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Table A-5. Science, engineering, and health organizational units in master's-granting institutions, by detailed field: 2011–16

Field 2011 2012 2013 2014olda 2014newa 2015 2016b
All surveyed fields 1,366 1,385 1,412 1,384 1,705 1,696 1,665
Science and engineering 1,223 1,237 1,273 1,241 1,520 1,510 1,485
Science 1,056 1,075 1,104 1,087 1,338 1,340 1,311
Agricultural sciences 46 50 45 43 61 63 58
Biological sciences 182 184 186 186 236 229 234
Anatomy 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Biochemistry 10 11 9 8 8 8 10
Biology 103 101 103 100 117 113 109
Biometry and epidemiology 3 4 5 7 11 10 13
Biophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Botany and plant biology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cell and molecular biology 6 6 6 7 8 9 9
Ecology 4 2 2 3 3 2 2
Entomology and parasitology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Genetics 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Microbiology, immunology, and virology 4 4 4 4 5 4 5
Nutrition 18 17 17 17 21 19 21
Pathology 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pharmacology and toxicology 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
Physiology 4 4 5 5 9 9 10
Zoology 1 1 1 1 2 2 3
Biosciences nec 27 32 32 32 48 50 49
Communication 50 56 58 59 70 73 75
Computer sciences 105 105 110 107 140 136 138
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 50 49 47 45 55 57 53
Atmospheric sciences 1 2 1 1 2 2 2
Geosciences 29 29 27 26 27 28 25
Ocean sciences 6 6 6 5 11 13 12
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec 14 12 13 13 15 14 14
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 13 10 8 11 13 14 14
Mathematics and statistics 75 76 74 70 85 84 82
Mathematics and applied mathematics 69 69 67 63 76 74 73
Statistics 6 7 7 7 9 10 9
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 32 31 37 36 52 49 51
Neurobiology and neuroscience 1 1 3 5 6 4 4
Physical sciences 70 64 70 69 73 75 73
Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
Chemistry 47 43 45 43 45 46 46
Physics 19 17 20 19 21 24 22
Physical sciences nec 4 4 5 5 5 3 3
Psychology 176 181 196 199 236 237 226
Clinical psychology 27 30 33 33 38 38 35
Psychology, general 54 56 51 54 69 70 63
Psychology nec 95 95 112 112 129 129 128
Social sciences 256 268 270 257 311 319 303
Agricultural economics 2 2 1 1 1 1 0
Anthropology 16 17 18 18 21 19 19
Economics (except agricultural) 22 24 21 23 26 26 25
Geography 21 22 24 22 24 24 23
History and philosophy of science 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Linguistics 6 6 7 7 7 9 8
Political science and government 86 93 95 88 111 116 114
Sociology 28 26 28 26 32 32 30
Sociology and anthropology 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Social sciences nec 71 75 75 71 88 91 83
Engineering 167 162 169 154 182 170 174
Aerospace engineering 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Agricultural engineering 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Architecture 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Biomedical engineering 2 3 7 6 7 8 8
Chemical engineering 7 6 6 5 5 5 5
Civil engineering 30 28 29 30 34 28 28
Electrical engineering 41 42 47 45 52 50 56
Engineering science, mechanics, and physics 5 4 4 1 2 1 1
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 26 23 22 20 24 24 25
Mechanical engineering 23 22 22 22 28 27 25
Metallurgical and materials engineering 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Mining engineering 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Nuclear engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Petroleum engineering 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Engineering nec 24 25 24 19 23 21 19
Health 143 148 139 143 185 186 180
Clinical medicine 29 30 34 32 49 52 52
Anesthesiology 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Cardiovascular science 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Endocrinology 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
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 2 1 1 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 26 26 29 30 44 45 47
Psychiatry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pulmonary disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radiology 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Surgery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinical medicine nec 0 0 3 1 3 4 3
Other health 114 118 105 111 136 134 128
Communication disorders sciences 54 54 50 53 60 65 63
Dental sciences 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Nursing science 14 14 9 10 11 7 6
Pharmaceutical sciences 2 2 2 3 7 9 10
Veterinary sciences 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Other health nec 44 48 44 45 56 51 47
nec = not elsewhere classified.
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.
b The 2016 survey included a pilot data collection to assess the feasibility of several data collection changes, including the use of Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes for reporting data and file uploads for transmitting data. The number of units added and deleted by coordinators responding to the pilot survey was much greater than is typical. These increases are largely due to how data are organized in institutional information systems and the increased granularity of CIP codes relative to Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS) codes, rather than a reflection of increased organizational complexity.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering.