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Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields   328   341   316   238   224   246   253   285   334   289
  Science and engineering   322   334   306   230   221   240   250   282   331   287
    Science   152   167   131   99   90   96   90   94   109   99
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   9   17   13   15   10   9   5   13   13   18
      Biological and biomedical sciences   44   46   35   24   24   23   36   30   41   41
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3
      Computer and information sciences   13   9   10   7   8   7   8   8   9   1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   6   6   4   5   7   4   4   9   7   6
      Mathematics and statistics   10   13   7   3   3   1   5   5   6   6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   26   27   20   18   15   12   6   1   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   1   5   6   3   2   3   2   1   0   0
      Physical sciences   25   25   18   8   8   9   11   14   13   13
      Psychology   8   10   10   9   8   20   8   4   8   4
      Social sciences   10   9   8   7   5   8   5   9   9   7
    Engineering   170   167   175   131   131   144   160   188   222   188
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2   7   6   3   0   3   3   3   5   1
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   2   3   2   1   3   2   2   5   3   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   14   7   21   14   16   6   12   11   15   12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   7   11   10   3   3   3   8   9   20   14
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   7   4   12   11   14   13   14   28   29   16
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   7   4   5   2   1   1   2   1   3   6
      Mechanical engineering   21   24   17   16   12   13   8   9   12   9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   28   16   19   7   10   6   13   11   16   21
      Other engineering   82   91   83   74   72   97   98   111   119   109
    Health   6   7   10   8   3   6   3   3   3   2
      Clinical medicine   5   5   9   7   3   3   0   0   0   2
      Other health   1   2   1   1   0   3   3   3   3   0

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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