Data

Air Force Institute of Technology

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   431 i   417 i   422   500   502   483   437   443   509   454
  Science and engineering   429 i   415 i   420   495   499   481   434   441   506   450
    Science   106 i   106 i   102   101   113   125   93   93   110   71
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   45 i   45 i   42   44   59   66   34   29   59   54
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   6 i   6 i   7   7   6   12   13   12   6   0
      Mathematics and statistics   12 i   12 i   12   16   15   13   13   17   10   12
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   16 i   16 i   14   12   7   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   5 i   5 i   5   3   6   8   9   11   9   5
      Psychology   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   22 i   22 i   22   19   20   26   24   24   26   0
    Engineering   323 i   309 i   318   394   386   356   341   348   396   379
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   99 i   98 i   99   112   95   81   90   105   111   110
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   3 i   4 i   4   8   9   7   6   7   8   5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   52 i   51 i   54   78   94   100   99   97   112   102
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   108 i   97 i   102   138   121   99   86   89   94   93
      Mechanical engineering   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   7
      Other engineering   61 i   59 i   59   58   67   69   60   50   64   62
    Health   2 i   2 i   2   5   3   2   3   2   3   4
      Clinical medicine   2 i   2 i   2   5   3   2   3   2   3   4
      Other health   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

i=imputed

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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