Data

Kansas State U.

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   376   385   437   410   372   320   366   236   323   328
  Science and engineering   374   368   434   407   371   309   360   225   295   309
    Science   315   305   358   331   291   250   285   173   226   257
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   110   83   115   112   106   87   88   36   52   63
      Biological and biomedical sciences   98   90   100   89   70   70   73   56   69   80
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Computer and information sciences   17   21   19   14   17   2   15   4   13   17
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   15   21
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   1   0   0   2   2   2   3   1   1   1
      Mathematics and statistics   2   4   4   2   2   2   1   3   2   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   7   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   6   8   4   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   38   43   43   55   47   51   54   50   46   44
      Psychology   16   26   32   17   14   9   8   0   2   7
      Social sciences   29   25   36   36   33   27   43   23   25   24
    Engineering   59   63   76   76   80   59   75   52   69   52
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   9   8   8   8   7   6   12   7   5   5
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   4   5   8   7   8   7   9   8   4   6
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   15   18   25   16   23   9   14   9   19   12
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   6   6   7   7   8   3   5   2   2   2
      Mechanical engineering   8   10   10   18   14   12   14   9   10   5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   17   16   18   20   20   22   21   17   29   22
    Health   2   17   3   3   1   11   6   11   28   19
      Clinical medicine   2   12   3   3   1   1   1   5   2   3
      Other health   0   5   0   0   0   10   5   6   26   16

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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