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Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
Fall 2013

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All data tables Excel.zip zip file. (1.17MB)
TableGraduate enrollment in all institutions
Graduates students in science, engineering, and health, by field
1science, engineering, and health: 1975–2013
2science: 1975–2013
3engineering: 1975–2013
4female: 1977–2013
Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by field
5total: 1975–2013
6female: 1977–2013
7U.S. citizen and permanent resident: 1980–2013
8 with temporary visas: 1980–2013
Graduate students in all institutions: 2007–13
by detailed field in science, engineering, and health
9total
10female
11full-time
12first-time, full-time
by citizenship, ethnicity, and race
13total
14female
15full-time
Graduate students in doctorate-granting institutions: 2007–13
by detailed field in science, engineering, and health
16total
17in public institutions
full- and part-time enrollment
18by citizenship, ethnicity, and race
full-time enrollment
19by field and primary source of support
20by field and primary mechanism of support
Graduate students in all institutions: 2013
by citizenship, ethnicity, and race
21by detailed field
22female, by detailed field
23in science, by state, and institution
24in engineering, by state, and institution
Institutional rankings: 2013
25by total number of science and engineering graduate students, by field
Black or African American full-time graduate students
26in all institutions and in HBCUs, by field and sex: 2009–13
Postdoctoral appointees in all institutions
Postdoctoral appointees, by field: 1979–2013
27science, engineering, and health
28science
29engineering
30female, in science, engineering, and health
31with temporary visas, in science, engineering, and health
Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health: 2007–13
by field
32total
33female
34by citizenship, ethnicity, and race
35in public institutions
36in private institutions
37by primary source of support
Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health: 2013
by field
38by sex and citizenship
39by primary source of support
40by primary mechanism of support
41by primary source of support and primary mechanism of support
42by citizenship, ethnicity, and race
43female, by citizenship, ethnicity, and race
by state, institution, citizenship, ethnicity, and race
44in science
45in engineering
Institutional rankings: 2013
46by total number of postdoctoral appointees, by field
Postdoctoral appointees' doctoral degree characteristics: 2013
47degree type, by detailed field and citizenship
48origin of doctoral degree, by detailed field
49degree type, by primary mechanism of support and field
50origin of doctoral degree, citizenship, ethnicity, and race, by field
April 2015

Data from survey cycle Fall 2013
(finalized August 2014)

National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, Fall 2013. http://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/gradpostdoc/.



   Technical Notes: PDF format. (147 KB)
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   Technical Tables:
All technical tables Excel .zip zip file. (1.21 MB)
TableTechnical Tables
A-1Changes in the organizational unit listing: 2006–13
A-2Changes in the institution status: 2012–13
A-3NSF data collection series: 1972–2013
Science, engineering, and health organizational units
A-4in doctorate-granting institutions, by detailed field: 2007–13
A-5in master's-granting institutions, by detailed field: 2007–13
A-6response rates: 1975–2013
Imputation, by field and graduate enrollment or postdoctoral status: 2011–13
A-7for nonresponse in doctorate-granting institutions
A-8for nonresponse in master's-granting institutions
Imputation for graduate students and postdoctoral appointees in surveyed fields: 2013
A-9graduate students, by citizenship, ethnicity, race, enrollment status, and sex
A-10full-time graduate students, by mechanism of support, sex, and source of support
A-11postdoctoral appointees, by citizenship, ethnicity, race, and sex
A-12postdoctoral appointees, by mechanism of support, source of support, and sex
A-13postdoctoral appointees, by type of doctoral degree, mechanism of support, and citizenship
A-14postdoctoral appointees, by origin of doctoral degree
A-15nonfaculty researchers, by type of doctoral degree and sex
GSS and CIP Codes
A-16Crosswalk between 2010 Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) codes and Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS) Codes
April 2015

Data from survey cycle Fall 2013
(finalized August 2014)


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