Data

SUNY, U. Buffalo

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   332   422   307   261   69   257   238   298   297   352
  Science and engineering   301   387   279   229   68   235   224   281   280   324
    Science   181   221   156   111   42   158   134   179   211   227
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   120   105   88   43   12   51   36   67   82   117
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2
      Computer and information sciences   5   55   6   23   13   42   30   54   49   39
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   7   10   11   10   3   7   8   8   6   6
      Mathematics and statistics   0   1   3   1   0   0   0   1   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   32   36   35   29   7   35   33   33   41   32
      Psychology   14   13   13   5   7   23   23   11   8   13
      Social sciences   2   0   0   0   0   0   4   5   17   9
    Engineering   120   166   123   118   26   77   90   102   69   97
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   7   5   7   5   0   1   0   0   1   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   33   26   24   22   8   9   17   14   11   9
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   36   61   47   49   7   24   26   33   28   21
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   12   15   9   8   3   12   8   11   6   11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   6   18   16   18   5   25   26   39   0   25
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   14   23   4   10   3   6   10   0   9   20
      Mechanical engineering   12   15   16   6   0   0   3   5   14   11
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   31   35   28   32   1   22   14   17   17   28
      Clinical medicine   2   2   2   0   0   0   2   0   1   5
      Other health   29   33   26   32   1   22   12   17   16   23

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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