Data

Montana 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   331   281   283   238   194   175   190   57   201   182
  Science and engineering   331   281   283   238   194   175   190   57   201   182
    Science   250   208   215   185   147   137   164   35   161   141
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   31   28   29   12   9   11   21   5   37   17
      Biological and biomedical sciences   55   50   50   46   34   41   57   2   52   51
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   13   13   13   9   11   7   9   4   7   8
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   14   6   15   13   11   4   8   3   5   10
      Mathematics and statistics   17   9   14   16   15   13   12   2   8   5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   42   38   18   25   11   10   10   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   74   63   75   61   52   51   45   15   47   46
      Psychology   4   1   1   3   2   0   1   1   0   0
      Social sciences   0   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   0   1
    Engineering   81   73   68   53   47   38   26   22   40   41
      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   14   10   17   7   18   17   13   1   10   14
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   6   5   8   2   5   6   4   3   5   2
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   29   24   20   15   11   4   4   14   15   14
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   3   1   0   0   0   0   0   4   10   11
      Mechanical engineering   23   27   23   6   13   11   5   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   6   6   0   23   0   0   0   0   0   0
  Health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Other health   0   0   0   0   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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