Data

Northwestern 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   683   650   650   716   668   585   643   613   635   653
  Science and engineering   680   649   649   708   658   570   629   602   624   644
    Science   392   408   400   417   404   347   378   404   404   430
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   204   213   207   191   192   163   195   132   105   130
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3
      Computer and information sciences   32   25   25   26   19   17   13   15   15   21
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   8   5   4   7   8   8   4   7   8   8
      Mathematics and statistics   1   2   4   2   3   3   5   17   22   16
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   21   21   12   15   6   7   4   4   4   4
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   110   125   132   158   145   121   121   129   158   146
      Psychology   8   6   9   7   15   17   21   25   24   19
      Social sciences   8   11   7   11   16   11   15   13   20   28
    Engineering   288   241   249   291   254   223   251   198   220   214
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   44   37   43   53   41   30   34   33   23   29
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   41   30   28   33   34   31   29   31   28   30
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   26   16   18   0   14   9   11   8   11   8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   34   22   18   20   16   21   15   9   18   24
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   8   12   14   7   16   6   7   7   9   6
      Mechanical engineering   34   27   23   60   42   37   33   23   34   28
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   70   70   75   93   72   69   82   78   89   83
      Other engineering   31   27   30   25   19   20   40   9   8   6
  Health   3   1   1   8   10   15   14   11   11   9
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   1
    Other health   3   1   1   8   10   15   13   10   11   8

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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