   $14,430   $14,667   $11,200   $11,200
        N:   63   58   51   23   15
                     
Fellowship                    
    9-month                    
        Median:   $9,000   $9,000   $9,400   $3,600   $3,000
        Q1:   $5,000   $5,000   $5,000   $2,000   $1,425
        Q3:   $10,923   $10,724   $11,050   $6,750   $6,188
        N:   120   108   87   47   38
                     
    12-month                    
        Median:   $11,000   $11,150   $11,250   a   a
        Q1:   $9,000   $9,150   $8,875   a   a
        Q3:   $13,000   $13,188   $13,346   a   a
        N:   45   48   38   9   9

SOURCE: 1996-1997 Insert to Graduate Study, Research Office, APA. June 1998.

NOTE: The Ns refer to the number of U.S. departments reporting this category of support. All figures for teaching and research assistantships have been adjusted to reflect assistantships that expect the student to spend 20 hours/week in his/her assistantship.

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


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