Data

U. California, Irvine

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   705   682   536   719   547   676   514   609   577   629
  Science and engineering   705   682   521   696   528   644   497   590   570   623
    Science   501   473   360   497   396   470   350   422   417   458
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   258   242   181   200   146   166   134   110   111   103
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   13   74   46   63   52   55   47   58
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   26   26   18   24   23   26   16   15   24   21
      Mathematics and statistics   27   28   16   16   15   12   10   16   16   25
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   4   3   2   2   0   0   4   4   4
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   161   152   109   149   134   171   106   151   145   180
      Psychology   0   0   1   6   12   12   10   9   6   6
      Social sciences   25   21   19   26   18   20   22   30   29   29
    Engineering   204   209   161   199   132   174   147   168   153   165
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   57   56   44   47   29   40   27   33   37   42
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   34   26   20   23   17   22   22   18   18   19
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   25   26   9   16   14   14   23   25   23   28
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   28   41   37   57   28   47   32   44   39   37
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   2   4   3   3   2   3   1   1   2   3
      Mechanical engineering   28   31   29   32   26   22   19   27   21   21
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   30   25   19   21   16   26   23   20   13   15
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
  Health   0   0   15   23   19   32   17   19   7   6
    Clinical medicine   0   0   15   12   9   14   6   7   6   6
    Other health   0   0   0   11   10   18   11   12   1   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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