Data

U. Connecticut

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   982   916   808   773   581   620   534   496   515   436
  Science and engineering   905   853   764   740   545   591   504   471   482   410
    Science   546   501   484   438   311   328   311   294   303   251
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   52   47   42   31   27   23   21   21   35   31
      Biological and biomedical sciences   161   141   147   136   105   90   95   84   85   74
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   41   37   35   31   29   21   27   21   16   18
      Mathematics and statistics   23   17   17   13   7   15   14   10   4   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   40   30   27   32   19   16   14   12   0   0
      Physical sciences   94   98   85   74   54   71   61   67   74   61
      Psychology   94   104   107   90   46   60   52   49   58   39
      Social sciences   35   27   24   31   24   32   27   30   26   22
    Engineering   359   352   280   302   234   263   193   177   179   159
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   55   50   42   42   29   37   32   24   15   13
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   26   34   25   26   20   19   15   7   10   12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   59   52   31   47   33   42   31   37   39   21
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   108   113   89   96   68   88   70   65   71   66
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   3   9   12   5   13   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   67   54   39   33   37   31   26   21   18   22
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   43   45   45   46   41   33   18   22   26   25
      Other engineering   1   1   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   0
    Health   77   63   44   33   36   29   30   25   33   26
      Clinical medicine   12   11   3   6   6   4   8   2   3   0
      Other health   65   52   41   27   30   25   22   23   30   26

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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