Data

U. Florida

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   1,448   1,498   1,340   1,375   1,266   1,256   1,183   850   883   839
  Science and engineering   1,373   1,426   1,282   1,312   1,219   1,202   1,142   811   859   813
    Science   826   884   815   778   704   699   674   466   466   421
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   132   127   123   101   70   89   93   61   93   105
      Biological and biomedical sciences   385   374   337   375   341   325   300   212   194   156
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1
      Computer and information sciences   36   77   31   13   30   26   23   46   43   8
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   11   13   8   9   5   6   14   10   5   6
      Mathematics and statistics   20   25   23   16   13   20   15   5   3   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   34   33   43   40   39   44   40   28   0   0
      Physical sciences   142   170   175   153   154   144   130   59   71   96
      Psychology   10   6   10   7   3   4   8   16   21   25
      Social sciences   56   59   65   64   49   41   51   29   34   20
    Engineering   547   542   467   534   515   503   468   345   393   392
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   30   28   19   25   23   32   29   23   20   22
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   95   77   58   66   65   66   61   36   33   29
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   39   36   27   34   21   33   28   22   25   25
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   49   57   58   66   52   56   47   41   41   45
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   166   166   156   198   182   162   137   98   120   123
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   12   18   9   8   11   7   5   6   8   11
      Mechanical engineering   61   68   63   69   73   61   65   54   59   72
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   34   39   34   34   48   50   48   27   38   24
      Other engineering   61   53   43   34   40   36   48   38   49   41
    Health   75   72   58   63   47   54   41   39   24   26
      Clinical medicine   29   20   21   20   11   21   12   13   5   11
      Other health   46   52   37   43   36   33   29   26   19   15

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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