Primary Source of Financial Support for Doctoral Students in Selected Academic Fields, 2012

In 2012, doctorate recipients in the humanities relied more heavily on teaching assistantships as their primary source of income than did doctorate recipients in any other field. Only life science doctorate recipients were more likely than those in the humanities to report grants as their primary form of support.

Humanities doctorate recipients were more likely to cite personal income or savings as their primary source of support than doctorate recipients in the natural sciences and engineering, but doctorate recipients in education were the most dependent on their own resources.