Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
Fall 2015
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(1.36 MB)| Table | Graduate enrollment in all institutions |
|---|---|
| Graduates students in science, engineering, and health: 1975–2015 | |
| by field | |
| 1 | total |
| 2 | science |
| 3 | engineering |
| 4 | female: 1977–2015 |
| Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by field | |
| 5 | total: 1975–2015 |
| 6 | female: 1977–2015 |
| 7 | U.S. citizen and permanent resident: 1980–2015 |
| 8 | with temporary visas: 1980–2015 |
| Graduate students in science, engineering, and health in all institutions: 2010–15 | |
| by detailed field | |
| 9 | total |
| 10 | female |
| 11 | full-time |
| 12 | first-time, full-time |
| by field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race | |
| 13 | total |
| 14 | female |
| 15 | full-time |
| Graduate students in science, engineering, and health in doctorate-granting institutions: 2010–15 | |
| by detailed field | |
| 16 | total |
| 17 | in public institutions |
| full- and part-time enrollment | |
| 18 | by enrollment status, citizenship, ethnicity, and race |
| full-time enrollment | |
| 19 | by field and primary source of support |
| 20 | by field and primary mechanism of support |
| Graduate students in all institutions: 2015 | |
| by citizenship, ethnicity, and race | |
| 21 | by detailed field |
| 22 | female, by detailed field |
| 23 | in science, by state, and institution |
| 24 | in engineering, by state, and institution |
| Institutional rankings: 2015 | |
| 25 | by total number of science and engineering graduate students, by field |
| Black or African American full-time U.S. citizen and permanent resident graduate students | |
| 26 | in all institutions and in HBCUs, by field and sex: 2011–15 |
| Postdoctoral appointees in all institutions | |
| Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health 1979–2015 | |
| by field | |
| 27 | total |
| 28 | science |
| 29 | engineering |
| 30 | female |
| 31 | with temporary visas |
| Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health: 2010–15 | |
| by detailed field | |
| 32 | total |
| 33 | female |
| 34 | by field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race |
| 35 | by detailed field in public institutions |
| 36 | by detailed field in private institutions |
| 37 | by field and primary source of support |
| Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health: 2015 | |
| by detailed field | |
| 38 | by sex and citizenship |
| 39 | by primary source of support |
| 40 | by primary mechanism of support |
| 41 | by field, primary source of support and primary mechanism of support |
| 42 | by detailed field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race |
| 43 | female, by detailed field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race |
| by state, institution, citizenship, ethnicity, and race | |
| 44 | in science |
| 45 | in engineering |
| Institutional rankings in science, engineering, and health: 2015 | |
| 46 | by total number of postdoctoral appointees, by field |
| Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health – doctoral degree characteristics: 2015 | |
| 47 | degree type, by detailed field and citizenship |
| 48 | origin of doctoral degree, by detailed field |
| 49 | degree type, by primary mechanism of support and field |
| 50 | origin of doctoral degree, citizenship, ethnicity, and race, by field |
| Doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health: 2010–15 | |
| by broad field and sex | |
| 51 | in all institutions |
| 52 | in doctorate-granting institutions |
| Doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health: 2015 | |
| 53 | by field and sex |
| 54 | by degree type by field |
| Institutional rankings in science, engineering, and health: 2015 | |
| 55 | by total number of doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers, by field |
February 2017
Data from survey cycle Fall 2015
(finalized August 2016)
National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, Fall 2015. http://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/gradpostdoc/.
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These notes provide information necessary for a data user to appropriately interpret the data tables. This information includes the following:
- Survey coverage
- Survey design
- Data comparability
Technical Tables:
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February 2017
Data from survey cycle Fall 2015
(finalized August 2016)