Data

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy

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   204   191   246 i   250 i   250   246   239   273   310   301
  Science and engineering   204   191   246 i   250 i   250   246   239   273   310   301
    Science   73   68   88 i   92 i   91   88   85   111   113   114
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   21   18   10 i   10 i   10   10   10   10   14   13
      Communication   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   1
      Computer and information sciences   30   22   36 i   39 i   38   36   33   45   44   45
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   2   4   5 i   5 i   5   5   5   6   4   4
      Mathematics and statistics   3   7   8 i   8 i   8   8   8   14   12   19
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   6   3   5 i   5 i   5   5   5   8   8   6
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   11   14   24 i   25 i   25   24   24   28   30   25
      Psychology   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   1   1
    Engineering   131   123   158 i   158 i   159   158   154   162   197   187
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   8   6   11 i   12 i   12   11   11   9   14   9
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   23   23   16 i   16 i   16   16   15   14   18   15
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   26   21   20 i   21 i   21   20   20   19   24   28
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   4   5   6 i   6 i   6   6   6   7   9   10
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   23   26   32 i   32 i   33   32   31   33   44   44
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   1   1   8 i   7 i   7   8   7   0   0   6
      Mechanical engineering   26   23   30 i   30 i   30   30   29   30   38   36
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   12   10   18 i   18 i   18   18   17   20   26   22
      Other engineering   8   8   17 i   16 i   16   17   18   30   24   17
  Health   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Other health   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0

i=imputed

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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