Table 5. Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by field: 1975–2012 |
Science and engineering | Health | ||||||
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Year | All science, engineering, and health |
Total | Science | Engineering | Total | Clinical medicine | Other healtha |
1975 | 219,648 | 202,260 | 164,437 | 37,823 | 17,388 | 4,560 | 12,828 |
1976 | 223,412 | 204,815 | 167,867 | 36,948 | 18,597 | 4,573 | 14,024 |
1977 | 226,738 | 206,411 | 169,184 | 37,227 | 20,327 | 4,345 | 15,982 |
1978b | 223,030 | 201,737 | 164,151 | 37,586 | 21,293 | 5,029 | 16,264 |
1979 | 231,760 | 209,000 | 168,959 | 40,041 | 22,760 | 5,527 | 17,233 |
1980 | 238,416 | 214,417 | 171,767 | 42,650 | 23,999 | 5,774 | 18,225 |
1981 | 242,049 | 217,952 | 172,200 | 45,752 | 24,097 | 5,622 | 18,475 |
1982 | 244,757 | 221,874 | 172,090 | 49,784 | 22,883 | 5,283 | 17,600 |
1983 | 252,017 | 229,404 | 175,472 | 53,932 | 22,613 | 5,318 | 17,295 |
1984 | 253,922 | 230,957 | 175,766 | 55,191 | 22,965 | 5,263 | 17,702 |
1985 | 257,287 | 233,938 | 178,020 | 55,918 | 23,349 | 5,525 | 17,824 |
1986 | 266,168 | 242,729 | 182,532 | 60,197 | 23,439 | 5,554 | 17,885 |
1987 | 271,056 | 247,105 | 185,143 | 61,962 | 23,951 | 5,833 | 18,118 |
1988 | 275,127 | 250,557 | 187,525 | 63,032 | 24,570 | 6,198 | 18,372 |
1989 | 282,648 | 256,820 | 192,424 | 64,396 | 25,828 | 6,433 | 19,395 |
1990 | 292,782 | 265,323 | 199,313 | 66,010 | 27,459 | 6,901 | 20,558 |
1991 | 307,010 | 277,070 | 206,036 | 71,034 | 29,940 | 7,223 | 22,717 |
1992 | 322,555 | 290,408 | 215,965 | 74,443 | 32,147 | 7,953 | 24,194 |
1993 | 329,644 | 293,905 | 220,097 | 73,808 | 35,739 | 8,833 | 26,906 |
1994 | 332,088 | 292,979 | 221,409 | 71,570 | 39,109 | 9,226 | 29,883 |
1995 | 329,283 | 287,171 | 219,389 | 67,782 | 42,112 | 9,777 | 32,335 |
1996 | 328,536 | 284,039 | 218,180 | 65,859 | 44,497 | 9,803 | 34,694 |
1997 | 327,289 | 280,669 | 214,981 | 65,688 | 46,620 | 10,212 | 36,408 |
1998 | 327,389 | 278,943 | 213,508 | 65,435 | 48,446 | 10,944 | 37,502 |
1999 | 334,423 | 283,893 | 215,870 | 68,023 | 50,530 | 11,554 | 38,976 |
2000 | 341,283 | 291,355 | 219,079 | 72,276 | 49,928 | 11,029 | 38,899 |
2001 | 354,522 | 304,021 | 226,573 | 77,448 | 50,501 | 11,822 | 38,679 |
2002 | 378,991 | 325,472 | 240,020 | 85,452 | 53,519 | 13,334 | 40,185 |
2003 | 397,420 | 339,028 | 248,812 | 90,216 | 58,392 | 14,742 | 43,650 |
2004 | 402,573 | 340,529 | 253,574 | 86,955 | 62,044 | 14,999 | 47,045 |
2005 | 406,620 | 341,742 | 257,283 | 84,459 | 64,878 | 15,102 | 49,776 |
2006 | 419,015 | 349,802 | 261,984 | 87,818 | 69,213 | 16,567 | 52,646 |
2007oldc | 430,860 | 362,976 | 269,821 | 93,155 | 67,884 | 17,451 | 50,433 |
2007newc | 437,365 | 371,542 | 277,229 | 94,313 | 65,823 | 15,478 | 50,345 |
2008 | 449,613 | 383,560 | 285,305 | 98,255 | 66,053 | 16,965 | 49,088 |
2009 | 456,115 | 398,498 | 293,561 | 104,937 | 57,617 | 16,725 | 40,892 |
2010 | 461,185 | 409,107 | 299,315 | 109,792 | 52,078 | 17,704 | 34,374 |
2011 | 457,292 | 411,168 | 303,015 | 108,153 | 46,124 | 17,853 | 28,271 |
2012 | 459,498 | 414,384 | 304,795 | 109,589 | 45,114 | 17,195 | 27,919 |
a Beginning with 2008, more rigorous follow-up was done with institutions regarding the exclusion of practitioner-oriented graduate degree programs in Psychology and in Other health (a subfield of health). This change may affect interpretation of trends in these fields. |
b Master’s-granting institutions were not surveyed in 1978; totals represent estimates based on 1977 and 1979 data. |
c In 2007, eligible fields were reclassified, newly eligible fields were added, and the survey was redesigned to improve coverage and coding of eligible units. “2007new” presents data as collected in 2007; “2007old” shows data as they would have been collected in prior years. See appendix A in http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10307/ for more detail. |
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering. |
Data from survey cycle Fall 2012, as of December 2013. |