Data

Oregon 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   512   510   523   513   508   460   497   550   547   493
  Science and engineering   506   501   512   500   498   449   477   521   523   464
    Science   287   290   307   292   283   269   299   316   319   307
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   51   45   45   37   32   21   21   22   94   107
      Biological and biomedical sciences   39   49   46   54   52   57   59   64   69   56
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   59   59   70   57   66   57   52   61   52   46
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   34   33   50   42   34   39   35   48   48   45
      Mathematics and statistics   5   4   3   4   2   0   5   8   3   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   56   48   41   50   51   47   66   61   0   0
      Physical sciences   30   29   29   30   39   35   40   36   36   31
      Psychology   2   7   8   5   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   11   16   15   13   6   13   21   16   17   11
    Engineering   219   211   205   208   215   180   178   205   204   157
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   7   5   6   4   3   3   3   1   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   17   16   11   13   16   12   14   17   16   16
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   72   67   60   65   60   48   44   64   58   42
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   23   16   23   19   26   31   26   28   22   18
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   3   3   2   3   5   4   8   5   8   6
      Mechanical engineering   69   71   73   80   86   57   61   56   53   38
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10   12
      Other engineering   28   33   30   24   19   25   22   34   37   25
    Health   6   9   11   13   10   11   20   29   24   29
      Clinical medicine   5   7   8   11   8   6   10   15   14   13
      Other health   1   2   3   2   2   5   10   14   10   16

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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