Data

Arizona State U.

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   274   299   296   346   298   205   165   231   464   445
  Science and engineering   270   292   284   333   290   192   153   223   457   443
    Science   155   151   128   136   126   84   78   105   237   231
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10   6
      Biological and biomedical sciences   44   41   35   20   13   11   17   19   32   23
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1
      Computer and information sciences   40   39   30   29   35   20   16   34   56   67
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   9   9   12   10   7   8   6   4   29   30
      Mathematics and statistics   5   5   3   7   10   3   2   6   9   11
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   11   7   12   12   8   12   7   7   10   7
      Natural resources and conservation   3   3   4   8   4   3   5   7   0   0
      Physical sciences   25   23   18   29   22   7   8   9   44   45
      Psychology   10   14   6   7   16   9   9   7   25   21
      Social sciences   8   10   8   14   11   11   8   12   14   15
    Engineering   115   141   156   197   164   108   75   118   220   212
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2   6   1   3   6   1   1   1   2   2
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   17   17   22   28   19   10   7   7   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   8   5   14   17   8   8   3   12   10   8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   32   23   33   35   33   21   16   19   22   27
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   22   43   33   43   30   30   27   36   101   97
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   3   12   9   11   10   6   3   4   7   13
      Mechanical engineering   15   16   28   28   27   14   13   21   21   25
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   14   17   14   23   20   12   4   16   35   26
      Other engineering   2   2   2   9   11   6   1   2   22   14
    Health   4   7   12   13   8   13   12   8   7   2
      Clinical medicine   2   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   2   7   10   13   8   13   12   8   7   2

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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