Table 20. Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health in doctorate-granting institutions, by field and primary mechanism of support: 2006–12 |
Field and primary mechanism of support | 2006 | 2007olda | 2007newa | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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All surveyed fields | 393,138 | 403,722 | 409,421 | 422,287 | 428,856 | 433,252 | 430,623 | 433,177 |
Fellowships | 36,332 | 37,862 | 38,149 | 38,363 | 38,769 | 39,719 | 41,146 | 41,859 |
Research assistantships | 112,825 | 113,253 | 114,067 | 116,310 | 119,393 | 121,525 | 120,267 | 117,510 |
Teaching assistantships | 74,204 | 76,038 | 78,080 | 81,399 | 80,028 | 81,154 | 82,114 | 84,309 |
Traineeships | 14,277 | 13,123 | 13,180 | 12,975 | 12,693 | 12,263 | 12,423 | 11,529 |
Other types of support | 155,500 | 163,446 | 165,945 | 173,240 | 177,973 | 178,591 | 174,673 | 177,970 |
Self-support | 127,741 | 134,541 | 136,738 | 145,620 | 149,613 | 150,312 | 146,783 | 148,501 |
Other | 27,759 | 28,905 | 29,207 | 27,620 | 28,360 | 28,279 | 27,890 | 29,469 |
Science and engineering | 331,382 | 342,430 | 350,133 | 362,344 | 376,569 | 386,384 | 388,995 | 392,563 |
Fellowships | 33,345 | 34,430 | 35,158 | 35,625 | 36,158 | 37,260 | 39,059 | 39,825 |
Research assistantships | 105,604 | 106,018 | 107,360 | 109,825 | 112,936 | 115,028 | 114,109 | 111,969 |
Teaching assistantships | 70,003 | 71,459 | 73,762 | 77,384 | 76,589 | 77,631 | 78,679 | 80,638 |
Traineeships | 9,724 | 9,249 | 9,558 | 9,882 | 9,930 | 9,790 | 10,447 | 9,811 |
Other types of support | 112,706 | 121,274 | 124,295 | 129,628 | 140,956 | 146,675 | 146,701 | 150,320 |
Self-support | 92,023 | 99,950 | 102,651 | 108,688 | 118,059 | 123,298 | 123,016 | 124,867 |
Other | 20,683 | 21,324 | 21,644 | 20,940 | 22,897 | 23,377 | 23,685 | 25,453 |
Science | 246,248 | 252,596 | 259,222 | 267,267 | 275,074 | 279,950 | 283,914 | 285,611 |
Fellowships | 26,194 | 26,612 | 27,290 | 27,651 | 28,013 | 28,508 | 30,174 | 30,830 |
Research assistantships | 70,556 | 71,015 | 72,020 | 72,654 | 73,186 | 73,986 | 73,931 | 72,755 |
Teaching assistantships | 57,960 | 59,063 | 61,252 | 64,103 | 63,655 | 64,407 | 65,440 | 67,389 |
Traineeships | 8,732 | 8,328 | 8,637 | 9,003 | 9,041 | 8,927 | 9,515 | 8,925 |
Other types of support | 82,806 | 87,578 | 90,023 | 93,856 | 101,179 | 104,122 | 104,854 | 105,712 |
Self-support | 68,102 | 72,492 | 74,680 | 78,630 | 84,219 | 86,860 | 87,483 | 87,465 |
Other | 14,704 | 15,086 | 15,343 | 15,226 | 16,960 | 17,262 | 17,371 | 18,247 |
Agricultural sciences | 8,977 | 9,103 | 9,276 | 9,564 | 10,246 | 10,505 | 10,889 | 10,815 |
Fellowships | 555 | 654 | 678 | 691 | 719 | 712 | 795 | 858 |
Research assistantships | 5,319 | 5,383 | 5,544 | 5,528 | 5,492 | 5,633 | 5,763 | 5,569 |
Teaching assistantships | 1,163 | 1,172 | 1,188 | 1,295 | 1,353 | 1,415 | 1,464 | 1,539 |
Traineeships | 50 | 33 | 33 | 25 | 31 | 43 | 59 | 22 |
Other types of support | 1,890 | 1,861 | 1,833 | 2,025 | 2,651 | 2,702 | 2,808 | 2,827 |
Self-support | 1,439 | 1,474 | 1,425 | 1,579 | 2,147 | 2,218 | 2,279 | 2,235 |
Other | 451 | 387 | 408 | 446 | 504 | 484 | 529 | 592 |
Biological sciences | 57,082 | 58,011 | 58,327 | 58,501 | 59,235 | 60,028 | 59,764 | 61,061 |
Fellowships | 6,760 | 6,618 | 6,651 | 6,743 | 6,497 | 6,735 | 6,856 | 7,387 |
Research assistantships | 24,783 | 24,682 | 24,448 | 23,890 | 23,735 | 24,149 | 23,633 | 22,928 |
Teaching assistantships | 9,022 | 9,349 | 9,359 | 9,215 | 9,231 | 9,248 | 9,502 | 10,190 |
Traineeships | 5,510 | 5,581 | 5,615 | 5,889 | 5,890 | 5,562 | 5,699 | 5,150 |
Other types of support | 11,007 | 11,781 | 12,254 | 12,764 | 13,882 | 14,334 | 14,074 | 15,406 |
Self-support | 7,650 | 8,535 | 9,046 | 9,595 | 10,134 | 10,704 | 10,682 | 11,639 |
Other | 3,357 | 3,246 | 3,208 | 3,169 | 3,748 | 3,630 | 3,392 | 3,767 |
Communicationa | ne | ne | 4,049 | 4,642 | 5,429 | 5,588 | 6,053 | 6,175 |
Fellowships | ne | ne | 170 | 216 | 292 | 280 | 315 | 275 |
Research assistantships | ne | ne | 549 | 588 | 582 | 485 | 678 | 713 |
Teaching assistantships | ne | ne | 1,698 | 2,034 | 2,111 | 2,247 | 2,294 | 2,328 |
Traineeships | ne | ne | 25 | 12 | 19 | 27 | 25 | 26 |
Other types of support | ne | ne | 1,607 | 1,792 | 2,425 | 2,549 | 2,741 | 2,833 |
Self-support | ne | ne | 1,421 | 1,523 | 2,088 | 2,266 | 2,361 | 2,466 |
Other | ne | ne | 186 | 269 | 337 | 283 | 380 | 367 |
Computer sciences | 26,937 | 28,285 | 27,874 | 28,850 | 29,669 | 30,080 | 30,407 | 31,739 |
Fellowships | 1,463 | 1,472 | 1,456 | 1,672 | 1,882 | 1,501 | 1,651 | 1,702 |
Research assistantships | 7,084 | 7,155 | 6,921 | 7,225 | 7,454 | 7,760 | 7,787 | 7,563 |
Teaching assistantships | 4,374 | 4,484 | 4,446 | 4,696 | 4,563 | 4,446 | 4,354 | 4,385 |
Traineeships | 181 | 157 | 157 | 148 | 167 | 188 | 186 | 153 |
Other types of support | 13,835 | 15,017 | 14,894 | 15,109 | 15,603 | 16,185 | 16,429 | 17,936 |
Self-support | 11,776 | 12,915 | 12,806 | 13,191 | 13,429 | 14,007 | 14,211 | 15,508 |
Other | 2,059 | 2,102 | 2,088 | 1,918 | 2,174 | 2,178 | 2,218 | 2,428 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 11,102 | 10,973 | 10,570 | 10,874 | 11,211 | 11,868 | 11,973 | 12,199 |
Fellowships | 1,300 | 1,267 | 1,179 | 1,275 | 1,259 | 1,293 | 1,384 | 1,379 |
Research assistantships | 4,664 | 4,601 | 4,409 | 4,487 | 4,628 | 4,878 | 4,787 | 4,686 |
Teaching assistantships | 2,704 | 2,625 | 2,568 | 2,728 | 2,674 | 2,696 | 2,706 | 2,850 |
Traineeships | 106 | 70 | 74 | 79 | 67 | 77 | 68 | 90 |
Other types of support | 2,328 | 2,410 | 2,340 | 2,305 | 2,583 | 2,924 | 3,028 | 3,194 |
Self-support | 1,971 | 2,002 | 1,948 | 1,974 | 2,168 | 2,430 | 2,476 | 2,682 |
Other | 357 | 408 | 392 | 331 | 415 | 494 | 552 | 512 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciencesa | ne | ne | 1,489 | 1,754 | 1,903 | 2,118 | 2,348 | 2,169 |
Fellowships | ne | ne | 90 | 117 | 133 | 143 | 132 | 111 |
Research assistantships | ne | ne | 334 | 385 | 434 | 407 | 429 | 509 |
Teaching assistantships | ne | ne | 429 | 517 | 464 | 585 | 655 | 539 |
Traineeships | ne | ne | 9 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 26 |
Other types of support | ne | ne | 627 | 735 | 871 | 968 | 1,104 | 984 |
Self-support | ne | ne | 577 | 602 | 759 | 808 | 915 | 786 |
Other | ne | ne | 50 | 133 | 112 | 160 | 189 | 198 |
Mathematical sciences | 14,995 | 15,311 | 15,013 | 15,636 | 16,328 | 16,917 | 17,587 | 18,192 |
Fellowships | 1,529 | 1,550 | 1,541 | 1,573 | 1,708 | 1,720 | 1,754 | 1,734 |
Research assistantships | 1,765 | 1,841 | 1,784 | 1,821 | 1,931 | 1,981 | 2,053 | 2,094 |
Teaching assistantships | 8,064 | 8,226 | 8,178 | 8,547 | 8,494 | 8,643 | 8,747 | 9,149 |
Traineeships | 98 | 125 | 128 | 156 | 139 | 176 | 205 | 183 |
Other types of support | 3,539 | 3,569 | 3,382 | 3,539 | 4,056 | 4,397 | 4,828 | 5,032 |
Self-support | 2,888 | 3,042 | 2,859 | 3,016 | 3,478 | 3,825 | 4,180 | 4,326 |
Other | 651 | 527 | 523 | 523 | 578 | 572 | 648 | 706 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studiesa | ne | ne | 2,076 | 2,818 | 3,420 | 4,482 | 3,790 | 3,807 |
Fellowships | ne | ne | 261 | 531 | 626 | 850 | 377 | 314 |
Research assistantships | ne | ne | 514 | 527 | 615 | 830 | 1,024 | 1,006 |
Teaching assistantships | ne | ne | 280 | 406 | 483 | 674 | 650 | 671 |
Traineeships | ne | ne | 39 | 46 | 45 | 56 | 82 | 182 |
Other types of support | ne | ne | 982 | 1,308 | 1,651 | 2,072 | 1,657 | 1,634 |
Self-support | ne | ne | 843 | 1,050 | 1,380 | 1,757 | 1,427 | 1,265 |
Other | ne | ne | 139 | 258 | 271 | 315 | 230 | 369 |
Neurosciencea | na | na | 1,529 | 1,908 | 2,261 | 2,682 | 3,909 | 4,333 |
Fellowships | na | na | 372 | 381 | 462 | 655 | 898 | 1,027 |
Research assistantships | na | na | 634 | 832 | 955 | 997 | 1,473 | 1,684 |
Teaching assistantships | na | na | 199 | 177 | 198 | 214 | 330 | 424 |
Traineeships | na | na | 211 | 349 | 426 | 506 | 767 | 787 |
Other types of support | na | na | 113 | 169 | 220 | 310 | 441 | 411 |
Self-support | na | na | 68 | 96 | 84 | 150 | 220 | 233 |
Other | na | na | 45 | 73 | 136 | 160 | 221 | 178 |
Physical sciences | 32,368 | 32,548 | 32,327 | 32,747 | 33,671 | 34,280 | 35,056 | 35,282 |
Fellowships | 3,073 | 3,119 | 3,106 | 2,862 | 2,895 | 3,314 | 3,585 | 3,788 |
Research assistantships | 13,809 | 13,795 | 13,676 | 13,961 | 14,354 | 14,217 | 14,185 | 13,959 |
Teaching assistantships | 12,449 | 12,489 | 12,474 | 12,939 | 12,788 | 12,951 | 13,181 | 13,579 |
Traineeships | 436 | 417 | 415 | 390 | 432 | 395 | 414 | 335 |
Other types of support | 2,601 | 2,728 | 2,656 | 2,595 | 3,202 | 3,403 | 3,691 | 3,621 |
Self-support | 1,760 | 1,850 | 1,779 | 1,930 | 2,357 | 2,601 | 2,682 | 2,555 |
Other | 841 | 878 | 877 | 665 | 845 | 802 | 1,009 | 1,066 |
Psychologyb | 32,944 | 34,801 | 34,286 | 35,866 | 34,585 | 33,566 | 33,496 | 32,830 |
Fellowships | 2,543 | 2,307 | 2,252 | 2,130 | 2,027 | 2,062 | 2,093 | 2,125 |
Research assistantships | 5,284 | 5,592 | 5,424 | 5,646 | 5,251 | 5,144 | 4,942 | 4,923 |
Teaching assistantships | 6,259 | 6,276 | 6,171 | 6,381 | 6,348 | 6,236 | 6,162 | 6,226 |
Traineeships | 1,032 | 929 | 920 | 913 | 1,042 | 1,004 | 885 | 933 |
Other types of support | 17,826 | 19,697 | 19,519 | 20,796 | 19,917 | 19,120 | 19,414 | 18,623 |
Self-support | 15,298 | 16,341 | 16,171 | 18,009 | 17,234 | 16,456 | 16,986 | 16,218 |
Other | 2,528 | 3,356 | 3,348 | 2,787 | 2,683 | 2,664 | 2,428 | 2,405 |
Social sciences | 61,843 | 63,564 | 62,406 | 64,107 | 67,116 | 67,836 | 68,642 | 67,009 |
Fellowships | 8,971 | 9,625 | 9,534 | 9,460 | 9,513 | 9,243 | 10,334 | 10,130 |
Research assistantships | 7,848 | 7,966 | 7,783 | 7,764 | 7,755 | 7,505 | 7,177 | 7,121 |
Teaching assistantships | 13,925 | 14,442 | 14,262 | 15,168 | 14,948 | 15,052 | 15,395 | 15,509 |
Traineeships | 1,319 | 1,016 | 1,011 | 996 | 782 | 878 | 1,097 | 1,038 |
Other types of support | 29,780 | 30,515 | 29,816 | 30,719 | 34,118 | 35,158 | 34,639 | 33,211 |
Self-support | 25,320 | 26,333 | 25,737 | 26,065 | 28,961 | 29,638 | 29,064 | 27,552 |
Other | 4,460 | 4,182 | 4,079 | 4,654 | 5,157 | 5,520 | 5,575 | 5,659 |
Engineering | 85,134 | 89,834 | 90,911 | 95,077 | 101,495 | 106,434 | 105,081 | 106,952 |
Fellowships | 7,151 | 7,818 | 7,868 | 7,974 | 8,145 | 8,752 | 8,885 | 8,995 |
Research assistantships | 35,048 | 35,003 | 35,340 | 37,171 | 39,750 | 41,042 | 40,178 | 39,214 |
Teaching assistantships | 12,043 | 12,396 | 12,510 | 13,281 | 12,934 | 13,224 | 13,239 | 13,249 |
Traineeships | 992 | 921 | 921 | 879 | 889 | 863 | 932 | 886 |
Other types of support | 29,900 | 33,696 | 34,272 | 35,772 | 39,777 | 42,553 | 41,847 | 44,608 |
Self-support | 23,921 | 27,458 | 27,971 | 30,058 | 33,840 | 36,438 | 35,533 | 37,402 |
Other | 5,979 | 6,238 | 6,301 | 5,714 | 5,937 | 6,115 | 6,314 | 7,206 |
Aerospace engineering | 3,291 | 3,379 | 3,379 | 3,588 | 3,845 | 4,187 | 4,200 | 3,767 |
Fellowships | 302 | 386 | 386 | 334 | 319 | 363 | 428 | 348 |
Research assistantships | 1,387 | 1,478 | 1,478 | 1,566 | 1,706 | 1,735 | 1,708 | 1,621 |
Teaching assistantships | 459 | 502 | 502 | 517 | 488 | 472 | 488 | 483 |
Traineeships | 40 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 31 | 42 | 45 |
Other types of support | 1,103 | 980 | 980 | 1,137 | 1,296 | 1,586 | 1,534 | 1,270 |
Self-support | 789 | 725 | 725 | 869 | 1,013 | 1,251 | 1,286 | 1,046 |
Other | 314 | 255 | 255 | 268 | 283 | 335 | 248 | 224 |
Agricultural engineering | 893 | 917 | 917 | 1,022 | 1,084 | 1,198 | 1,372 | 1,250 |
Fellowships | 34 | 40 | 40 | 62 | 73 | 59 | 100 | 89 |
Research assistantships | 604 | 628 | 628 | 751 | 751 | 775 | 798 | 702 |
Teaching assistantships | 68 | 61 | 61 | 50 | 32 | 63 | 100 | 94 |
Traineeships | 11 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 5 |
Other types of support | 176 | 152 | 152 | 159 | 226 | 296 | 350 | 360 |
Self-support | 119 | 95 | 95 | 122 | 172 | 257 | 296 | 295 |
Other | 57 | 57 | 57 | 37 | 54 | 39 | 54 | 65 |
Architecturea | na | na | 3,981 | 5,092 | 5,988 | 5,959 | 2,754 | 2,037 |
Fellowships | na | na | 335 | 395 | 387 | 486 | 261 | 180 |
Research assistantships | na | na | 330 | 306 | 330 | 372 | 246 | 210 |
Teaching assistantships | na | na | 723 | 900 | 848 | 879 | 436 | 405 |
Traineeships | na | na | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Other types of support | na | na | 2,583 | 3,490 | 4,419 | 4,218 | 1,810 | 1,242 |
Self-support | na | na | 2,225 | 2,933 | 3,626 | 3,480 | 1,409 | 842 |
Other | na | na | 358 | 557 | 793 | 738 | 401 | 400 |
Biomedical engineering | 5,641 | 5,885 | 5,908 | 6,260 | 6,840 | 7,375 | 7,847 | 7,931 |
Fellowships | 812 | 815 | 819 | 938 | 1,014 | 1,102 | 1,218 | 1,360 |
Research assistantships | 2,432 | 2,548 | 2,559 | 2,969 | 3,259 | 3,444 | 3,456 | 3,300 |
Teaching assistantships | 480 | 518 | 518 | 535 | 527 | 554 | 586 | 620 |
Traineeships | 360 | 361 | 361 | 347 | 382 | 427 | 493 | 389 |
Other types of support | 1,557 | 1,643 | 1,651 | 1,471 | 1,658 | 1,848 | 2,094 | 2,262 |
Self-support | 1,370 | 1,336 | 1,336 | 1,222 | 1,435 | 1,619 | 1,858 | 1,850 |
Other | 187 | 307 | 315 | 249 | 223 | 229 | 236 | 412 |
Chemical engineering | 6,185 | 6,249 | 6,433 | 6,722 | 7,058 | 7,472 | 7,594 | 8,014 |
Fellowships | 677 | 772 | 814 | 864 | 834 | 860 | 987 | 1,005 |
Research assistantships | 3,652 | 3,598 | 3,702 | 3,789 | 4,063 | 4,158 | 3,973 | 4,070 |
Teaching assistantships | 742 | 765 | 810 | 835 | 841 | 816 | 853 | 876 |
Traineeships | 114 | 72 | 69 | 78 | 90 | 90 | 73 | 82 |
Other types of support | 1,000 | 1,042 | 1,038 | 1,156 | 1,230 | 1,548 | 1,708 | 1,981 |
Self-support | 757 | 793 | 787 | 912 | 992 | 1,256 | 1,407 | 1,596 |
Other | 243 | 249 | 251 | 244 | 238 | 292 | 301 | 385 |
Civil engineeringa | 12,836 | 14,352 | 11,063 | 11,619 | 13,120 | 13,719 | 13,898 | 14,117 |
Fellowships | 1,035 | 1,235 | 931 | 938 | 950 | 1,056 | 1,049 | 1,125 |
Research assistantships | 4,339 | 4,461 | 4,262 | 4,386 | 4,893 | 4,949 | 4,820 | 4,638 |
Teaching assistantships | 2,129 | 2,283 | 1,604 | 1,825 | 1,774 | 1,922 | 2,009 | 1,942 |
Traineeships | 148 | 158 | 148 | 175 | 103 | 32 | 43 | 58 |
Other types of support | 5,185 | 6,215 | 4,118 | 4,295 | 5,400 | 5,760 | 5,977 | 6,354 |
Self-support | 4,448 | 5,311 | 3,484 | 3,624 | 4,660 | 4,947 | 5,119 | 5,375 |
Other | 737 | 904 | 634 | 671 | 740 | 813 | 858 | 979 |
Electrical engineering | 26,259 | 27,522 | 27,646 | 27,813 | 27,792 | 28,605 | 29,600 | 30,528 |
Fellowships | 1,520 | 1,769 | 1,767 | 1,666 | 1,604 | 1,620 | 1,767 | 1,765 |
Research assistantships | 9,834 | 9,623 | 9,706 | 10,070 | 10,475 | 10,553 | 10,303 | 10,089 |
Teaching assistantships | 3,806 | 3,805 | 3,831 | 3,927 | 3,793 | 3,634 | 3,855 | 3,685 |
Traineeships | 90 | 48 | 48 | 54 | 43 | 73 | 50 | 59 |
Other types of support | 11,009 | 12,277 | 12,294 | 12,096 | 11,877 | 12,725 | 13,625 | 14,930 |
Self-support | 9,165 | 10,348 | 10,368 | 10,530 | 10,470 | 11,469 | 12,015 | 12,878 |
Other | 1,844 | 1,929 | 1,926 | 1,566 | 1,407 | 1,256 | 1,610 | 2,052 |
Engineering science | 1,639 | 1,437 | 1,402 | 1,444 | 1,450 | 1,478 | 1,545 | 1,673 |
Fellowships | 298 | 233 | 224 | 194 | 164 | 175 | 169 | 194 |
Research assistantships | 750 | 571 | 557 | 618 | 721 | 687 | 700 | 667 |
Teaching assistantships | 189 | 183 | 176 | 118 | 133 | 155 | 249 | 239 |
Traineeships | 29 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 12 |
Other types of support | 373 | 427 | 422 | 495 | 425 | 447 | 420 | 561 |
Self-support | 266 | 285 | 284 | 340 | 306 | 321 | 342 | 420 |
Other | 107 | 142 | 138 | 155 | 119 | 126 | 78 | 141 |
Industrial engineering | 6,171 | 6,727 | 7,109 | 7,852 | 7,878 | 7,829 | 7,737 | 7,744 |
Fellowships | 413 | 347 | 419 | 420 | 430 | 395 | 403 | 397 |
Research assistantships | 1,556 | 1,539 | 1,631 | 1,905 | 1,747 | 1,762 | 1,680 | 1,604 |
Teaching assistantships | 952 | 968 | 996 | 1,063 | 1,000 | 960 | 989 | 1,018 |
Traineeships | 54 | 62 | 62 | 51 | 45 | 64 | 49 | 66 |
Other types of support | 3,196 | 3,811 | 4,001 | 4,413 | 4,656 | 4,648 | 4,616 | 4,659 |
Self-support | 2,493 | 3,231 | 3,449 | 3,742 | 3,900 | 3,807 | 3,676 | 3,904 |
Other | 703 | 580 | 552 | 671 | 756 | 841 | 940 | 755 |
Mechanical engineering | 12,408 | 12,913 | 12,903 | 13,456 | 15,215 | 16,257 | 15,758 | 16,701 |
Fellowships | 981 | 1,078 | 1,076 | 1,176 | 1,318 | 1,412 | 1,331 | 1,339 |
Research assistantships | 5,610 | 5,586 | 5,582 | 5,525 | 6,220 | 6,685 | 6,346 | 6,323 |
Teaching assistantships | 2,229 | 2,316 | 2,317 | 2,389 | 2,441 | 2,570 | 2,522 | 2,631 |
Traineeships | 89 | 62 | 54 | 67 | 132 | 80 | 96 | 109 |
Other types of support | 3,499 | 3,871 | 3,874 | 4,299 | 5,104 | 5,510 | 5,463 | 6,299 |
Self-support | 2,849 | 3,268 | 3,270 | 3,595 | 4,351 | 4,648 | 4,487 | 5,260 |
Other | 650 | 603 | 604 | 704 | 753 | 862 | 976 | 1,039 |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 4,606 | 4,647 | 4,593 | 4,784 | 5,166 | 5,519 | 5,839 | 6,088 |
Fellowships | 547 | 565 | 532 | 487 | 498 | 546 | 606 | 662 |
Research assistantships | 2,847 | 2,814 | 2,829 | 2,996 | 3,119 | 3,298 | 3,396 | 3,229 |
Teaching assistantships | 455 | 496 | 451 | 416 | 438 | 443 | 450 | 528 |
Traineeships | 28 | 29 | 32 | 37 | 31 | 23 | 33 | 33 |
Other types of support | 729 | 743 | 749 | 848 | 1,080 | 1,209 | 1,354 | 1,636 |
Self-support | 582 | 578 | 586 | 638 | 878 | 1,041 | 1,174 | 1,376 |
Other | 147 | 165 | 163 | 210 | 202 | 168 | 180 | 260 |
Mining engineering | 177 | 199 | 132 | 201 | 205 | 353 | 412 | 240 |
Fellowships | 7 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 10 |
Research assistantships | 62 | 86 | 74 | 112 | 108 | 178 | 221 | 160 |
Teaching assistantships | 30 | 26 | 20 | 35 | 32 | 44 | 39 | 21 |
Traineeships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 78 | 71 | 22 | 47 | 57 | 111 | 139 | 49 |
Self-support | 50 | 56 | 19 | 40 | 42 | 105 | 123 | 40 |
Other | 28 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 9 |
Nuclear engineering | 910 | 960 | 951 | 941 | 968 | 1,123 | 1,165 | 1,162 |
Fellowships | 141 | 142 | 142 | 141 | 158 | 187 | 194 | 186 |
Research assistantships | 470 | 480 | 472 | 476 | 499 | 593 | 591 | 612 |
Teaching assistantships | 62 | 85 | 85 | 76 | 89 | 92 | 99 | 108 |
Traineeships | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 12 |
Other types of support | 231 | 245 | 244 | 236 | 213 | 238 | 267 | 244 |
Self-support | 133 | 143 | 142 | 134 | 133 | 149 | 151 | 142 |
Other | 98 | 102 | 102 | 102 | 80 | 89 | 116 | 102 |
Petroleum engineering | 642 | 786 | 786 | 822 | 988 | 1,058 | 1,057 | 1,287 |
Fellowships | 60 | 55 | 55 | 27 | 55 | 53 | 62 | 53 |
Research assistantships | 314 | 410 | 410 | 435 | 524 | 550 | 534 | 590 |
Teaching assistantships | 85 | 80 | 80 | 124 | 118 | 118 | 144 | 200 |
Traineeships | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other types of support | 180 | 236 | 236 | 236 | 291 | 337 | 317 | 444 |
Self-support | 127 | 164 | 164 | 187 | 216 | 266 | 238 | 340 |
Other | 53 | 72 | 72 | 49 | 75 | 71 | 79 | 104 |
Engineering nec | 3,476 | 3,861 | 3,708 | 3,461 | 3,898 | 4,302 | 4,303 | 4,413 |
Fellowships | 324 | 365 | 312 | 325 | 333 | 418 | 297 | 282 |
Research assistantships | 1,191 | 1,181 | 1,120 | 1,267 | 1,335 | 1,303 | 1,406 | 1,399 |
Teaching assistantships | 357 | 308 | 336 | 471 | 380 | 502 | 420 | 399 |
Traineeships | 20 | 24 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
Other types of support | 1,584 | 1,983 | 1,908 | 1,394 | 1,845 | 2,072 | 2,173 | 2,317 |
Self-support | 773 | 1,125 | 1,037 | 1,170 | 1,646 | 1,822 | 1,952 | 2,038 |
Other | 811 | 858 | 871 | 224 | 199 | 250 | 221 | 279 |
Healtha, b | 61,756 | 61,292 | 59,288 | 59,943 | 52,287 | 46,868 | 41,628 | 40,614 |
Fellowships | 2,987 | 3,432 | 2,991 | 2,738 | 2,611 | 2,459 | 2,087 | 2,034 |
Research assistantships | 7,221 | 7,235 | 6,707 | 6,485 | 6,457 | 6,497 | 6,158 | 5,541 |
Teaching assistantships | 4,201 | 4,579 | 4,318 | 4,015 | 3,439 | 3,523 | 3,435 | 3,671 |
Traineeships | 4,553 | 3,874 | 3,622 | 3,093 | 2,763 | 2,473 | 1,976 | 1,718 |
Other types of support | 42,794 | 42,172 | 41,650 | 43,612 | 37,017 | 31,916 | 27,972 | 27,650 |
Self-support | 35,718 | 34,591 | 34,087 | 36,932 | 31,554 | 27,014 | 23,767 | 23,634 |
Other | 7,076 | 7,581 | 7,563 | 6,680 | 5,463 | 4,902 | 4,205 | 4,016 |
na = not applicable; data were not collected at this level of detail. ne = not eligible; data were not collected for this field prior to 2007. |
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. “2007new” presents data as collected in 2007; “2007old” shows data as they would have been collected in prior years. The science fields Communication and Family and consumer sciences and human sciences were newly eligible in 2007; data for these two fields begin in 2007new. The science field Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies was also added to the code list in 2007; some data reported in this field were reported under other fields before 2007 and are included in those fields in 2007old. Neuroscience is reported as a separate field of science in 2007new; data were reported under health field Neurology in 2007old and previous years. Architecture is reported as a separate field of engineering in 2007new; data were reported under Civil engineering in 2007old and previous years. See appendix A in http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10307/ for more detail. |
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 2012, as of December 2013. |