Data

U. Florida

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   1,498   1,340   1,375   1,266   1,256   1,183   850   883   839   835
  Science and engineering   1,426   1,282   1,312   1,219   1,202   1,142   811   859   813   801
    Science   884   815   778   704   699   674   466   466   421   416
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   127   123   101   70   89   93   61   93   105   89
      Biological and biomedical sciences   374   337   375   341   325   300   212   194   156   149
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   0
      Computer and information sciences   77   31   13   30   26   23   46   43   8   8
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   13   8   9   5   6   14   10   5   6   8
      Mathematics and statistics   25   23   16   13   20   15   5   3   4   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   33   43   40   39   44   40   28   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   170   175   153   154   144   130   59   71   96   112
      Psychology   6   10   7   3   4   8   16   21   25   27
      Social sciences   59   65   64   49   41   51   29   34   20   19
    Engineering   542   467   534   515   503   468   345   393   392   385
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   28   19   25   23   32   29   23   20   22   16
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   77   58   66   65   66   61   36   33   29   24
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   36   27   34   21   33   28   22   25   25   23
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   57   58   66   52   56   47   41   41   45   47
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   166   156   198   182   162   137   98   120   123   115
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   18   9   8   11   7   5   6   8   11   14
      Mechanical engineering   68   63   69   73   61   65   54   59   72   69
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   39   34   34   48   50   48   27   38   24   42
      Other engineering   53   43   34   40   36   48   38   49   41   35
  Health   72   58   63   47   54   41   39   24   26   34
    Clinical medicine   20   21   20   11   21   12   13   5   11   15
    Other health   52   37   43   36   33   29   26   19   15   19

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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