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Table A-5. Science, engineering, and health organizational units in master's-granting institutions, by detailed field: 2007–13
Field 2007a 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
All surveyed fields 1,419 1,393 1,420 1,435 1,366 1,385 1,412
   Science and engineering 1,206 1,208 1,246 1,272 1,223 1,237 1,273
      Science 1,032 1,029 1,058 1,090 1,056 1,075 1,104
         Agricultural sciences 39 43 45 46 46 50 45
         Biological sciences 163 159 167 181 182 184 186
            Anatomy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
            Biochemistry 4 5 6 6 10 11 9
            Biology 102 101 102 105 103 101 103
            Biometry and epidemiology 0 1 3 3 3 4 5
            Biophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
            Botany 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
            Cell biology 4 5 6 7 6 6 6
            Ecology 5 3 3 4 4 2 2
            Entomology and parasitology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
            Genetics 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
            Microbiology, immunology, and virology 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
            Nutrition 14 13 13 16 18 17 17
            Pathology 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
            Pharmacology 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
            Physiology 5 6 5 4 4 4 5
            Zoology 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
            Biological sciences nec 21 18 22 29 27 32 32
         Communication 31 39 43 46 50 56 58
         Computer sciences 100 104 112 113 105 105 110
         Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 53 52 52 50 50 49 47
            Atmospheric sciences 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
            Geosciences 27 29 27 28 29 29 27
            Oceanography 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
            Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec 19 16 18 15 14 12 13
         Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 12 13 15 14 13 10 8
         Mathematical sciences 75 72 73 78 75 76 74
            Mathematics and applied mathematics 72 69 68 72 69 69 67
            Statistics 3 3 5 6 6 7 7
         Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 40 43 46 47 32 31 37
         Neuroscience 1 1 2 1 1 1 3
         Physical sciences 72 70 69 72 70 64 70
            Astronomy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
            Chemistry 46 45 44 49 47 43 45
            Physics 19 19 20 17 19 17 20
            Physical sciences nec 6 6 5 6 4 4 5
         Psychology 197 192 186 181 176 181 196
            Clinical psychology 31 35 32 32 27 30 33
            Psychology, general 65 64 60 58 54 56 51
            Psychology nec 101 93 94 91 95 95 112
         Social sciences 249 241 248 261 256 268 270
            Agricultural economics 1 2 2 2 2 2 1
            Anthropology (cultural and social) 13 14 14 15 16 17 18
            Economics (except agricultural) 20 20 21 21 22 24 21
            Geography 23 23 22 23 21 22 24
            History and philosophy of science 6 5 4 4 3 2 0
            Linguistics 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
            Political science 80 74 80 84 86 93 95
            Sociology 29 29 30 29 28 26 28
            Sociology and anthropology 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
            Social sciences nec 69 66 68 76 71 75 75
      Engineering 174 179 188 182 167 162 169
         Aerospace engineering 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
         Agricultural engineering 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
         Architecture 2 3 3 3 1 1 1
         Biomedical engineering 3 1 2 2 2 3 7
         Chemical engineering 5 5 7 7 7 6 6
         Civil engineering 29 31 32 32 30 28 29
         Electrical engineering 43 46 50 47 41 42 47
         Engineering science 5 6 5 4 5 4 4
         Industrial engineering 31 30 31 32 26 23 22
         Mechanical engineering 21 24 26 25 23 22 22
         Metallurgical and materials engineering 2 2 1 2 3 3 3
         Mining engineering 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
         Nuclear engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Petroleum engineering 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
         Engineering nec 27 25 25 23 24 25 24
   Health 213 185 174 163 143 148 139
      Clinical medicine 31 28 27 28 29 30 34
         Anesthesiology 3 3 2 2 1 1 0
         Cardiology 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
         Endocrinology 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
         Gastroenterology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Hematology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Neurology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Obstetrics and gynecology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Oncology and cancer research 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
         Ophthalmology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Otorhinolaryngology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Pediatrics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Preventive medicine and community health 20 19 23 24 26 26 29
         Psychiatry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Pulmonary disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Radiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Surgery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Clinical medicine nec 6 4 0 0 0 0 3
      Other health 182 157 147 135 114 118 105
         Dental sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Nursing 57 49 37 26 14 14 9
         Pharmaceutical sciences 1 2 3 3 2 2 2
         Speech pathology and audiology 57 52 53 54 54 54 50
         Veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
         Other health nec 67 54 54 52 44 48 44

nec = not elsewhere classified.
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.
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.