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Table 19. Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health in doctorate-granting institutions, by field and primary source of support: 2011–16

Field and primary source of support 2011 2012 2013 2014olda 2014newa 2015 2016
All surveyed fields 430,623 433,177 439,950 451,884 452,801 464,695 468,678
Federal 84,259 80,035 76,005 72,047 72,057 71,606 71,412
DOD 9,052 8,689 8,240 7,373 7,371 8,066 8,180
DOE 5,724 5,339 4,799 4,395 4,398 4,308 4,482
HHS 27,814 26,067 23,945 22,472 22,527 22,285 21,973
NIH 25,613 24,155 22,324 21,118 21,156 20,586 20,341
Other HHS 2,201 1,912 1,621 1,354 1,371 1,699 1,632
NASA 2,375 2,160 1,996 2,000 2,000 2,025 2,015
NSF 24,123 24,134 23,227 22,719 22,788 22,821 22,571
USDA 2,854 2,661 2,576 2,392 2,396 2,649 2,510
Other 12,317 10,985 11,222 10,696 10,577 9,452 9,681
Nonfederal 199,581 204,641 208,266 214,570 215,522 220,652 222,107
Institutional 173,723 177,377 182,796 189,212 190,105 194,790 197,958
Domestic 21,314 22,194 20,280 19,812 19,835 20,388 19,290
Foreign 4,544 5,070 5,190 5,546 5,582 5,474 4,859
Self-support 146,783 148,501 155,679 165,267 165,222 172,437 175,159
Science and engineering 388,995 392,563 400,213 412,683 414,209 425,174 429,899
Federal 79,493 76,106 72,442 68,853 68,890 68,572 68,349
DOD 8,851 8,531 7,954 7,164 7,166 7,863 8,030
DOE 5,704 5,321 4,790 4,378 4,381 4,302 4,465
HHS 24,660 23,349 21,634 20,321 20,376 20,207 19,986
NIH 23,287 22,106 20,432 19,323 19,361 18,972 18,758
Other HHS 1,373 1,243 1,202 998 1,015 1,235 1,228
NASA 2,364 2,150 1,984 1,992 1,992 2,020 2,005
NSF 23,927 24,010 23,093 22,587 22,656 22,705 22,473
USDA 2,760 2,571 2,468 2,305 2,309 2,567 2,416
Other 11,227 10,174 10,519 10,106 10,010 8,908 8,974
Nonfederal 186,486 191,590 194,908 200,439 201,373 206,178 207,998
Institutional 162,473 166,148 171,197 176,683 177,553 182,009 185,385
Domestic 19,916 20,854 18,992 18,699 18,732 19,270 18,253
Foreign 4,097 4,588 4,719 5,057 5,088 4,899 4,360
Self-support 123,016 124,867 132,863 143,391 143,946 150,424 153,552
Science 283,914 285,611 288,494 294,413 294,446 302,069 306,624
Federal 54,386 51,964 48,969 46,122 46,137 46,320 45,848
DOD 3,493 3,352 3,168 2,791 2,784 3,450 3,525
DOE 2,873 2,729 2,407 2,240 2,242 2,207 2,224
HHS 21,476 20,391 18,764 17,515 17,570 17,491 17,126
NIH 20,329 19,352 17,802 16,719 16,757 16,443 16,106
Other HHS 1,147 1,039 962 796 813 1,048 1,020
NASA 1,364 1,238 1,145 1,113 1,113 1,169 1,178
NSF 15,410 15,365 14,553 14,096 14,154 14,106 13,973
USDA 2,476 2,308 2,210 2,051 2,055 2,292 2,168
Other 7,294 6,581 6,722 6,316 6,219 5,605 5,654
Nonfederal 142,045 146,182 148,670 152,139 152,979 155,661 156,075
Institutional 128,289 131,297 135,043 138,331 139,114 141,841 143,029
Domestic 11,426 12,254 10,921 10,847 10,874 11,057 10,622
Foreign 2,330 2,631 2,706 2,961 2,991 2,763 2,424
Self-support 87,483 87,465 90,855 96,152 95,330 100,088 104,701
Agricultural sciences 10,889 10,815 11,034 11,463 11,509 12,300 12,042
Federal 2,490 2,250 2,239 2,176 2,188 2,326 2,248
DOD 32 38 43 46 46 52 47
DOE 56 50 50 48 49 47 38
HHS 70 59 57 59 59 51 79
NIH 52 43 45 53 53 43 66
Other HHS 18 16 12 6 6 8 13
NASA 30 27 31 25 25 38 36
NSF 373 338 351 334 341 342 339
USDA 1,217 1,103 1,069 1,026 1,030 1,115 1,061
Other 712 635 638 638 638 681 648
Nonfederal 6,120 6,330 6,426 6,815 6,848 7,182 7,264
Institutional 4,866 4,985 5,065 5,448 5,478 5,802 5,980
Domestic 1,137 1,169 1,151 1,094 1,096 1,165 1,146
Foreign 117 176 210 273 274 215 138
Self-support 2,279 2,235 2,369 2,472 2,473 2,792 2,530
Biological sciences 59,764 61,061 60,848 60,212 60,861 62,507 61,829
Federal 20,247 19,061 17,756 16,288 16,329 16,280 15,784
DOD 401 365 356 247 247 271 298
DOE 184 165 124 138 138 122 127
HHS 14,831 13,943 12,888 11,784 11,819 11,810 11,430
NIH 14,266 13,424 12,387 11,368 11,403 11,234 10,844
Other HHS 565 519 501 416 416 576 586
NASA 62 53 67 59 59 64 39
NSF 2,562 2,598 2,496 2,353 2,356 2,322 2,224
USDA 778 765 712 631 631 758 732
Other 1,429 1,172 1,113 1,076 1,079 933 934
Nonfederal 28,835 30,361 30,730 30,966 31,312 32,279 31,533
Institutional 25,155 26,490 27,002 27,215 27,525 28,583 27,941
Domestic 3,197 3,314 3,099 3,060 3,086 2,942 2,941
Foreign 483 557 629 691 701 754 651
Self-support 10,682 11,639 12,362 12,958 13,220 13,948 14,512
Communication 6,053 6,175 6,383 6,552 6,661 6,297 6,602
Federal 147 133 118 144 140 113 126
DOD 24 24 17 18 18 20 16
DOE 2 4 4 2 2 0 0
HHS 23 14 13 23 23 17 24
NIH 17 11 9 21 21 11 21
Other HHS 6 3 4 2 2 6 3
NASA 0 1 1 5 5 1 2
NSF 56 48 51 37 37 36 37
USDA 5 4 3 7 7 4 1
Other 37 38 29 52 48 35 46
Nonfederal 3,545 3,576 3,936 3,933 3,935 3,786 3,787
Institutional 3,311 3,299 3,664 3,667 3,669 3,561 3,566
Domestic 217 256 234 222 222 173 188
Foreign 17 21 38 44 44 52 33
Self-support 2,361 2,466 2,329 2,475 2,586 2,398 2,689
Computer sciences 30,407 31,739 35,297 42,254 43,937 49,104 53,907
Federal 5,701 5,675 5,488 5,472 5,518 5,611 5,576
DOD 1,260 1,258 1,256 1,048 1,046 1,221 1,178
DOE 191 183 147 139 139 119 151
HHS 389 317 291 264 283 299 316
NIH 345 284 232 235 237 267 280
Other HHS 44 33 59 29 46 32 36
NASA 60 48 38 33 33 36 40
NSF 3,193 3,194 3,058 3,153 3,181 3,227 3,235
USDA 17 19 33 32 32 32 32
Other 591 656 665 803 804 677 624
Nonfederal 10,495 10,556 11,166 12,539 12,582 13,347 14,898
Institutional 8,930 8,831 9,743 10,955 10,997 11,793 13,346
Domestic 1,165 1,241 1,052 1,064 1,062 1,207 1,129
Foreign 400 484 371 520 523 347 423
Self-support 14,211 15,508 18,643 24,243 25,837 30,146 33,433
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11,973 12,199 11,943 11,966 11,990 11,818 11,381
Federal 3,350 3,284 3,147 2,940 2,941 2,949 2,903
DOD 151 154 140 127 127 146 136
DOE 217 189 168 155 156 132 127
HHS 27 45 35 29 29 18 29
NIH 22 32 26 25 25 17 29
Other HHS 5 13 9 4 4 1 0
NASA 487 471 451 451 451 472 497
NSF 1,688 1,631 1,550 1,463 1,463 1,507 1,442
USDA 45 38 28 33 33 51 54
Other 735 756 775 682 682 623 618
Nonfederal 6,147 6,233 6,313 6,605 6,613 6,623 6,291
Institutional 5,245 5,370 5,471 5,636 5,644 5,611 5,522
Domestic 758 712 677 751 751 772 624
Foreign 144 151 165 218 218 240 145
Self-support 2,476 2,682 2,483 2,421 2,436 2,246 2,187
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 2,348 2,169 2,347 2,347 2,347 2,249 2,161
Federal 152 134 166 139 139 168 114
DOD 1 2 9 4 4 4 1
DOE 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
HHS 57 52 56 42 42 52 48
NIH 35 35 46 28 28 41 37
Other HHS 22 17 10 14 14 11 11
NASA 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
NSF 18 15 17 19 19 16 11
USDA 22 21 24 29 29 44 21
Other 54 44 58 44 44 52 32
Nonfederal 1,281 1,249 1,427 1,499 1,499 1,300 1,248
Institutional 1,172 1,124 1,313 1,393 1,393 1,181 1,128
Domestic 99 120 109 100 100 111 117
Foreign 10 5 5 6 6 8 3
Self-support 915 786 754 709 709 781 799
Mathematics and statistics 17,587 18,192 18,696 19,475 19,537 20,337 21,368
Federal 1,917 1,856 1,742 1,492 1,494 1,387 1,436
DOD 152 140 143 129 129 156 171
DOE 64 67 46 41 41 49 51
HHS 210 224 188 189 189 174 174
NIH 197 204 176 180 180 164 167
Other HHS 13 20 12 9 9 10 7
NASA 18 17 20 12 12 13 21
NSF 1,191 1,155 1,070 862 864 838 801
USDA 39 38 32 22 22 10 13
Other 243 215 243 237 237 147 205
Nonfederal 11,490 12,010 12,287 12,530 12,561 12,906 12,722
Institutional 11,054 11,502 11,904 12,075 12,106 12,456 12,337
Domestic 302 347 233 294 294 285 259
Foreign 134 161 150 161 161 165 126
Self-support 4,180 4,326 4,667 5,453 5,482 6,044 7,210
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 3,790 3,807 3,690 4,009 4,291 4,777 5,538
Federal 661 745 724 678 693 687 657
DOD 75 64 43 50 50 48 51
DOE 37 32 39 46 46 19 18
HHS 158 240 272 256 256 287 289
NIH 114 197 229 218 218 278 278
Other HHS 44 43 43 38 38 9 11
NASA 16 16 18 13 13 20 22
NSF 221 227 215 189 203 168 163
USDA 24 15 25 13 13 24 23
Other 130 151 112 111 112 121 91
Nonfederal 1,702 1,797 1,730 1,858 2,123 2,229 2,486
Institutional 1,542 1,604 1,540 1,674 1,928 2,059 2,322
Domestic 139 158 149 161 165 142 143
Foreign 21 35 41 23 30 28 21
Self-support 1,427 1,265 1,236 1,473 1,475 1,861 2,395
Neurobiology and neuroscience 3,909 4,333 4,575 4,665 4,665 4,728 4,894
Federal 1,917 2,117 2,069 2,107 2,107 2,063 2,027
DOD 52 69 45 39 39 42 58
DOE 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
HHS 1,629 1,772 1,727 1,790 1,790 1,720 1,682
NIH 1,587 1,747 1,711 1,766 1,766 1,663 1,621
Other HHS 42 25 16 24 24 57 61
NASA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NSF 175 221 225 223 223 239 210
USDA 6 6 6 1 1 0 1
Other 54 48 66 53 53 61 75
Nonfederal 1,772 1,983 2,202 2,233 2,233 2,345 2,567
Institutional 1,547 1,680 1,905 1,934 1,934 2,023 2,291
Domestic 205 281 268 265 265 288 240
Foreign 20 22 29 34 34 34 36
Self-support 220 233 304 325 325 320 300
Physical sciences 35,056 35,282 35,424 35,688 35,762 35,751 35,960
Federal 11,244 10,670 10,055 9,689 9,693 9,722 10,125
DOD 900 829 730 721 721 860 914
DOE 2,072 1,999 1,800 1,638 1,638 1,701 1,696
HHS 2,193 2,034 1,827 1,730 1,731 1,710 1,857
NIH 2,062 1,930 1,739 1,687 1,688 1,602 1,756
Other HHS 131 104 88 43 43 108 101
NASA 587 523 458 461 461 485 471
NSF 4,404 4,350 4,012 4,010 4,012 4,065 4,206
USDA 21 24 42 47 47 39 26
Other 1,067 911 1,186 1,082 1,083 862 955
Nonfederal 21,130 22,057 22,740 23,284 23,354 23,332 23,296
Institutional 19,214 20,009 20,734 21,259 21,324 21,382 21,340
Domestic 1,582 1,773 1,641 1,652 1,657 1,614 1,636
Foreign 334 275 365 373 373 336 320
Self-support 2,682 2,555 2,629 2,715 2,715 2,697 2,539
Psychology 33,496 32,830 32,194 30,884 28,322 29,002 28,802
Federal 2,983 2,820 2,466 2,256 2,200 2,400 2,343
DOD 200 180 168 141 137 414 386
DOE 1 3 1 9 9 3 5
HHS 1,468 1,356 1,124 1,036 1,036 1,020 922
NIH 1,336 1,203 987 893 893 886 803
Other HHS 132 153 137 143 143 134 119
NASA 7 3 3 7 7 7 6
NSF 531 605 579 567 568 542 561
USDA 7 4 7 4 4 2 3
Other 769 669 584 492 439 412 460
Nonfederal 13,527 13,792 13,584 13,847 13,860 13,956 14,077
Institutional 12,552 12,662 12,685 12,956 12,965 12,980 13,178
Domestic 898 1,026 838 838 833 891 843
Foreign 77 104 61 53 62 85 56
Self-support 16,986 16,218 16,144 14,781 12,262 12,646 12,382
Social sciences 68,642 67,009 66,063 64,898 64,564 63,199 62,140
Federal 3,577 3,219 2,999 2,741 2,695 2,614 2,509
DOD 245 229 218 221 220 216 269
DOE 48 36 28 22 22 14 10
HHS 421 335 286 313 313 333 276
NIH 296 242 215 245 245 237 204
Other HHS 125 93 71 68 68 96 72
NASA 97 79 56 47 47 33 43
NSF 998 983 929 886 887 804 744
USDA 295 271 229 206 206 213 201
Other 1,473 1,286 1,253 1,046 1,000 1,001 966
Nonfederal 36,001 36,238 36,129 36,030 36,059 36,376 35,906
Institutional 33,701 33,741 34,017 34,119 34,151 34,410 34,078
Domestic 1,727 1,857 1,470 1,346 1,343 1,467 1,356
Foreign 573 640 642 565 565 499 472
Self-support 29,064 27,552 26,935 26,127 25,810 24,209 23,725
Engineering 105,081 106,952 111,719 118,270 119,763 123,105 123,275
Federal 25,107 24,142 23,473 22,731 22,753 22,252 22,501
DOD 5,358 5,179 4,786 4,373 4,382 4,413 4,505
DOE 2,831 2,592 2,383 2,138 2,139 2,095 2,241
HHS 3,184 2,958 2,870 2,806 2,806 2,716 2,860
NIH 2,958 2,754 2,630 2,604 2,604 2,529 2,652
Other HHS 226 204 240 202 202 187 208
NASA 1,000 912 839 879 879 851 827
NSF 8,517 8,645 8,540 8,491 8,502 8,599 8,500
USDA 284 263 258 254 254 275 248
Other 3,933 3,593 3,797 3,790 3,791 3,303 3,320
Nonfederal 44,441 45,408 46,238 48,300 48,394 50,517 51,923
Institutional 34,184 34,851 36,154 38,352 38,439 40,168 42,356
Domestic 8,490 8,600 8,071 7,852 7,858 8,213 7,631
Foreign 1,767 1,957 2,013 2,096 2,097 2,136 1,936
Self-support 35,533 37,402 42,008 47,239 48,616 50,336 48,851
Aerospace engineering 4,200 3,767 3,857 3,856 3,856 3,991 4,025
Federal 1,456 1,281 1,224 1,220 1,220 1,146 1,145
DOD 681 585 533 531 531 538 533
DOE 72 60 47 70 70 51 50
HHS 8 8 2 3 3 3 4
NIH 8 7 2 2 2 3 4
Other HHS 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
NASA 373 354 326 354 354 314 324
NSF 176 205 184 189 189 170 177
USDA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 145 69 132 73 73 70 57
Nonfederal 1,458 1,440 1,470 1,520 1,520 1,684 1,767
Institutional 1,139 1,083 1,138 1,212 1,212 1,278 1,419
Domestic 230 252 260 239 239 324 292
Foreign 89 105 72 69 69 82 56
Self-support 1,286 1,046 1,163 1,116 1,116 1,161 1,113
Agricultural engineering 1,372 1,250 1,256 1,389 1,412 1,380 1,329
Federal 383 362 293 310 312 345 275
DOD 27 32 14 7 7 6 9
DOE 36 29 10 18 18 12 21
HHS 43 35 12 19 19 33 20
NIH 19 15 11 19 19 29 18
Other HHS 24 20 1 0 0 4 2
NASA 16 12 3 6 6 4 5
NSF 68 65 68 71 73 112 56
USDA 110 106 105 104 104 125 110
Other 83 83 81 85 85 53 54
Nonfederal 693 593 579 715 736 745 758
Institutional 538 483 486 556 576 584 592
Domestic 108 97 80 108 109 119 119
Foreign 47 13 13 51 51 42 47
Self-support 296 295 384 364 364 290 296
Architecture 2,754 2,037 1,919 1,565 1,568 1,367 1,498
Federal 74 41 32 22 22 21 30
DOD 6 3 1 1 1 0 1
DOE 11 9 1 1 1 1 0
HHS 6 4 1 1 1 1 3
NIH 6 2 1 1 1 0 2
Other HHS 0 2 0 0 0 1 1
NASA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
NSF 14 9 16 6 6 8 6
USDA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Other 34 16 13 13 13 9 20
Nonfederal 1,271 1,154 1,121 829 829 725 749
Institutional 1,124 994 968 733 733 617 699
Domestic 121 139 113 59 59 57 25
Foreign 26 21 40 37 37 51 25
Self-support 1,409 842 766 714 717 621 719
Biomedical engineering 7,847 7,931 8,015 8,246 8,246 8,494 9,051
Federal 2,731 2,778 2,647 2,598 2,598 2,472 2,583
DOD 180 175 181 145 145 175 175
DOE 42 45 30 30 30 25 25
HHS 1,770 1,702 1,594 1,604 1,604 1,548 1,616
NIH 1,732 1,668 1,528 1,570 1,570 1,504 1,546
Other HHS 38 34 66 34 34 44 70
NASA 12 16 17 13 13 11 15
NSF 584 694 651 619 619 597 610
USDA 2 5 4 9 9 3 0
Other 141 141 170 178 178 113 142
Nonfederal 3,258 3,303 3,368 3,638 3,638 3,928 4,116
Institutional 2,531 2,569 2,705 2,941 2,941 3,167 3,431
Domestic 633 620 561 603 603 641 623
Foreign 94 114 102 94 94 120 62
Self-support 1,858 1,850 2,000 2,010 2,010 2,094 2,352
Chemical engineering 7,594 8,014 8,490 8,580 8,587 8,785 8,951
Federal 2,400 2,338 2,432 2,237 2,237 2,127 2,052
DOD 223 241 218 186 186 195 208
DOE 487 428 423 366 366 372 348
HHS 338 311 312 288 288 268 305
NIH 291 280 275 263 263 244 268
Other HHS 47 31 37 25 25 24 37
NASA 31 34 20 29 29 31 33
NSF 1,039 1,037 1,126 1,039 1,039 1,019 935
USDA 42 41 50 45 45 48 22
Other 240 246 283 284 284 194 201
Nonfederal 3,787 4,080 4,136 4,220 4,222 4,466 4,572
Institutional 2,702 2,906 2,973 3,096 3,097 3,300 3,459
Domestic 896 999 984 953 954 987 919
Foreign 189 175 179 171 171 179 194
Self-support 1,407 1,596 1,922 2,123 2,128 2,192 2,327
Civil engineering 13,898 14,117 14,300 14,651 14,660 14,908 14,716
Federal 2,301 2,234 2,161 2,089 2,089 2,060 2,002
DOD 183 171 155 184 184 166 164
DOE 136 148 160 118 118 106 112
HHS 36 49 40 36 36 37 36
NIH 31 41 30 31 31 30 28
Other HHS 5 8 10 5 5 7 8
NASA 81 80 49 65 65 55 55
NSF 843 821 794 836 836 751 788
USDA 54 38 37 30 30 31 42
Other 968 927 926 820 820 914 805
Nonfederal 6,478 6,508 6,687 6,927 6,928 7,113 7,082
Institutional 5,400 5,511 5,724 5,891 5,891 6,074 6,125
Domestic 855 776 720 740 741 717 683
Foreign 223 221 243 296 296 322 274
Self-support 5,119 5,375 5,452 5,635 5,643 5,735 5,632
Electrical engineering 29,600 30,528 33,246 36,044 37,406 37,756 35,111
Federal 6,613 6,492 6,259 6,063 6,067 6,026 6,126
DOD 2,025 2,010 1,812 1,661 1,661 1,625 1,645
DOE 356 351 346 244 245 279 352
HHS 445 367 386 379 379 347 374
NIH 414 345 356 321 321 327 353
Other HHS 31 22 30 58 58 20 21
NASA 183 150 148 150 150 161 153
NSF 2,829 2,845 2,744 2,763 2,765 2,956 2,964
USDA 9 19 22 24 24 13 19
Other 766 750 801 842 843 645 619
Nonfederal 10,972 11,158 11,442 12,352 12,389 12,216 12,408
Institutional 8,425 8,640 8,940 9,849 9,882 9,779 10,006
Domestic 2,205 2,126 2,103 2,042 2,045 2,009 1,948
Foreign 342 392 399 461 462 428 454
Self-support 12,015 12,878 15,545 17,629 18,950 19,514 16,577
Engineering science, mechanics, and physics 1,545 1,673 1,540 1,541 1,541 1,369 1,317
Federal 520 495 477 459 459 380 401
DOD 112 128 102 97 97 76 112
DOE 105 91 89 90 90 85 54
HHS 36 40 45 33 33 35 27
NIH 35 39 42 32 32 35 27
Other HHS 1 1 3 1 1 0 0
NASA 25 26 22 20 20 22 19
NSF 196 150 170 144 144 128 137
USDA 5 4 2 2 2 5 5
Other 41 56 47 73 73 29 47
Nonfederal 683 758 780 735 735 718 641
Institutional 556 552 644 648 648 591 575
Domestic 109 190 117 70 70 107 49
Foreign 18 16 19 17 17 20 17
Self-support 342 420 283 347 347 271 275
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 7,737 7,744 7,971 8,573 8,573 9,485 10,090
Federal 1,097 1,065 991 916 916 861 862
DOD 365 335 330 293 293 265 260
DOE 96 80 79 42 42 47 27
HHS 114 99 103 116 116 92 86
NIH 96 80 81 81 81 75 61
Other HHS 18 19 22 35 35 17 25
NASA 21 15 12 20 20 20 20
NSF 303 350 296 289 289 271 294
USDA 5 2 5 3 3 3 4
Other 193 184 166 153 153 163 171
Nonfederal 2,964 2,775 2,746 2,657 2,657 2,925 3,091
Institutional 2,175 2,134 2,127 2,191 2,191 2,447 2,631
Domestic 621 491 455 316 316 352 344
Foreign 168 150 164 150 150 126 116
Self-support 3,676 3,904 4,234 5,000 5,000 5,699 6,137
Mechanical engineering 15,758 16,701 17,599 18,440 18,488 19,742 20,391
Federal 3,894 3,751 3,625 3,477 3,480 3,374 3,363
DOD 887 886 837 682 682 754 754
DOE 571 520 424 371 371 343 381
HHS 215 191 197 189 189 207 237
NIH 181 163 179 178 178 176 218
Other HHS 34 28 18 11 11 31 19
NASA 193 167 178 160 160 179 158
NSF 1,380 1,408 1,398 1,445 1,448 1,392 1,336
USDA 14 14 19 11 11 19 23
Other 634 565 572 619 619 480 474
Nonfederal 7,377 7,690 7,709 7,971 7,994 8,772 9,318
Institutional 5,772 5,844 6,046 6,424 6,447 7,027 7,810
Domestic 1,317 1,442 1,270 1,187 1,187 1,348 1,167
Foreign 288 404 393 360 360 397 341
Self-support 4,487 5,260 6,265 6,992 7,014 7,596 7,710
Metallurgical and materials engineering 5,839 6,088 6,220 6,562 6,603 6,792 7,116
Federal 2,079 2,031 1,974 2,008 2,021 2,026 2,043
DOD 405 408 404 403 412 457 457
DOE 454 446 407 358 358 348 401
HHS 103 75 88 76 76 78 90
NIH 86 62 78 70 70 69 82
Other HHS 17 13 10 6 6 9 8
NASA 27 32 25 32 32 28 20
NSF 775 813 806 832 836 875 841
USDA 33 19 7 15 15 14 14
Other 282 238 237 292 292 226 220
Nonfederal 2,586 2,681 2,827 3,073 3,083 3,211 3,350
Institutional 1,878 1,933 2,077 2,298 2,308 2,388 2,549
Domestic 612 626 631 643 643 692 664
Foreign 96 122 119 132 132 131 137
Self-support 1,174 1,376 1,419 1,481 1,499 1,555 1,723
Mining engineering 412 240 265 307 307 300 287
Federal 84 64 62 46 46 66 78
DOD 5 7 0 5 5 1 1
DOE 25 16 8 4 4 3 11
HHS 25 29 33 20 20 24 23
NIH 14 14 7 5 5 6 7
Other HHS 11 15 26 15 15 18 16
NASA 0 0 0 1 1 3 3
NSF 9 4 4 4 4 3 6
USDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 20 8 17 12 12 32 34
Nonfederal 205 136 160 166 166 181 158
Institutional 172 112 120 121 121 137 105
Domestic 32 24 22 31 31 41 51
Foreign 1 0 18 14 14 3 2
Self-support 123 40 43 95 95 53 51
Nuclear engineering 1,165 1,162 1,169 1,201 1,201 1,198 1,229
Federal 518 522 494 537 537 574 605
DOD 78 88 72 74 74 62 68
DOE 252 252 245 303 303 329 359
HHS 4 2 4 3 3 5 2
NIH 4 2 4 3 3 5 2
Other HHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NASA 13 7 8 6 6 6 7
NSF 19 19 31 41 41 36 22
USDA 0 2 0 0 0 4 2
Other 152 152 134 110 110 132 145
Nonfederal 496 498 501 493 493 486 466
Institutional 326 312 378 358 358 363 352
Domestic 154 164 103 109 109 106 101
Foreign 16 22 20 26 26 17 13
Self-support 151 142 174 171 171 138 158
Petroleum engineering 1,057 1,287 1,315 1,662 1,662 1,560 1,461
Federal 81 61 76 67 67 58 58
DOD 0 0 1 3 3 1 2
DOE 57 48 38 44 44 35 25
HHS 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
NIH 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Other HHS 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
NASA 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
NSF 10 4 9 3 3 9 22
USDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 14 9 27 14 14 13 9
Nonfederal 738 886 911 1,025 1,025 1,021 972
Institutional 281 417 391 442 442 480 496
Domestic 337 333 369 449 449 409 366
Foreign 120 136 151 134 134 132 110
Self-support 238 340 328 570 570 481 431
Engineering nec 4,303 4,413 4,557 5,653 5,653 5,978 6,703
Federal 876 627 726 682 682 716 878
DOD 181 110 126 101 101 92 116
DOE 131 69 76 79 79 59 75
HHS 41 46 53 37 37 38 37
NIH 41 36 36 27 27 26 36
Other HHS 0 10 17 10 10 12 1
NASA 22 19 30 22 22 17 15
NSF 272 221 243 210 210 272 306
USDA 9 13 7 11 11 8 7
Other 220 149 191 222 222 230 322
Nonfederal 1,475 1,748 1,801 1,979 1,979 2,326 2,475
Institutional 1,165 1,361 1,437 1,592 1,592 1,936 2,107
Domestic 260 321 283 303 303 304 280
Foreign 50 66 81 84 84 86 88
Self-support 1,952 2,038 2,030 2,992 2,992 2,936 3,350
Health 41,628 40,614 39,737 39,201 38,592 39,521 38,779
Federal 4,766 3,929 3,563 3,194 3,167 3,034 3,063
DOD 201 158 286 209 205 203 150
DOE 20 18 9 17 17 6 17
HHS 3,154 2,718 2,311 2,151 2,151 2,078 1,987
NIH 2,326 2,049 1,892 1,795 1,795 1,614 1,583
Other HHS 828 669 419 356 356 464 404
NASA 11 10 12 8 8 5 10
NSF 196 124 134 132 132 116 98
USDA 94 90 108 87 87 82 94
Other 1,090 811 703 590 567 544 707
Nonfederal 13,095 13,051 13,358 14,131 14,149 14,474 14,109
Institutional 11,250 11,229 11,599 12,529 12,552 12,781 12,573
Domestic 1,398 1,340 1,288 1,113 1,103 1,118 1,037
Foreign 447 482 471 489 494 575 499
Self-support 23,767 23,634 22,816 21,876 21,276 22,013 21,607
DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; nec = not elsewhere classified; NIH = National Institutes of Health; NSF = National Science Foundation; USDA = Department of Agriculture.
a In 2014, the survey frame was updated following a comprehensive frame evaluation study. The study identified potentially eligible but not previously surveyed academic institutions in the United States with master's- or doctorate-granting programs in science, engineering, or health. A total of 151 newly eligible institutions were added, and two private for-profit institutions offering mostly practitioner-based graduate degrees were determined to be ineligible.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering.