Data

Texas A&M U.

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   1,024   992   940   799   793   725   931   844   716   686
  Science and engineering   991   967   910   729   769   714   908   829   687   677
    Science   543   561   450   402   420   405   415   414   382   339
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   51   35   31   33   26   19   17   39   25   32
      Biological and biomedical sciences   209   215   192   174   177   185   181   139   133   82
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   50   48   18   12   16   17   16   53   41   40
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   50   66   52   42   39   48   78   53   42   35
      Mathematics and statistics   20   11   13   11   10   14   9   12   5   6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0
      Natural resources and conservation   7   14   0   13   9   10   2   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   115   137   113   95   88   84   77   96   96   95
      Psychology   19   20   25   17   43   15   9   0   17   34
      Social sciences   22   15   6   5   12   13   26   13   10   6
    Engineering   448   406   460   327   349   309   493   415   305   338
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   63   51   69   53   52   45   26   29   31   50
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   58   56   44   21   35   33   48   33   37   27
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   50   29   12   14   13   11   45   42   39   32
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   32   23   42   5   6   2   50   6   7   7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   64   63   86   87   92   106   187   203   86   126
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   28   30   29   13   15   14   22   15   9   12
      Mechanical engineering   65   71   68   66   37   0   0   0   1   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   67   65   71   59   47   45   39   24   26   5
      Other engineering   21   18   39   9   52   53   76   63   69   79
  Health   33   25   30   70   24   11   23   15   29   9
    Clinical medicine   8   6   16   57   14   0   1   12   21   1
    Other health   25   19   14   13   10   11   22   3   8   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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