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Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
Fall 2016

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TableGraduate enrollment in all institutions
Graduates students in science, engineering, and health: 1975–2016
by field
1total
2science
3engineering
4female: 1977–2016
Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by field
5total: 1975–2016
6female: 1977–2016
7U.S. citizen and permanent resident: 1980–2016
8with temporary visas: 1980–2016
Graduate students in science, engineering, and health: 2011–16
by detailed field
9total
10female
11full-time
12first-time, full-time
by field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race
13total
14female
15full-time
Graduate students in science, engineering, and health in doctorate-granting institutions: 2011–16
by detailed field
16total
17in public institutions
full- and part-time enrollment
18by enrollment status, citizenship, ethnicity, and race
full-time enrollment
19by field and primary source of support
20by field and primary mechanism of support
Graduate students: 2016
in science, engineering, and health, by citizenship, ethnicity, and race
21by detailed field
22female, by detailed field
23in science, by state, and institution
24in engineering, by state, and institution
Institutional rankings: 2016
25by total number of science and engineering graduate students, by field
Black or African American full-time U.S. citizen and permanent resident graduate students in science, engineering, and health
26in all institutions and in HBCUs, by field and sex: 2013–16
Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health 1979–2016
by field
27total
28science
29engineering
30female
31with temporary visas
Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health: 2011–16
by detailed field
32total
33female
34by field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race
35by detailed field in public institutions
36by detailed field in private institutions
37by field and primary source of support
Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health: 2016
by detailed field
38by sex and citizenship
39by primary source of support
40by primary mechanism of support
41by field, primary source of support and primary mechanism of support
42by detailed field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race
43female, by detailed field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race
by state, institution, citizenship, ethnicity, and race
44in science
45in engineering
Institutional rankings in science, engineering, and health: 2016
46by total number of postdoctoral appointees, by field
Postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health – doctoral degree characteristics: 2016
47degree type, by detailed field and citizenship
48origin of doctoral degree, by detailed field
49degree type, by primary mechanism of support and field
50origin of doctoral degree, citizenship, ethnicity, and race, by field
Doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health: 2010–16
by detailed field and sex
51in all institutions
52in doctorate-granting institutions
Doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health, by detailed field: 2016
53by sex
54by degree type
Institutional rankings in science, engineering, and health: 2016
55by total number of doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers, by field
February 2018

Data from survey cycle Fall 2016
(finalized August 2017)

National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, Fall 2016. http://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/gradpostdoc/.



   Technical Notes: PDF format. (222 KB)
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Technical notes are available here (PDF format, 222 KB).

 

   Technical Tables:
All technical tables Excel .zip zip file. (1.36 MB)
TableTechnical Tables
A-1Changes in the organizational unit listing: 2009–16
A-2Changes in the institution status: 2014–16
A-3Surveyed institutions, schools, organizational units, and graduate enrollment, by type of institution: 1972–2016
Science, engineering, and health organizational units
A-4in doctorate-granting institutions, by detailed field: 2011–16
A-5in master's-granting institutions, by detailed field: 2011–16
A-6response rates: 1975–2016
Imputation, by field and graduate enrollment, postdoctorate, or doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher status: 2014–16
A-7for nonresponse in doctorate-granting institutions
A-8for nonresponse in master's-granting institutions
Imputation for graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health fields: 2016
A-9graduate students, by citizenship, ethnicity, race, enrollment status, and sex
A-10full-time graduate students, by mechanism of support, sex, and source of support
A-11postdoctoral appointees, by citizenship, ethnicity, race, and sex
A-12postdoctoral appointees, by mechanism of support, source of support, and sex
A-13postdoctoral appointees, by mechanism of support, citizenship, and type of doctoral degree
A-14postdoctoral appointees, by origin of doctoral degree
A-15nonfaculty researchers, by type of doctoral degree and sex
GSS and CIP Codes
A-16Crosswalk between 2010 Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) codes and Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS) codes
A-17Mapping of Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS) codes and fields
February 2018

Data from survey cycle Fall 2016
(finalized August 2017)


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