Total in survey | Number imputed | Imputation rate (%) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year and field | Organizational units in universe |
Full-time student |
Part-time student |
Post- doctorate |
Full-time student |
Part-time student |
Post- doctorate |
Full-time student |
Part-time student |
Post- doctorate |
Fall 2013, all surveyed fields | 12,607 | 439,950 | 134,054 | 61,824 | 5,424 | 1,755 | 2,440 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 3.9 |
Science and engineering | 9,905 | 400,213 | 118,675 | 43,283 | 4,916 | 1,611 | 1,286 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3.0 |
Science | 8,049 | 288,494 | 83,619 | 36,179 | 3,601 | 947 | 1,114 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 3.1 |
Agricultural sciences | 465 | 11,034 | 4,366 | 1,311 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
Biological sciences | 2,353 | 60,848 | 10,339 | 19,311 | 779 | 134 | 639 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 3.3 |
Communication | 193 | 6,383 | 2,839 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
Computer sciences | 434 | 35,297 | 14,428 | 761 | 709 | 298 | 26 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.4 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 419 | 11,943 | 2,963 | 2,023 | 416 | 99 | 68 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 102 | 2,347 | 1,297 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Mathematical sciences | 444 | 18,696 | 4,092 | 931 | 152 | 36 | 26 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 348 | 3,690 | 1,702 | 889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Neuroscience | 184 | 4,575 | 185 | 1,693 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
Physical sciences | 673 | 35,424 | 3,520 | 7,157 | 137 | 2 | 211 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
Psychology | 642 | 32,194 | 11,085 | 1,000 | 219 | 58 | 42 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
Social sciences | 1,792 | 66,063 | 26,803 | 937 | 1,174 | 320 | 33 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 3.5 |
Engineering | 1,856 | 111,719 | 35,056 | 7,104 | 1,315 | 664 | 172 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
Aerospace engineering | 64 | 3,857 | 1,244 | 202 | 130 | 73 | 8 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 4.0 |
Agricultural engineering | 42 | 1,256 | 386 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Architecture | 55 | 1,919 | 231 | 17 | 98 | 8 | 0 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
Biomedical engineering | 146 | 8,015 | 1,043 | 1,103 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Chemical engineering | 147 | 8,490 | 1,129 | 1,230 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Civil engineering | 254 | 14,300 | 4,687 | 587 | 84 | 42 | 11 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
Electrical engineering | 283 | 33,246 | 9,972 | 1,180 | 298 | 145 | 30 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
Engineering science | 59 | 1,540 | 540 | 240 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 5.0 |
Industrial engineering | 163 | 7,971 | 5,626 | 133 | 481 | 276 | 4 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 3.0 |
Mechanical engineering | 211 | 17,599 | 5,602 | 1,032 | 156 | 81 | 48 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 4.7 |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 146 | 6,220 | 857 | 809 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
Mining engineering | 19 | 265 | 90 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Nuclear engineering | 28 | 1,169 | 290 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Petroleum engineering | 19 | 1,315 | 290 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Engineering nec | 220 | 4,557 | 3,069 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.6 |
Health | 2,702 | 39,737 | 15,379 | 18,541 | 508 | 144 | 1,154 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 6.2 |
Clinical medicine | 1,856 | 16,610 | 8,011 | 15,828 | 52 | 32 | 1,001 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 6.3 |
Other health | 846 | 23,127 | 7,368 | 2,713 | 456 | 112 | 153 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 5.6 |
Fall 2012, all surveyed fields |
12,567 | 433,177 | 138,401 | 62,764 | 4,659 | 2,073 | 2,598 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 4.1 |
Science and engineering | 9,857 | 392,563 | 120,643 | 43,765 | 3,980 | 1,866 | 1,592 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
Science | 7,999 | 285,611 | 85,262 | 36,667 | 2,851 | 1,232 | 1,295 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.5 |
Agricultural sciences | 462 | 10,815 | 4,411 | 1,285 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Biological sciences | 2,352 | 61,061 | 9,935 | 20,065 | 589 | 48 | 698 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
Communication | 186 | 6,175 | 2,756 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 |
Computer sciences | 442 | 31,739 | 14,808 | 757 | 586 | 352 | 17 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 416 | 12,199 | 2,970 | 1,947 | 174 | 103 | 92 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 95 | 2,169 | 1,419 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 |
Mathematical sciences | 451 | 18,192 | 4,387 | 900 | 120 | 77 | 47 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 5.2 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 340 | 3,807 | 1,743 | 741 | 76 | 1 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Neuroscience | 165 | 4,333 | 214 | 1,524 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
Physical sciences | 679 | 35,282 | 3,555 | 7,408 | 28 | 10 | 270 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.6 |
Psychology | 663 | 32,830 | 11,622 | 1,126 | 262 | 69 | 93 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 8.3 |
Social sciences | 1,748 | 67,009 | 27,442 | 798 | 1,014 | 572 | 15 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
Engineering | 1,858 | 106,952 | 35,381 | 7,098 | 1,129 | 634 | 297 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 4.2 |
Aerospace engineering | 61 | 3,767 | 1,219 | 170 | 138 | 77 | 6 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 3.5 |
Agricultural engineering | 41 | 1,250 | 294 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 |
Architecture | 55 | 2,037 | 303 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 |
Biomedical engineering | 141 | 7,931 | 1,154 | 1,161 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
Chemical engineering | 148 | 8,014 | 1,128 | 1,098 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
Civil engineering | 253 | 14,117 | 4,693 | 589 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
Electrical engineering | 285 | 30,528 | 9,862 | 1,152 | 306 | 153 | 47 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 4.1 |
Engineering science | 61 | 1,673 | 500 | 292 | 43 | 24 | 0 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
Industrial engineering | 163 | 7,744 | 5,831 | 127 | 476 | 286 | 1 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 0.8 |
Mechanical engineering | 212 | 16,701 | 5,527 | 983 | 140 | 80 | 89 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 9.1 |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 144 | 6,088 | 829 | 852 | 26 | 14 | 26 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.1 |
Mining engineering | 18 | 240 | 115 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 |
Nuclear engineering | 28 | 1,162 | 351 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 |
Petroleum engineering | 19 | 1,287 | 233 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Engineering nec | 229 | 4,413 | 3,342 | 357 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.1 |
Health | 2,710 | 40,614 | 17,758 | 18,999 | 679 | 207 | 1,006 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 5.3 |
Clinical medicine | 1,859 | 16,645 | 8,690 | 16,356 | 481 | 123 | 873 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 5.3 |
Other health | 851 | 23,969 | 9,068 | 2,643 | 198 | 84 | 133 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 5.0 |
Fall 2011, all surveyed fieldsa |
12,419 | 430,623 | 139,911 | 62,545 | 6,804 | 3,147 | 2,940 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 4.7 |
Science and engineering | 9,685 | 388,995 | 122,764 | 44,035 | 5,622 | 2,868 | 2,018 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 4.6 |
Science | 7,862 | 283,914 | 87,919 | 37,255 | 4,115 | 2,169 | 1,513 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 4.1 |
Agricultural sciences | 456 | 10,889 | 4,189 | 1,254 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Biological sciences | 2,306 | 59,764 | 9,922 | 21,082 | 597 | 87 | 826 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 3.9 |
Communication | 182 | 6,053 | 2,949 | 65 | 53 | 70 | 2 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
Computer sciences | 437 | 30,407 | 15,713 | 756 | 1,301 | 760 | 57 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 7.5 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 409 | 11,973 | 2,914 | 1,767 | 290 | 377 | 27 | 2.4 | 12.9 | 1.5 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 95 | 2,348 | 1,442 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Mathematical sciences | 452 | 17,587 | 4,380 | 828 | 352 | 111 | 84 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 10.1 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 313 | 3,790 | 1,995 | 704 | 79 | 29 | 11 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
Neuroscience | 163 | 3,909 | 179 | 1,398 | 36 | 0 | 46 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
Physical sciences | 669 | 35,056 | 3,600 | 7,459 | 277 | 51 | 375 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 5.0 |
Psychology | 659 | 33,496 | 12,112 | 1,117 | 659 | 333 | 79 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 7.1 |
Social sciences | 1,721 | 68,642 | 28,524 | 773 | 461 | 351 | 6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
Engineering | 1,823 | 105,081 | 34,845 | 6,780 | 1,507 | 699 | 505 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 7.4 |
Aerospace engineering | 60 | 4,200 | 1,405 | 202 | 152 | 77 | 7 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 3.5 |
Agricultural engineering | 43 | 1,372 | 283 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
Architecture | 58 | 2,754 | 331 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 |
Biomedical engineering | 139 | 7,847 | 1,227 | 1,069 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.8 |
Chemical engineering | 146 | 7,594 | 1,147 | 1,137 | 94 | 0 | 65 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 5.7 |
Civil engineering | 248 | 13,898 | 4,630 | 551 | 47 | 30 | 15 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
Electrical engineering | 280 | 29,600 | 9,800 | 1,035 | 490 | 204 | 36 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.5 |
Engineering science | 56 | 1,545 | 509 | 280 | 43 | 25 | 138 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 49.3 |
Industrial engineering | 163 | 7,737 | 5,683 | 121 | 457 | 269 | 0 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
Mechanical engineering | 206 | 15,758 | 5,230 | 885 | 223 | 89 | 68 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 7.7 |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 141 | 5,839 | 740 | 859 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 |
Mining engineering | 19 | 412 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Nuclear engineering | 27 | 1,165 | 334 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 |
Petroleum engineering | 18 | 1,057 | 235 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Engineering nec | 219 | 4,303 | 3,205 | 346 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
Health | 2,734 | 41,628 | 17,147 | 18,510 | 1,182 | 279 | 922 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 5.0 |
Clinical medicine | 1,888 | 17,315 | 8,043 | 16,161 | 430 | 149 | 830 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
Other health | 846 | 24,313 | 9,104 | 2,349 | 752 | 130 | 92 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 3.9 |
nec = not elsewhere classified. |
a The 2011 postdoc data was reimputed following the 2012 data collection; these response statistics have been updated to reflect the reimputed data and supersede those contained in previous reports. |
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. |