Data

U. California, Davis

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   824   844   932   875   938   982   822   968   770   801
  Science and engineering   816   839   925   870   934   979   821   857   764   795
    Science   632   577   662   612   686   720   657   653   599   636
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   61   51   65   54   53   54   47   52   36   40
      Biological and biomedical sciences   338   307   360   320   349   355   319   317   291   281
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2
      Computer and information sciences   51   65   61   52   58   62   49   54   41   62
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   18   27   31   32   24   29   24   39   31   32
      Mathematics and statistics   9   8   9   9   17   22   21   24   21   27
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   8   15
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
      Physical sciences   108   65   75   85   115   125   126   85   82   91
      Psychology   25   37   39   35   45   41   33   33   30   27
      Social sciences   22   17   21   25   25   32   38   48   34   30
    Engineering   184   262   263   258   248   259   164   204   165   159
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   67   67   69   38   35   36   35   41   33   31
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   18   29   27   26   22   28   28   26   22   20
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   32   31   35   38   40   42   33   49   26   31
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   39   79   80   73   76   80   30   42   34   32
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   13   33   26   25   27   18   14   14   18   19
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   15   23   26   30   29   32   11   22   21   17
      Other engineering   0   0   0   28   19   23   13   10   11   9
    Health   8   5   7   5   4   3   1   111   6   6
      Clinical medicine   3   2   6   5   2   3   0   22   6   6
      Other health   5   3   1   0   2   0   1   89   0   0

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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