Data

Colorado State U., Fort Collins

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   394   395   350   328   267   272   272   245   280   306
  Science and engineering   380   378   334   315   251   257   262   229   247   263
    Science   288   299   259   234   196   187   188   173   187   201
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   27   34   28   22   19   14   15   18   23   29
      Biological and biomedical sciences   115   115   86   86   61   58   47   57   51   59
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5
      Computer and information sciences   19   17   20   17   15   14   9   8   12   16
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   4
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   76   68   60   58   48   57   56   49   62   52
      Mathematics and statistics   8   8   11   6   7   5   9   7   9   6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   11   13   12   10   5   8   11   8   0   0
      Physical sciences   12   14   15   7   12   6   12   9   6   14
      Psychology   12   14   14   18   21   9   10   9   10   8
      Social sciences   8   16   13   10   8   16   19   8   5   8
    Engineering   92   79   75   81   55   70   74   56   60   62
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   6   9   8   6   5   4   5   4   6   5
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   4   3   3   2   2   3   2   1   6   3
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   25   24   24   24   13   19   23   17   24   24
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   19   15   7   13   11   17   16   18   10   16
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   10   5   5   1   2   3   4   1   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   27   22   26   34   22   24   21   14   11   13
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   1   1   2   1   0   0   3   1   3   1
    Health   14   17   16   13   16   15   10   16   33   43
      Clinical medicine   13   17   15   12   15   9   8   14   30   34
      Other health   1   0   1   1   1   6   2   2   3   9

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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