Data

Florida International 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   358   331   302   291   261   225   171   85   160   186
  Science and engineering   316   293   257   258   244   206   164   83   150   173
    Science   212   175   158   171   169   146   123   58   105   113
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   38   37   30   29   26   20   20   16   31   28
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   41   43   27   26   27   29   27   10   31   27
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   13   13   9   11   12   16   15   2   12   17
      Mathematics and statistics   12   1   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   5   1   2   4   3   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   6   3   4   6   5   3   4   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   45   34   44   41   50   45   36   16   20   26
      Psychology   50   35   37   50   41   29   21   10   9   10
      Social sciences   3   4   5   4   3   1   0   2   2   5
    Engineering   104   118   99   87   75   60   41   25   45   60
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   13   8   9   9   8   2   3   2   4   10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   13   24   24   18   12   9   5   4   7   15
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   38   56   45   46   42   38   24   17   27   25
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   20   13   13   10   8   7   4   0   5   7
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   20   17   8   4   4   4   5   2   2   3
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
  Health   42   38   45   33   17   19   7   2   10   13
    Clinical medicine   16   13   16   15   17   19   7   2   10   13
    Other health   26   25   29   18   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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