Data

U. Georgia

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   686   630   642   733   647   637   538   518   500   527
  Science and engineering   661   612   615   698   623   601   506   500   441   468
    Science   585   560   557   641   584   544   459   462   399   435
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   90   93   82   76   66   58   52   35   87   81
      Biological and biomedical sciences   252   230   233   281   289   233   207   200   162   153
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   27   22   17   13   14   17   13   13   1   2
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   27   25   14   28   33   20   18   27   11   9
      Mathematics and statistics   12   10   8   10   7   13   13   12   18   19
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   11   1   23   0   0   0   0   0   1   2
      Natural resources and conservation   60   67   67   94   56   60   49   51   0   0
      Physical sciences   54   52   39   67   64   77   58   85   94   109
      Psychology   39   41   45   38   18   11   4   1   4   9
      Social sciences   13   19   29   34   37   55   45   38   21   51
    Engineering   76   52   58   57   39   57   47   38   42   33
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   15   17   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   3   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   61   32   40   57   39   57   47   38   42   33
    Health   25   18   27   35   24   36   32   18   59   59
      Clinical medicine   8   2   7   10   8   25   21   13   13   22
      Other health   17   16   20   25   16   11   11   5   46   37

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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