Data

Duke U.

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields   477   488   487   509   436   465   452   486   483   500
  Science and engineering   476   486   478   499   423   453   446   475   477   494
    Science   320   339   323   380   312   339   351   358   357   356
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   19   13   15
      Biological and biomedical sciences   189   204   206   236   186   209   213   186   201   189
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   17   17   22   18   17   20   14   17   19   18
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   4   5   6   3   7   7   7   8   8   5
      Mathematics and statistics   11   10   11   13   8   13   14   10   14   14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   6   1   0   1   2   1   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   3   5   3   5   5   8   10   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   67   68   54   73   57   54   70   65   54   53
      Psychology   11   13   11   15   14   11   6   9   16   19
      Social sciences   12   16   10   16   16   16   17   19   16   22
    Engineering   156   147   155   119   111   114   95   117   120   138
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   77   71   75   56   46   52   48   64   65   74
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   12   10   15   12   17   14   13   16   12   14
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   51   48   48   34   31   32   21   24   30   36
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   16   18   17   17   17   16   13   13   13   14
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
  Health   1   2   9   10   13   12   6   11   6   6
    Clinical medicine   0   0   8   7   8   8   2   7   2   4
    Other health   1   2   1   3   5   4   4   4   4   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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