Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering
Fall 2017

  • Errata | March 31, 2021
    Table 4-6b through table 4-18b (all “b” tables) contained a category that was mislabeled as “Nonfederal domestic.” That category was corrected to “Nonfederal,” and a footnote was added to clarify that nonfederal includes foreign support.
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TableGraduate enrollment in all institutions
Trends over time
1-1Graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health: 1975–2017
1-2aSex of graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health: 1977–2017
1-2bSex of graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science: 1977–2017
1-2cSex of graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in engineering: 1977–2017
1-2dSex of graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in health: 1977–2017
1-3aCitizenship of graduate students and postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health: 1980–2017
1-3bCitizenship of graduate students and postdoctoral appointees in science: 1980–2017
1-3cCitizenship of graduate students and postdoctoral appointees in engineering: 1980–2017
1-3dCitizenship of graduate students and postdoctoral appointees in health: 1980–2017
1-4aEthnicity and race of U.S. citizen and permanent resident graduate students in science, engineering, and health: 2000–2017
1-4bEthnicity and race of U.S. citizen and permanent resident graduate students in science: 2000–2017
1-4cEthnicity and race of U.S. citizen and permanent resident graduate students in engineering: 2000–2017
1-4dEthnicity and race of U.S. citizen and permanent resident graduate students in health: 2000–2017
1-5aEnrollment intensity of graduate students in science, engineering and health, by degree program: 1975–2017
1-5bFirst-time status among full-time graduate students in science, engineering and health, by degree level: 1975–2017
1-6Primary source of support for full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health: 1975–2017
1-7Detailed primary source of federal support for full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health: 1975–2017
1-8Primary mechanism of support for full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health: 1975–2017
1-9aGraduate students in science broad fields: 1975–2017
1-9bPostdoctoral appointees in science broad fields: 1979–2017
1-9cDoctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science broad fields: 1979–2017
1-10aGraduate students in engineering detailed fields: 1975–2017
1-10bPostdoctoral appointees in engineering detailed fields: 1979–2017
1-10cDoctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in engineering detailed fields: 1979–2017
Demographic characteristics: 2017
2-1Demographic characteristics of graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health: 2017
2-2Citizenship, ethnicity, and race of graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health fields, by sex: 2017
2-3Demographic characteristics of master's and doctoral students in science, engineering and health, by enrollment intensity: 2017
2-4Graduate students in science, engineering, and health broad fields, by degree program, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: 2017
Financial support: 2017
3-1Primary source of support for full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by field: 2017
3-2Primary source of support for postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health, by field: 2017
3-3Detailed primary source of federal support for full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health: 2017
3-4Detailed primary source of federal support for postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health, by field: 2017
3-5Primary mechanism of support for full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by broad field: 2017
3-6Primary mechanism of support for postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health, by broad field: 2017
Fields of study: 2017
4-1Distribution of graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers across science, engineering, and health fields: 2017
4-2Graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers, by detailed field and sex: 2017
4-3Master's and doctoral students within science, engineering and health fields, by enrollment intensity: 2017
4-4aCitizenship, ethnicity, and race of graduate students, by detailed field: 2017
4-4bCitizenship, ethnicity, and race of master's students, by detailed field: 2017
4-4cCitizenship, ethnicity, and race of doctoral students, by detailed field: 2017
4-5Units and institutions with graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers, by detailed field: 2017
4-6aAgricultural sciences master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status, and funding: 2017
4-6bAgricultural sciences postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017
4-7aBiological and biomedical sciences master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status, and funding: 2017
4-7bBiological and biomedical sciences postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017
4-8aComputer and information science master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status and funding: 2017
4-8bComputer and information science postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017
4-9aGeosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status and funding: 2017
4-9bGeosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017
4-10aMathematics and statistics master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status and funding: 2017
4-10bMathematics and statistics postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017
4-11aMultidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status and funding: 2017
4-11bMultidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017
4-12aNatural resources and conservation master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status and funding: 2017
4-12bNatural resources and conservation postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017
4-13aPhysical sciences master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status and funding: 2017
4-13bPhysical sciences postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017
4-14aPsychology master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status and funding: 2017
4-14bPsychology postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017
4-15aSocial sciences master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status and funding: 2017
4-15bSocial sciences postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017
4-16aEngineering master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status and funding: 2017
4-16bEngineering postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017
4-17aClinical medicine master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status and funding: 2017
4-17bClinical medicine postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017
4-18aOther health master's and doctoral student demographics, enrollment status and funding: 2017
4-18bOther health postdoctoral appointee and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher demographics and funding: 2017
Institutional characteristics: 2017
5-1Graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health fields, by institutional control: 2017
5-2Graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health at HBCUs: 2017
5-3Graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health, by broad field and Carnegie Classification: 2017
5-4Institutional rankings for graduate students: 2017
5-5Institutional rankings for postdoctoral appointees: 2017
5-6Institutional rankings for doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers: 2017
May 2019

Data from survey cycle Fall 2017
(finalized February 2019)

National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, Fall 2017. http://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/gradpostdoc/.



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   Technical Tables:
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TableTechnical Tables
A-1Changes in the organizational unit listing: 2011–17
A-2Changes in the institution status: 2016–17
A-3Surveyed institutions, schools, organizational units, and graduate enrollment, by type of institution: 1972–2017
Science, engineering, and health organizational units
A-4Science, engineering, and health organizational units with graduate student enrollment, by detailed field: 2012–17
A-5aScience, engineering, and health organizational units with nonfaculty researchers, by detailed field: 2012–17
A-5bScience, engineering, and health organizational units with postdocs, by detailed field: 2012–17
A-6Response rates for science, engineering, and health organizational units: 1975–2017
Imputation, by field and graduate enrollment, postdoctorate, or doctorate-holding nonfaculty researcher status: 2015–17
A-7aImputation for nonresponse within graduate student totals, by field and type of graduate degree: 2015–17
A-7bImputation for nonresponse within graduate student totals, by field and graduate enrollment status: 2015–17
A-8Imputation for nonresponse in postdoc and nonfacutly research totals, by field: 2015–17
Imputation for graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health fields: 2017
A-9Imputation for graduate students in science, engineering, and health fields, by citizenship, ethnicity, race, enrollment status, and sex: 2017
A-10Imputation for full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health fields, by mechanism of support, sex, and source of support: 2017
A-11Imputation for postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health fields, by citizenship, ethnicity, race, and sex: 2017
A-12Imputation for postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health fields, by mechanism of support, source of support, and sex: 2017
A-13Imputation for postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health fields, by mechanism of support, citizenship, and type of doctoral degree: 2017
A-14Imputation for postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health, by origin of doctoral degree: 2017
A-15Imputation for doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health, by type of doctoral degree and sex: 2017
GSS and CIP Codes
A-16Crosswalk between 2010 Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) codes and 2017 GSS Codes
A-17Mapping of 2017 GSS Codes and Fields
May 2019

Data from survey cycle Fall 2017
(finalized February 2019)