Data

New York 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   448   530   680   385   386   327   565   284   449   406
  Science and engineering   420   491   651   367   386   326   512   284   449   406
    Science   334   403   549   309   314   266   461   274   348   329
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   170   190   264   175   171   153   185   155   116   93
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   52   56   81   45   37   44   47   21   64   71
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   7   24   31   20   26   15   39   8   30   27
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   21   9   5   3   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   2   2   3   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   29   46   42   23   66   38   82   60   44   47
      Psychology   26   40   87   21   12   15   71   22   20   23
      Social sciences   27   36   36   21   2   1   36   8   22   18
    Engineering   86   88   102   58   72   60   51   10   101   77
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   7   7   10   1   0   0   4   1   1   6
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   14   13   14   8   7   5   3   1   5   2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   10   10   19   8   11   12   9   4   14   3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   48   43   40   25   43   34   26   2   60   43
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   1   1   1   1   0   1   1   0   1
      Mechanical engineering   7   14   18   15   10   9   8   1   14   19
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   2
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
    Health   28   39   29   18   0   1   53   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   1   6   5   2   0   0   13   0   0   0
      Other health   27   33   24   16   0   1   40   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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