Data

California 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   497   518   523   556   510   554   519   541   510   522
  Science and engineering   497   518   523   556   510   554   519   541   510   522
    Science   306   322   307   341   304   326   315   314   291   292
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   82   78   78   99   80   102   82   76   56   51
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   2   4   1   3   3   2   1   2   4   5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   27   36   35   28   28   28   32   33   46   51
      Mathematics and statistics   4   10   3   10   7   6   7   4   2   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   11   8   12   14   10   13   12   11   6   12
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   180   186   177   185   176   173   180   187   163   171
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   0   0   1   2   0   2   1   1   0   0
    Engineering   191   196   216   215   206   228   204   227   219   230
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   16   20   30   29   26   26   27   27   28   26
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   42   40   50   43   39   47   28   37   29   27
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   23   17   17   14   16   23   23   19   19   23
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   11   13   16   11   12   10   12   12   11   13
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   14   11   13   27   16   19   16   23   25   36
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   4   7   7   7   6   10   6   7   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   30   28   32   24   37   33   28   29   24   30
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   18   20   22   22   22   20   20   35   33   32
      Other engineering   33   40   29   38   32   40   44   38   50   43
    Health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   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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