Data

Texas A&M 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   1,022   1,024   992   940   799   793   725   931   844   716
  Science and engineering   989   991   967   910   729   769   714   908   829   687
    Science   559   543   561   450   402   420   405   415   414   382
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   90   51   35   31   33   26   19   17   39   25
      Biological and biomedical sciences   178   209   215   192   174   177   185   181   139   133
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   55   50   48   18   12   16   17   16   53   41
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   38   50   66   52   42   39   48   78   53   42
      Mathematics and statistics   8   20   11   13   11   10   14   9   12   5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6
      Natural resources and conservation   18   7   14   0   13   9   10   2   0   0
      Physical sciences   116   115   137   113   95   88   84   77   96   96
      Psychology   27   19   20   25   17   43   15   9   0   17
      Social sciences   29   22   15   6   5   12   13   26   13   10
    Engineering   430   448   406   460   327   349   309   493   415   305
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   47   63   51   69   53   52   45   26   29   31
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   48   58   56   44   21   35   33   48   33   37
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   48   50   29   12   14   13   11   45   42   39
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   16   32   23   42   5   6   2   50   6   7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   52   64   63   86   87   92   106   187   203   86
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   22   28   30   29   13   15   14   22   15   9
      Mechanical engineering   83   65   71   68   66   37   0   0   0   1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   68   67   65   71   59   47   45   39   24   26
      Other engineering   46   21   18   39   9   52   53   76   63   69
    Health   33   33   25   30   70   24   11   23   15   29
      Clinical medicine   5   8   6   16   57   14   0   1   12   21
      Other health   28   25   19   14   13   10   11   22   3   8

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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