Data

Columbia U. in the City of New York

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   1,060   978   1,199   1,127   1,121   1,072   975   1,069   1,007   971
  Science and engineering   811   685   1,162   1,096   1,091   1,046   947   1,053   987   949
    Science   690   595   806   776   743   721   708   799   718   682
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   329   320   431   407   399   416   376   431   323   308
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   96   53   127   112   89   66   102   96   101   82
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   8   9   36   38   33   38   12   54   73   62
      Mathematics and statistics   11   13   25   18   19   19   19   15   6   8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   45   42   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   8   6   0   0   0   0   46   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   10   9   110   147   143   134   125   143   113   109
      Psychology   2   3   10   12   10   10   6   14   12   16
      Social sciences   181   140   66   42   50   38   22   46   24   27
    Engineering   121   90   356   320   348   325   239   254   269   267
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   33   12   145   118   111   98   49   77   72   67
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   18   15   47   48   51   36   40   23   17   21
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   10   15   20   20   32   26   15   28   12   21
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   14   14   62   76   90   95   80   83   79   77
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   20   11   31   9   8   8   5   0   1   4
      Mechanical engineering   16   18   21   26   32   35   28   21   36   33
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   10   5   30   23   24   27   22   22   52   44
    Health   249   293   37   31   30   26   28   16   20   22
      Clinical medicine   225   264   23   27   30   25   28   16   13   13
      Other health   24   29   14   4   0   1   0   0   7   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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