Data

Oregon 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   510   523   513   508   460   497   550   547   493   297
  Science and engineering   501   512   500   498   449   477   521   523   464   287
    Science   290   307   292   283   269   299   316   319   307   211
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   45   45   37   32   21   21   22   94   107   59
      Biological and biomedical sciences   49   46   54   52   57   59   64   69   56   46
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   59   70   57   66   57   52   61   52   46   40
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   5
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   33   50   42   34   39   35   48   48   45   31
      Mathematics and statistics   4   3   4   2   0   5   8   3   4   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   48   41   50   51   47   66   61   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   29   29   30   39   35   40   36   36   31   19
      Psychology   7   8   5   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   16   15   13   6   13   21   16   17   11   7
    Engineering   211   205   208   215   180   178   205   204   157   76
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   5   6   4   3   3   3   1   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   16   11   13   16   12   14   17   16   16   13
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   67   60   65   60   48   44   64   58   42   17
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   16   23   19   26   31   26   28   22   18   9
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   3   2   3   5   4   8   5   8   6   3
      Mechanical engineering   71   73   80   86   57   61   56   53   38   15
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10   12   11
      Other engineering   33   30   24   19   25   22   34   37   25   8
  Health   9   11   13   10   11   20   29   24   29   10
    Clinical medicine   7   8   11   8   6   10   15   14   13   7
    Other health   2   3   2   2   5   10   14   10   16   3

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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