Data

U. California, Los Angeles

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   948   933   992   986   1,159   884   848   725   795   920
  Science and engineering   870   852   936   935   1,018   824   786   678   769   861
    Science   601   618   654   645   667   596   565   471   535   624
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   282   291   324   293   270   247   258   218   211   230
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   56   49   63   59   78   74   58   47   55   51
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   23   32   43   48   55   39   29   28   24   27
      Mathematics and statistics   17   26   33   29   57   35   43   40   32   45
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   145   147   133   147   132   134   109   81   105   107
      Psychology   44   36   37   39   32   33   32   28   43   46
      Social sciences   34   37   21   30   43   34   36   29   32   72
    Engineering   269   234   282   290   351   228   221   207   234   237
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   12   11   15   19   21   12   8   10   6   6
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   37   37   59   57   54   41   33   23   43   41
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   29   28   23   18   18   20   17   12   22   30
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   19   11   28   33   44   18   24   15   14   11
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   104   89   83   81   107   73   84   88   84   76
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   39   33   49   49   62   30   36   36   41   42
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   29   25   25   33   41   34   19   23   24   31
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   78   81   56   51   141   60   62   47   26   59
      Clinical medicine   59   68   42   40   128   51   52   36   7   47
      Other health   19   13   14   11   13   9   10   11   19   12

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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