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Table 19. Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health in doctorate-granting institutions, by field and primary source of support: 2007–13
Field and primary source of support 2007a 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
All surveyed fields 409,421 422,287 428,856 433,252 430,623 433,177 439,950
   Federal 80,691 76,903 80,244 85,272 84,259 80,035 76,005
      DOD 8,820 8,180 8,649 9,172 9,052 8,689 8,240
      DOE 4,280 4,335 4,601 5,500 5,724 5,339 4,799
      HHS 29,904 28,354 28,638 29,757 27,814 26,067 23,945
         NIH 26,918 25,913 26,454 27,521 25,613 24,155 22,324
         Other HHS 2,986 2,441 2,184 2,236 2,201 1,912 1,621
      NASA 2,312 2,328 2,418 2,459 2,375 2,160 1,996
      NSF 19,713 19,805 21,602 23,139 24,123 24,134 23,227
      USDA 2,804 2,759 2,697 3,041 2,854 2,661 2,576
      Other 12,858 11,142 11,639 12,204 12,317 10,985 11,222
   Nonfederal 191,992 199,764 198,999 197,668 199,581 204,641 208,266
      Institutional 165,084 174,047 172,414 171,734 173,723 177,377 182,796
      Domestic 24,041 21,962 22,666 21,822 21,314 22,194 20,280
      Foreign 2,867 3,755 3,919 4,112 4,544 5,070 5,190
   Self-support 136,738 145,620 149,613 150,312 146,783 148,501 155,679
   Science and engineering 350,133 362,344 376,569 386,384 388,995 392,563 400,213
      Federal 73,048 70,383 74,728 79,554 79,493 76,106 72,442
         DOD 8,497 7,864 8,411 8,898 8,851 8,531 7,954
         DOE 4,246 4,311 4,587 5,476 5,704 5,321 4,790
         HHS 24,461 23,947 24,682 25,586 24,660 23,349 21,634
            NIH 23,425 22,829 23,521 24,349 23,287 22,106 20,432
            Other HHS 1,036 1,118 1,161 1,237 1,373 1,243 1,202
         NASA 2,305 2,320 2,415 2,366 2,364 2,150 1,984
         NSF 19,515 19,599 21,433 22,946 23,927 24,010 23,093
         USDA 2,715 2,691 2,616 2,941 2,760 2,571 2,468
         Other 11,309 9,651 10,584 11,341 11,227 10,174 10,519
      Nonfederal 174,434 183,273 183,782 183,532 186,486 191,590 194,908
         Institutional 150,326 159,833 159,636 159,696 162,473 166,148 171,197
         Domestic 21,483 19,933 20,519 20,067 19,916 20,854 18,992
         Foreign 2,625 3,507 3,627 3,769 4,097 4,588 4,719
      Self-support 102,651 108,688 118,059 123,298 123,016 124,867 132,863
      Science 259,222 267,267 275,074 279,950 283,914 285,611 288,494
         Federal 51,974 49,682 51,903 54,399 54,386 51,964 48,969
            DOD 3,185 3,100 3,193 3,466 3,493 3,352 3,168
            DOE 2,482 2,475 2,523 2,782 2,873 2,729 2,407
            HHS 21,835 21,165 21,731 22,256 21,476 20,391 18,764
               NIH 20,954 20,180 20,758 21,248 20,329 19,352 17,802
               Other HHS 881 985 973 1,008 1,147 1,039 962
            NASA 1,298 1,304 1,295 1,367 1,364 1,238 1,145
            NSF 12,791 12,761 13,808 14,578 15,410 15,365 14,553
            USDA 2,415 2,392 2,333 2,606 2,476 2,308 2,210
            Other 7,968 6,485 7,020 7,344 7,294 6,581 6,722
         Nonfederal 132,568 138,955 138,952 138,691 142,045 146,182 148,670
            Institutional 117,932 125,045 124,895 124,920 128,289 131,297 135,043
            Domestic 13,075 11,866 11,909 11,566 11,426 12,254 10,921
            Foreign 1,561 2,044 2,148 2,205 2,330 2,631 2,706
         Self-support 74,680 78,630 84,219 86,860 87,483 87,465 90,855
         Agricultural sciences 9,276 9,564 10,246 10,505 10,889 10,815 11,034
            Federal 2,293 2,010 2,170 2,399 2,490 2,250 2,239
               DOD 57 26 23 26 32 38 43
               DOE 53 38 58 70 56 50 50
               HHS 74 68 69 77 70 59 57
                  NIH 52 61 52 68 52 43 45
                  Other HHS 22 7 17 9 18 16 12
               NASA 47 39 41 41 30 27 31
               NSF 257 222 265 339 373 338 351
               USDA 1,081 1,064 1,108 1,242 1,217 1,103 1,069
               Other 724 553 606 604 712 635 638
            Nonfederal 5,558 5,975 5,929 5,888 6,120 6,330 6,426
               Institutional 4,320 4,716 4,606 4,528 4,866 4,985 5,065
               Domestic 1,175 1,128 1,237 1,235 1,137 1,169 1,151
               Foreign 63 131 86 125 117 176 210
            Self-support 1,425 1,579 2,147 2,218 2,279 2,235 2,369
         Biological sciences 58,327 58,501 59,235 60,028 59,764 61,061 60,848
            Federal 20,868 19,841 20,420 21,139 20,247 19,061 17,756
               DOD 356 398 402 437 401 365 356
               DOE 177 176 198 208 184 165 124
               HHS 15,726 15,082 15,504 15,888 14,831 13,943 12,888
                  NIH 15,322 14,624 15,109 15,429 14,266 13,424 12,387
                  Other HHS 404 458 395 459 565 519 501
               NASA 67 51 54 65 62 53 67
               NSF 2,119 2,123 2,279 2,367 2,562 2,598 2,496
               USDA 841 791 769 830 778 765 712
               Other 1,582 1,220 1,214 1,344 1,429 1,172 1,113
            Nonfederal 28,413 29,065 28,681 28,185 28,835 30,361 30,730
               Institutional 24,355 25,173 24,818 24,415 25,155 26,490 27,002
               Domestic 3,792 3,515 3,401 3,268 3,197 3,314 3,099
               Foreign 266 377 462 502 483 557 629
            Self-support 9,046 9,595 10,134 10,704 10,682 11,639 12,362
         Communication 4,049 4,642 5,429 5,588 6,053 6,175 6,383
            Federal 116 91 119 137 147 133 118
               DOD 8 8 19 21 24 24 17
               DOE 0 0 1 1 2 4 4
               HHS 23 28 27 32 23 14 13
                  NIH 19 24 20 22 17 11 9
                  Other HHS 4 4 7 10 6 3 4
               NASA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
               NSF 14 19 40 48 56 48 51
               USDA 7 5 5 4 5 4 3
               Other 64 31 27 31 37 38 29
            Nonfederal 2,512 3,028 3,222 3,185 3,545 3,576 3,936
               Institutional 2,303 2,725 2,921 2,898 3,311 3,299 3,664
               Domestic 185 293 289 269 217 256 234
               Foreign 24 10 12 18 17 21 38
            Self-support 1,421 1,523 2,088 2,266 2,361 2,466 2,329
         Computer sciences 27,874 28,850 29,669 30,080 30,407 31,739 35,297
            Federal 5,060 4,920 5,236 5,764 5,701 5,675 5,488
               DOD 1,220 1,201 1,216 1,299 1,260 1,258 1,256
               DOE 178 141 143 188 191 183 147
               HHS 357 367 341 385 389 317 291
                  NIH 329 324 307 330 345 284 232
                  Other HHS 28 43 34 55 44 33 59
               NASA 102 82 74 64 60 48 38
               NSF 2,693 2,630 2,874 3,157 3,193 3,194 3,058
               USDA 29 10 11 19 17 19 33
               Other 481 489 577 652 591 656 665
            Nonfederal 10,008 10,739 11,004 10,309 10,495 10,556 11,166
               Institutional 8,648 9,451 9,574 8,911 8,930 8,831 9,743
               Domestic 1,181 1,070 1,172 1,157 1,165 1,241 1,052
               Foreign 179 218 258 241 400 484 371
            Self-support 12,806 13,191 13,429 14,007 14,211 15,508 18,643
         Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10,570 10,874 11,211 11,868 11,973 12,199 11,943
            Federal 3,161 3,090 3,078 3,272 3,350 3,284 3,147
               DOD 111 114 99 118 151 154 140
               DOE 145 148 145 176 217 189 168
               HHS 26 30 36 34 27 45 35
                  NIH 25 22 24 24 22 32 26
                  Other HHS 1 8 12 10 5 13 9
               NASA 417 433 444 458 487 471 451
               NSF 1,445 1,445 1,459 1,571 1,688 1,631 1,550
               USDA 67 71 50 44 45 38 28
               Other 950 849 845 871 735 756 775
            Nonfederal 5,461 5,810 5,965 6,166 6,147 6,233 6,313
               Institutional 4,603 4,898 5,039 5,217 5,245 5,370 5,471
               Domestic 768 769 775 769 758 712 677
               Foreign 90 143 151 180 144 151 165
            Self-support 1,948 1,974 2,168 2,430 2,476 2,682 2,483
         Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 1,489 1,754 1,903 2,118 2,348 2,169 2,347
            Federal 91 99 111 123 152 134 166
               DOD 3 6 7 3 1 2 9
               DOE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
               HHS 47 38 49 56 57 52 56
                  NIH 31 28 40 39 35 35 46
                  Other HHS 16 10 9 17 22 17 10
               NASA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
               NSF 9 9 13 11 18 15 17
               USDA 4 24 11 19 22 21 24
               Other 28 22 31 34 54 44 58
            Nonfederal 821 1,053 1,033 1,187 1,281 1,249 1,427
               Institutional 743 951 928 1,097 1,172 1,124 1,313
               Domestic 78 100 103 83 99 120 109
               Foreign 0 2 2 7 10 5 5
            Self-support 577 602 759 808 915 786 754
         Mathematical sciences 15,013 15,636 16,328 16,917 17,587 18,192 18,696
            Federal 1,654 1,594 1,869 1,854 1,917 1,856 1,742
               DOD 162 169 148 164 152 140 143
               DOE 53 49 51 61 64 67 46
               HHS 192 171 205 217 210 224 188
                  NIH 163 155 183 198 197 204 176
                  Other HHS 29 16 22 19 13 20 12
               NASA 12 13 20 18 18 17 20
               NSF 963 977 1,139 1,097 1,191 1,155 1,070
               USDA 19 15 16 36 39 38 32
               Other 253 200 290 261 243 215 243
            Nonfederal 10,500 11,026 10,981 11,238 11,490 12,010 12,287
               Institutional 9,997 10,606 10,507 10,746 11,054 11,502 11,904
               Domestic 455 324 349 338 302 347 233
               Foreign 48 96 125 154 134 161 150
            Self-support 2,859 3,016 3,478 3,825 4,180 4,326 4,667
         Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 2,076 2,818 3,420 4,482 3,790 3,807 3,690
            Federal 346 304 351 601 661 745 724
               DOD 24 23 22 68 75 64 43
               DOE 5 8 6 21 37 32 39
               HHS 56 55 75 120 158 240 272
                  NIH 49 52 71 91 114 197 229
                  Other HHS 7 3 4 29 44 43 43
               NASA 5 4 3 12 16 16 18
               NSF 134 113 134 195 221 227 215
               USDA 13 7 15 21 24 15 25
               Other 109 94 96 164 130 151 112
            Nonfederal 887 1,464 1,689 2,124 1,702 1,797 1,730
               Institutional 807 1,342 1,555 1,916 1,542 1,604 1,540
               Domestic 71 92 93 170 139 158 149
               Foreign 9 30 41 38 21 35 41
            Self-support 843 1,050 1,380 1,757 1,427 1,265 1,236
         Neuroscience 1,529 1,908 2,261 2,682 3,909 4,333 4,575
            Federal 844 1,045 1,200 1,340 1,917 2,117 2,069
               DOD 9 9 33 44 52 69 45
               DOE 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
               HHS 785 957 1,072 1,179 1,629 1,772 1,727
                  NIH 780 948 1,046 1,155 1,587 1,747 1,711
                  Other HHS 5 9 26 24 42 25 16
               NASA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
               NSF 22 53 75 93 175 221 225
               USDA 0 0 1 1 6 6 6
               Other 28 24 18 22 54 48 66
            Nonfederal 617 767 977 1,192 1,772 1,983 2,202
               Institutional 529 656 838 1,039 1,547 1,680 1,905
               Domestic 82 102 127 144 205 281 268
               Foreign 6 9 12 9 20 22 29
            Self-support 68 96 84 150 220 233 304
         Physical sciences 32,327 32,747 33,671 34,280 35,056 35,282 35,424
            Federal 11,147 10,660 11,045 11,183 11,244 10,670 10,055
               DOD 996 865 904 935 900 829 730
               DOE 1,791 1,866 1,894 2,011 2,072 1,999 1,800
               HHS 2,531 2,394 2,362 2,264 2,193 2,034 1,827
                  NIH 2,374 2,253 2,210 2,156 2,062 1,930 1,739
                  Other HHS 157 141 152 108 131 104 88
               NASA 582 607 573 630 587 523 458
               NSF 3,873 3,956 4,176 4,307 4,404 4,350 4,012
               USDA 33 67 32 28 21 24 42
               Other 1,341 905 1,104 1,008 1,067 911 1,186
            Nonfederal 19,401 20,157 20,269 20,496 21,130 22,057 22,740
               Institutional 17,227 18,186 18,236 18,554 19,214 20,009 20,734
               Domestic 1,985 1,736 1,771 1,680 1,582 1,773 1,641
               Foreign 189 235 262 262 334 275 365
            Self-support 1,779 1,930 2,357 2,601 2,682 2,555 2,629
         Psychologyb 34,286 35,866 34,585 33,566 33,496 32,830 32,194
            Federal 3,201 2,897 2,966 3,112 2,983 2,820 2,466
               DOD 115 125 138 168 200 180 168
               DOE 30 6 0 1 1 3 1
               HHS 1,641 1,594 1,584 1,592 1,468 1,356 1,124
                  NIH 1,501 1,390 1,378 1,427 1,336 1,203 987
                  Other HHS 140 204 206 165 132 153 137
               NASA 3 6 6 5 7 3 3
               NSF 380 361 411 489 531 605 579
               USDA 6 3 6 5 7 4 7
               Other 1,026 802 821 852 769 669 584
            Nonfederal 14,914 14,960 14,385 13,998 13,527 13,792 13,584
               Institutional 13,464 13,745 13,215 12,855 12,552 12,662 12,685
               Domestic 1,399 1,108 1,096 1,034 898 1,026 838
               Foreign 51 107 74 109 77 104 61
            Self-support 16,171 18,009 17,234 16,456 16,986 16,218 16,144
         Social sciences 62,406 64,107 67,116 67,836 68,642 67,009 66,063
            Federal 3,193 3,131 3,338 3,475 3,577 3,219 2,999
               DOD 124 156 182 183 245 229 218
               DOE 50 42 26 44 48 36 28
               HHS 377 381 407 412 421 335 286
                  NIH 309 299 318 309 296 242 215
                  Other HHS 68 82 89 103 125 93 71
               NASA 63 68 80 74 97 79 56
               NSF 882 853 943 904 998 983 929
               USDA 315 335 309 357 295 271 229
               Other 1,382 1,296 1,391 1,501 1,473 1,286 1,253
            Nonfederal 33,476 34,911 34,817 34,723 36,001 36,238 36,129
               Institutional 30,936 32,596 32,658 32,744 33,701 33,741 34,017
               Domestic 1,904 1,629 1,496 1,419 1,727 1,857 1,470
               Foreign 636 686 663 560 573 640 642
            Self-support 25,737 26,065 28,961 29,638 29,064 27,552 26,935
      Engineering 90,911 95,077 101,495 106,434 105,081 106,952 111,719
         Federal 21,074 20,701 22,825 25,155 25,107 24,142 23,473
            DOD 5,312 4,764 5,218 5,432 5,358 5,179 4,786
            DOE 1,764 1,836 2,064 2,694 2,831 2,592 2,383
            HHS 2,626 2,782 2,951 3,330 3,184 2,958 2,870
               NIH 2,471 2,649 2,763 3,101 2,958 2,754 2,630
               Other HHS 155 133 188 229 226 204 240
            NASA 1,007 1,016 1,120 999 1,000 912 839
            NSF 6,724 6,838 7,625 8,368 8,517 8,645 8,540
            USDA 300 299 283 335 284 263 258
            Other 3,341 3,166 3,564 3,997 3,933 3,593 3,797
         Nonfederal 41,866 44,318 44,830 44,841 44,441 45,408 46,238
            Institutional 32,394 34,788 34,741 34,776 34,184 34,851 36,154
            Domestic 8,408 8,067 8,610 8,501 8,490 8,600 8,071
            Foreign 1,064 1,463 1,479 1,564 1,767 1,957 2,013
         Self-support 27,971 30,058 33,840 36,438 35,533 37,402 42,008
         Aerospace engineering 3,379 3,588 3,845 4,187 4,200 3,767 3,857
            Federal 1,135 1,236 1,346 1,371 1,456 1,281 1,224
               DOD 482 509 588 645 681 585 533
               DOE 47 47 43 63 72 60 47
               HHS 19 12 13 10 8 8 2
                  NIH 15 11 13 10 8 7 2
                  Other HHS 4 1 0 0 0 1 0
               NASA 336 382 434 345 373 354 326
               NSF 131 140 143 183 176 205 184
               USDA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
               Other 120 146 125 125 145 69 132
            Nonfederal 1,519 1,483 1,486 1,565 1,458 1,440 1,470
               Institutional 1,040 1,218 1,152 1,222 1,139 1,083 1,138
               Domestic 382 190 253 254 230 252 260
               Foreign 97 75 81 89 89 105 72
            Self-support 725 869 1,013 1,251 1,286 1,046 1,163
         Agricultural engineering 917 1,022 1,084 1,198 1,372 1,250 1,256
            Federal 245 279 298 369 383 362 293
               DOD 8 17 33 16 27 32 14
               DOE 10 12 26 27 36 29 10
               HHS 8 10 12 36 43 35 12
                  NIH 8 9 9 13 19 15 11
                  Other HHS 0 1 3 23 24 20 1
               NASA 9 4 5 8 16 12 3
               NSF 30 33 39 56 68 65 68
               USDA 113 119 116 140 110 106 105
               Other 67 84 67 86 83 83 81
            Nonfederal 577 621 614 572 693 593 579
               Institutional 451 492 466 454 538 483 486
               Domestic 112 96 129 93 108 97 80
               Foreign 14 33 19 25 47 13 13
            Self-support 95 122 172 257 296 295 384
         Architecture 3,981 5,092 5,988 5,959 2,754 2,037 1,919
            Federal 38 41 104 150 74 41 32
               DOD 9 5 4 7 6 3 1
               DOE 2 5 4 18 11 9 1
               HHS 0 3 3 4 6 4 1
                  NIH 0 2 2 4 6 2 1
                  Other HHS 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
               NASA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
               NSF 6 7 12 18 14 9 16
               USDA 1 3 1 1 0 0 0
               Other 20 18 80 102 34 16 13
            Nonfederal 1,718 2,118 2,258 2,329 1,271 1,154 1,121
               Institutional 1,545 1,955 1,957 2,107 1,124 994 968
               Domestic 150 134 265 181 121 139 113
               Foreign 23 29 36 41 26 21 40
            Self-support 2,225 2,933 3,626 3,480 1,409 842 766
         Biomedical engineering 5,908 6,260 6,840 7,375 7,847 7,931 8,015
            Federal 2,100 2,230 2,447 2,709 2,731 2,778 2,647
               DOD 93 122 157 152 180 175 181
               DOE 26 42 50 49 42 45 30
               HHS 1,423 1,542 1,618 1,803 1,770 1,702 1,594
                  NIH 1,400 1,500 1,589 1,767 1,732 1,668 1,528
                  Other HHS 23 42 29 36 38 34 66
               NASA 15 14 15 24 12 16 17
               NSF 306 352 417 508 584 694 651
               USDA 6 5 6 16 2 5 4
               Other 231 153 184 157 141 141 170
            Nonfederal 2,472 2,808 2,958 3,047 3,258 3,303 3,368
               Institutional 1,945 2,175 2,270 2,354 2,531 2,569 2,705
               Domestic 509 572 620 615 633 620 561
               Foreign 18 61 68 78 94 114 102
            Self-support 1,336 1,222 1,435 1,619 1,858 1,850 2,000
         Chemical engineering 6,433 6,722 7,058 7,472 7,594 8,014 8,490
            Federal 2,039 2,044 2,121 2,439 2,400 2,338 2,432
               DOD 173 162 187 215 223 241 218
               DOE 353 374 373 440 487 428 423
               HHS 294 302 304 366 338 311 312
                  NIH 260 267 263 343 291 280 275
                  Other HHS 34 35 41 23 47 31 37
               NASA 52 30 31 35 31 34 20
               NSF 848 860 913 1,089 1,039 1,037 1,126
               USDA 62 60 54 48 42 41 50
               Other 257 256 259 246 240 246 283
            Nonfederal 3,607 3,766 3,945 3,777 3,787 4,080 4,136
               Institutional 2,586 2,759 2,907 2,735 2,702 2,906 2,973
               Domestic 859 861 885 909 896 999 984
               Foreign 162 146 153 133 189 175 179
            Self-support 787 912 992 1,256 1,407 1,596 1,922
         Civil engineering 11,063 11,619 13,120 13,719 13,898 14,117 14,300
            Federal 1,869 1,726 1,978 2,216 2,301 2,234 2,161
               DOD 200 189 193 179 183 171 155
               DOE 71 73 108 146 136 148 160
               HHS 47 38 53 48 36 49 40
                  NIH 39 33 34 35 31 41 30
                  Other HHS 8 5 19 13 5 8 10
               NASA 65 75 98 107 81 80 49
               NSF 649 545 637 758 843 821 794
               USDA 47 45 44 55 54 38 37
               Other 790 761 845 923 968 927 926
            Nonfederal 5,710 6,269 6,482 6,556 6,478 6,508 6,687
               Institutional 4,707 5,257 5,458 5,475 5,400 5,511 5,724
               Domestic 897 837 863 892 855 776 720
               Foreign 106 175 161 189 223 221 243
            Self-support 3,484 3,624 4,660 4,947 5,119 5,375 5,452
         Electrical engineering 27,646 27,813 27,792 28,605 29,600 30,528 33,246
            Federal 5,866 5,888 6,248 6,557 6,613 6,492 6,259
               DOD 1,923 1,969 2,046 2,088 2,025 2,010 1,812
               DOE 212 186 226 320 356 351 346
               HHS 402 418 429 431 445 367 386
                  NIH 379 394 397 396 414 345 356
                  Other HHS 23 24 32 35 31 22 30
               NASA 215 203 204 178 183 150 148
               NSF 2,389 2,492 2,707 2,810 2,829 2,845 2,744
               USDA 20 14 11 17 9 19 22
               Other 705 606 625 713 766 750 801
            Nonfederal 11,412 11,395 11,074 10,579 10,972 11,158 11,442
               Institutional 8,841 8,887 8,591 8,104 8,425 8,640 8,940
               Domestic 2,395 2,234 2,223 2,219 2,205 2,126 2,103
               Foreign 176 274 260 256 342 392 399
            Self-support 10,368 10,530 10,470 11,469 12,015 12,878 15,545
         Engineering science 1,402 1,444 1,450 1,478 1,545 1,673 1,540
            Federal 424 453 471 460 520 495 477
               DOD 96 95 95 81 112 128 102
               DOE 77 84 109 98 105 91 89
               HHS 48 51 33 44 36 40 45
                  NIH 44 51 30 44 35 39 42
                  Other HHS 4 0 3 0 1 1 3
               NASA 13 15 19 19 25 26 22
               NSF 155 167 178 164 196 150 170
               USDA 3 5 2 2 5 4 2
               Other 32 36 35 52 41 56 47
            Nonfederal 694 651 673 697 683 758 780
               Institutional 590 542 548 541 556 552 644
               Domestic 96 85 105 134 109 190 117
               Foreign 8 24 20 22 18 16 19
            Self-support 284 340 306 321 342 420 283
         Industrial engineering 7,109 7,852 7,878 7,829 7,737 7,744 7,971
            Federal 820 871 996 1,166 1,097 1,065 991
               DOD 268 250 326 377 365 335 330
               DOE 34 73 55 81 96 80 79
               HHS 81 78 103 123 114 99 103
                  NIH 52 68 80 97 96 80 81
                  Other HHS 29 10 23 26 18 19 22
               NASA 28 23 29 28 21 15 12
               NSF 275 289 309 320 303 350 296
               USDA 8 7 11 6 5 2 5
               Other 126 151 163 231 193 184 166
            Nonfederal 2,840 3,239 2,982 2,856 2,964 2,775 2,746
               Institutional 2,268 2,567 2,335 2,210 2,175 2,134 2,127
               Domestic 434 561 518 506 621 491 455
               Foreign 138 111 129 140 168 150 164
            Self-support 3,449 3,742 3,900 3,807 3,676 3,904 4,234
         Mechanical engineering 12,903 13,456 15,215 16,257 15,758 16,701 17,599
            Federal 3,175 3,167 3,619 4,112 3,894 3,751 3,625
               DOD 847 852 965 979 887 886 837
               DOE 331 371 386 585 571 520 424
               HHS 190 193 221 262 215 191 197
                  NIH 168 183 199 232 181 163 179
                  Other HHS 22 10 22 30 34 28 18
               NASA 189 193 213 212 193 167 178
               NSF 1,074 1,068 1,255 1,365 1,380 1,408 1,398
               USDA 17 15 16 22 14 14 19
               Other 527 475 563 687 634 565 572
            Nonfederal 6,458 6,694 7,245 7,497 7,377 7,690 7,709
               Institutional 4,999 5,215 5,539 5,772 5,772 5,844 6,046
               Domestic 1,303 1,197 1,435 1,403 1,317 1,442 1,270
               Foreign 156 282 271 322 288 404 393
            Self-support 3,270 3,595 4,351 4,648 4,487 5,260 6,265
         Metallurgical and materials engineering 4,593 4,784 5,166 5,519 5,839 6,088 6,220
            Federal 1,618 1,690 2,020 2,111 2,079 2,031 1,974
               DOD 404 388 398 430 405 408 404
               DOE 261 287 346 433 454 446 407
               HHS 58 75 85 105 103 75 88
                  NIH 56 75 82 88 86 62 78
                  Other HHS 2 0 3 17 17 13 10
               NASA 30 33 32 20 27 32 25
               NSF 615 645 768 809 775 813 806
               USDA 5 11 16 12 33 19 7
               Other 245 251 375 302 282 238 237
            Nonfederal 2,389 2,456 2,268 2,367 2,586 2,681 2,827
               Institutional 1,621 1,695 1,646 1,688 1,878 1,933 2,077
               Domestic 685 633 497 584 612 626 631
               Foreign 83 128 125 95 96 122 119
            Self-support 586 638 878 1,041 1,174 1,376 1,419
         Mining engineering 132 201 205 353 412 240 265
            Federal 26 23 31 60 84 64 62
               DOD 0 0 0 0 5 7 0
               DOE 10 12 6 16 25 16 8
               HHS 7 4 14 23 25 29 33
                  NIH 5 3 10 14 14 14 7
                  Other HHS 2 1 4 9 11 15 26
               NASA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
               NSF 0 1 4 5 9 4 4
               USDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
               Other 9 6 7 15 20 8 17
            Nonfederal 87 138 132 188 205 136 160
               Institutional 67 70 60 164 172 112 120
               Domestic 20 68 72 24 32 24 22
               Foreign 0 0 0 0 1 0 18
            Self-support 19 40 42 105 123 40 43
         Nuclear engineering 951 941 968 1,123 1,165 1,162 1,169
            Federal 326 335 403 503 518 522 494
               DOD 35 46 60 83 78 88 72
               DOE 212 182 208 242 252 252 245
               HHS 9 9 10 7 4 2 4
                  NIH 8 9 10 7 4 2 4
                  Other HHS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
               NASA 16 7 10 6 13 7 8
               NSF 19 17 18 24 19 19 31
               USDA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
               Other 35 74 97 141 152 152 134
            Nonfederal 483 472 432 471 496 498 501
               Institutional 370 345 268 320 326 312 378
               Domestic 101 100 153 144 154 164 103
               Foreign 12 27 11 7 16 22 20
            Self-support 142 134 133 149 151 142 174
         Petroleum engineering 786 822 988 1,058 1,057 1,287 1,315
            Federal 100 28 37 68 81 61 76
               DOD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
               DOE 73 15 28 61 57 48 38
               HHS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
                  NIH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                  Other HHS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
               NASA 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
               NSF 9 3 2 2 10 4 9
               USDA 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
               Other 10 9 6 4 14 9 27
            Nonfederal 522 607 735 724 738 886 911
               Institutional 247 258 312 304 281 417 391
               Domestic 215 282 320 294 337 333 369
               Foreign 60 67 103 126 120 136 151
            Self-support 164 187 216 266 238 340 328
         Engineering nec 3,708 3,461 3,898 4,302 4,303 4,413 4,557
            Federal 1,293 690 706 864 876 627 726
               DOD 774 160 166 180 181 110 126
               DOE 45 73 96 115 131 69 76
               HHS 39 47 53 68 41 46 53
                  NIH 37 44 45 51 41 36 36
                  Other HHS 2 3 8 17 0 10 17
               NASA 32 37 30 16 22 19 30
               NSF 218 219 223 257 272 221 243
               USDA 18 14 5 15 9 13 7
               Other 167 140 133 213 220 149 191
            Nonfederal 1,378 1,601 1,546 1,616 1,475 1,748 1,801
               Institutional 1,117 1,353 1,232 1,326 1,165 1,361 1,437
               Domestic 250 217 272 249 260 321 283
               Foreign 11 31 42 41 50 66 81
            Self-support 1,037 1,170 1,646 1,822 1,952 2,038 2,030
   Healthb 59,288 59,943 52,287 46,868 41,628 40,614 39,737
      Federal 7,643 6,520 5,516 5,718 4,766 3,929 3,563
         DOD 323 316 238 274 201 158 286
         DOE 34 24 14 24 20 18 9
         HHS 5,443 4,407 3,956 4,171 3,154 2,718 2,311
            NIH 3,493 3,084 2,933 3,172 2,326 2,049 1,892
            Other HHS 1,950 1,323 1,023 999 828 669 419
         NASA 7 8 3 93 11 10 12
         NSF 198 206 169 193 196 124 134
         USDA 89 68 81 100 94 90 108
         Other 1,549 1,491 1,055 863 1,090 811 703
      Nonfederal 17,558 16,491 15,217 14,136 13,095 13,051 13,358
         Institutional 14,758 14,214 12,778 12,038 11,250 11,229 11,599
         Domestic 2,558 2,029 2,147 1,755 1,398 1,340 1,288
         Foreign 242 248 292 343 447 482 471
      Self-support 34,087 36,932 31,554 27,014 23,767 23,634 22,816

nec = not elsewhere classified.
DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; nec = not elsewhere classified; NIH = National Institutes of Health; NSF = National Science Foundation; USDA = U.S. Department of Agriculture.
a In 2007, eligible fields were reclassified, newly eligible fields were added, and the survey was redesigned to improve coverage and coding of eligible units. 2007 data presented in this table are the data collected in 2007, which were labeled as "2007new" in the past publications. See appendix A in http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10307/ for more detail on the changes made in 2007.
b 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.
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 2013, as of 8 August 2014.
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