Data

Iowa State 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   461   471   438   418   448   474   478   445   624   618
  Science and engineering   456   470   437   415   441   462   470   440   620   613
    Science   288   311   302   284   279   250   268   252   351   352
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   34   45   27   25   23   21   20   21   44   48
      Biological and biomedical sciences   88   102   101   116   105   96   100   107   121   125
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2
      Computer and information sciences   21   23   7   11   20   19   27   25   39   31
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   11   12
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   10   19   16   9   13   16   8   7   13   13
      Mathematics and statistics   14   17   21   27   25   12   12   13   26   23
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   2   8   6   6   4   3   5   1   6
      Natural resources and conservation   24   21   15   9   15   8   13   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   90   76   99   76   66   69   75   64   75   73
      Psychology   5   5   3   3   3   2   6   5   5   2
      Social sciences   0   1   5   2   3   3   4   3   15   17
    Engineering   168   159   135   131   162   212   202   188   269   261
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   19   14   11   12   22   22   14   14   15   16
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   4   5   1   1   1   5   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   24   19   24   17   13   23   20   17   23   20
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   17   9   8   10   9   12   17   15   46   41
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   39   44   46   46   57   75   70   58   84   75
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   4   6   6   6   6   4   7   3   4   6
      Mechanical engineering   34   28   18   24   29   42   39   36   43   51
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   13   22   14   6   10   14   14   23   25   27
      Other engineering   14   12   7   9   15   15   21   22   29   25
  Health   5   1   1   3   7   12   8   5   4   5
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Other health   5   1   1   3   7   12   8   5   4   5

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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