Minority figures include both U.S. citizens and students with refugee and permanent-resident visas. The above figures represent the mix of support types for students listing this major as a first major. Students in this table may be paid by a different department. These figures do not represent the proportions of dollars paid in each category. Each student who lists the major as first major and who is paid as a Fellow, Trainee, PA, RA, or TA anywhere in the University adds one to the number of students supported in the major.
Some students receive more than one kind of support.
Fractions are apportioned among support categories as the proportion that the category's support is of the total support for that student. The above figures are the dollars paid last year by the department responsible for this major to students with graduate appointments. Some of this money may have been paid to students in majors outside the department. Median Enrolled years to Ph. 11.5 8.5 Joint degrees are counted under student's first major.