Data

U. Arizona

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   723   631   654   637   661   606   471   474   644   674
  Science and engineering   667   574   604   593   607   566   449   452   604   625
    Science   541   456   494   483   486   430   351   351   463   495
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   7   4   8   6   3   6   4   5   13   12
      Biological and biomedical sciences   146   131   133   137   129   106   78   95   95   110
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
      Computer and information sciences   46   27   39   37   44   30   24   9   37   50
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   26   30   19   24   20   23   24   16   71   67
      Mathematics and statistics   28   18   17   23   20   11   15   13   17   14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   5   5   5   3   6   4   2   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   32   24   39   29   42   22   20   21   0   0
      Physical sciences   197   159   160   163   168   166   134   128   146   164
      Psychology   17   18   22   20   9   8   6   13   8   14
      Social sciences   41   40   52   39   48   52   42   49   63   59
    Engineering   126   118   110   110   121   136   98   101   141   130
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   10   13   11
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   35   18   24   29   23   25   13   9   21   23
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   9   13   11   11   11   12   6   9   16   11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   15   15   11   13   18   22   7   13   8   8
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   42   40   38   32   44   47   41   36   39   34
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   14   19   18   18   16   17   5   4   9   11
      Mechanical engineering   10   12   4   6   8   12   14   14   16   15
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   1   4   1   0   1   1   3   15   14
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4   3
    Health   56   57   50   44   54   40   22   22   40   49
      Clinical medicine   32   28   27   23   27   26   17   15   16   13
      Other health   24   29   23   21   27   14   5   7   24   36

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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