Table A-5. Science, engineering, and health organizational units in master's-granting institutions, by detailed field: 2009–14

Field 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014olda 2014newa
All surveyed fields 1,420 1,435 1,366 1,385 1,412 1,384 1,705
Science and engineering 1,246 1,272 1,223 1,237 1,273 1,241 1,520
Science 1,058 1,090 1,056 1,075 1,104 1,087 1,338
Agricultural sciences 45 46 46 50 45 43 61
Biological sciences 167 181 182 184 186 186 236
Anatomy 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Biochemistry 6 6 10 11 9 8 8
Biology 102 105 103 101 103 100 117
Biometry and epidemiology 3 3 3 4 5 7 11
Biophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Botany and plant biology 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cell and molecular biology 6 7 6 6 6 7 8
Ecology 3 4 4 2 2 3 3
Entomology and parasitology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Genetics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Microbiology, immunology, and virology 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Nutrition 13 16 18 17 17 17 21
Pathology 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pharmacology and toxicology 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Physiology 5 4 4 4 5 5 9
Zoology 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Biosciences nec 22 29 27 32 32 32 48
Communication 43 46 50 56 58 59 70
Computer sciences 112 113 105 105 110 107 140
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 52 50 50 49 47 45 55
Atmospheric sciences 1 1 1 2 1 1 2
Geosciences 27 28 29 29 27 26 27
Ocean sciences 6 6 6 6 6 5 11
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec 18 15 14 12 13 13 15
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 15 14 13 10 8 11 13
Mathematics and statistics 73 78 75 76 74 70 85
Mathematics and applied mathematics 68 72 69 69 67 63 76
Statistics 5 6 6 7 7 7 9
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 46 47 32 31 37 36 52
Neurobiology and neuroscience 2 1 1 1 3 5 6
Physical sciences 69 72 70 64 70 69 73
Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Chemistry 44 49 47 43 45 43 45
Physics 20 17 19 17 20 19 21
Physical sciences nec 5 6 4 4 5 5 5
Psychology 186 181 176 181 196 199 236
Clinical psychology 32 32 27 30 33 33 38
Psychology, general 60 58 54 56 51 54 69
Psychology nec 94 91 95 95 112 112 129
Social sciences 248 261 256 268 270 257 311
Agricultural economics 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
Anthropology 14 15 16 17 18 18 21
Economics (except agricultural) 21 21 22 24 21 23 26
Geography 22 23 21 22 24 22 24
History and philosophy of science 4 4 3 2 0 0 0
Linguistics 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
Political science and government 80 84 86 93 95 88 111
Sociology 30 29 28 26 28 26 32
Sociology and anthropology 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Social sciences nec 68 76 71 75 75 71 88
Engineering 188 182 167 162 169 154 182
Aerospace engineering 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Agricultural engineering 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Architecture 3 3 1 1 1 1 2
Biomedical engineering 2 2 2 3 7 6 7
Chemical engineering 7 7 7 6 6 5 5
Civil engineering 32 32 30 28 29 30 34
Electrical engineering 50 47 41 42 47 45 52
Engineering science, mechanics, and physics 5 4 5 4 4 1 2
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 31 32 26 23 22 20 24
Mechanical engineering 26 25 23 22 22 22 28
Metallurgical and materials engineering 1 2 3 3 3 3 3
Mining engineering 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
Nuclear engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Petroleum engineering 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
Engineering nec 25 23 24 25 24 19 23
Health 174 163 143 148 139 143 185
Clinical medicine 27 28 29 30 34 32 49
Anesthesiology 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
Cardiovascular science 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Endocrinology 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
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 2 1 1 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 23 24 26 26 29 30 44
Psychiatry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pulmonary disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Surgery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinical medicine nec 0 0 0 0 3 1 3
Other health 147 135 114 118 105 111 136
Communication disorders sciences 53 54 54 54 50 53 60
Dental sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nursing science 37 26 14 14 9 10 11
Pharmaceutical sciences 3 3 2 2 2 3 7
Veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Other health nec 54 52 44 48 44 45 56