Data

Ohio 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   1,076   1,028   1,129   1,179   1,105   1,024   972   969   1,022   939
  Science and engineering   1,032   1,014   1,075   1,111   1,054   984   933   926   939   879
    Science   630   597   577   554   504   430   430   415   517   509
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   32   44   27   16   12   21   21   15   14   26
      Biological and biomedical sciences   330   309   279   213   194   142   180   183   161   174
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   107   99
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   6
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   15   14   11   18   20   12   17   17   12   9
      Mathematics and statistics   12   17   10   6   18   6   11   14   11   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   6   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   9   9   15   10   8   8   12   11   0   0
      Physical sciences   175   164   181   230   207   200   155   133   147   137
      Psychology   21   6   12   16   9   4   1   4   5   9
      Social sciences   30   30   42   45   36   37   33   38   31   22
    Engineering   402   417   498   557   550   554   503   511   422   370
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   23   27   25   32   30   26   25   17   19   26
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   39   41   26   25   28   29   19   20   27   14
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   25   15   36   49   42   42   33   30   24   26
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   13   17   22   24   20   18   21   18   19   13
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   187   190   222   232   232   229   218   244   132   138
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   14   15   26   22   16   15   15   21   18   16
      Mechanical engineering   30   42   51   58   60   75   61   61   64   40
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   49   43   57   72   82   77   79   77   74   53
      Other engineering   22   27   33   43   40   43   32   23   45   44
    Health   44   14   54   68   51   40   39   43   83   60
      Clinical medicine   7   5   10   20   13   16   7   7   23   17
      Other health   37   9   44   48   38   24   32   36   60   43

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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