Table 1. 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 | 328,510 | 302,981 | 234,649 | 68,332 | 25,529 | 5,590 | 19,939 |
1976 | 333,716 | 305,398 | 238,675 | 66,723 | 28,318 | 6,055 | 22,263 |
1977 | 345,374 | 311,689 | 242,932 | 68,757 | 33,685 | 6,240 | 27,445 |
1978b | 339,912 | 304,252 | 236,465 | 67,787 | 35,660 | 7,194 | 28,466 |
1979 | 357,578 | 319,043 | 247,235 | 71,808 | 38,535 | 8,054 | 30,481 |
1980 | 367,078 | 325,600 | 251,265 | 74,335 | 41,478 | 8,751 | 32,727 |
1981 | 375,130 | 331,989 | 252,404 | 79,585 | 43,141 | 8,771 | 34,370 |
1982 | 382,291 | 338,866 | 255,146 | 83,720 | 43,425 | 8,561 | 34,864 |
1983 | 390,432 | 346,966 | 255,820 | 91,146 | 43,466 | 8,481 | 34,985 |
1984 | 394,670 | 349,642 | 256,903 | 92,739 | 45,028 | 8,630 | 36,398 |
1985 | 404,021 | 357,991 | 261,973 | 96,018 | 46,030 | 9,198 | 36,832 |
1986 | 415,520 | 367,982 | 266,077 | 101,905 | 47,538 | 9,227 | 38,311 |
1987 | 421,497 | 373,239 | 269,256 | 103,983 | 48,258 | 9,773 | 38,485 |
1988 | 424,523 | 375,163 | 272,309 | 102,854 | 49,360 | 10,071 | 39,289 |
1989 | 434,478 | 382,642 | 278,577 | 104,065 | 51,836 | 10,200 | 41,636 |
1990 | 452,113 | 397,041 | 289,383 | 107,658 | 55,072 | 10,943 | 44,129 |
1991 | 471,212 | 412,592 | 299,057 | 113,535 | 58,620 | 11,696 | 46,924 |
1992 | 493,522 | 430,517 | 312,478 | 118,039 | 63,005 | 12,597 | 50,408 |
1993 | 504,304 | 435,723 | 318,851 | 116,872 | 68,581 | 14,213 | 54,368 |
1994 | 504,399 | 431,142 | 318,118 | 113,024 | 73,257 | 15,037 | 58,220 |
1995 | 499,640 | 422,466 | 315,265 | 107,201 | 77,174 | 15,538 | 61,636 |
1996 | 494,079 | 415,181 | 311,957 | 103,224 | 78,898 | 15,363 | 63,535 |
1997 | 487,208 | 407,630 | 306,482 | 101,148 | 79,578 | 15,470 | 64,108 |
1998 | 485,627 | 404,856 | 304,818 | 100,038 | 80,771 | 16,643 | 64,128 |
1999 | 493,256 | 411,182 | 309,491 | 101,691 | 82,074 | 17,276 | 64,798 |
2000 | 493,311 | 413,536 | 309,424 | 104,112 | 79,775 | 16,407 | 63,368 |
2001 | 509,607 | 429,229 | 319,736 | 109,493 | 80,378 | 17,363 | 63,015 |
2002 | 540,404 | 454,834 | 335,166 | 119,668 | 85,570 | 19,166 | 66,404 |
2003 | 567,121 | 474,645 | 347,268 | 127,377 | 92,476 | 20,574 | 71,902 |
2004 | 574,463 | 475,873 | 352,307 | 123,566 | 98,590 | 20,866 | 77,724 |
2005 | 582,226 | 478,275 | 357,710 | 120,565 | 103,951 | 21,414 | 82,537 |
2006 | 597,643 | 486,287 | 363,246 | 123,041 | 111,356 | 23,441 | 87,915 |
2007oldc | 607,823 | 502,375 | 372,120 | 130,255 | 105,448 | 24,616 | 80,832 |
2007newc | 619,499 | 516,199 | 384,523 | 131,676 | 103,300 | 22,751 | 80,549 |
2008 | 631,489 | 529,275 | 391,419 | 137,856 | 102,214 | 23,939 | 78,275 |
2009 | 631,645 | 545,685 | 401,008 | 144,677 | 85,960 | 24,125 | 61,835 |
2010 | 632,652 | 556,532 | 407,291 | 149,241 | 76,120 | 25,699 | 50,421 |
2011 | 626,820 | 560,941 | 414,440 | 146,501 | 65,879 | 26,634 | 39,245 |
2012 | 627,243 | 561,418 | 413,033 | 148,385 | 65,825 | 26,798 | 39,027 |
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. |