Data

State U. New York, The, U. at Buffalo

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   422   307   261   69   257   238   298   297   352   318
  Science and engineering   387   279   229   68   235   224   281   280   324   292
    Science   221   156   111   42   158   134   179   211   227   204
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   105   88   43   12   51   36   67   82   117   98
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2   2
      Computer and information sciences   55   6   23   13   42   30   54   49   39   36
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   10   11   10   3   7   8   8   6   6   10
      Mathematics and statistics   1   3   1   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   36   35   29   7   35   33   33   41   32   17
      Psychology   13   13   5   7   23   23   11   8   13   19
      Social sciences   0   0   0   0   0   4   5   17   9   12
    Engineering   166   123   118   26   77   90   102   69   97   88
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   5   7   5   0   1   0   0   1   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   26   24   22   8   9   17   14   11   9   7
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   61   47   49   7   24   26   33   28   21   22
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   15   9   8   3   12   8   11   6   11   18
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   18   16   18   5   25   26   39   0   25   17
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   23   4   10   3   6   10   0   9   20   19
      Mechanical engineering   15   16   6   0   0   3   5   14   11   5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
  Health   35   28   32   1   22   14   17   17   28   26
    Clinical medicine   2   2   0   0   0   2   0   1   5   11
    Other health   33   26   32   1   22   12   17   16   23   15

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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