Data

U. Georgia

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   630   642   733   647   637   538   518   500   527   422
  Science and engineering   612   615   698   623   601   506   500   441   468   390
    Science   560   557   641   584   544   459   462   399   435   366
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   93   82   76   66   58   52   35   87   81   79
      Biological and biomedical sciences   230   233   281   289   233   207   200   162   153   145
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   22   17   13   14   17   13   13   1   2   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   25   14   28   33   20   18   27   11   9   13
      Mathematics and statistics   10   8   10   7   13   13   12   18   19   18
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   23   0   0   0   0   0   1   2   4
      Natural resources and conservation   67   67   94   56   60   49   51   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   52   39   67   64   77   58   85   94   109   91
      Psychology   41   45   38   18   11   4   1   4   9   2
      Social sciences   19   29   34   37   55   45   38   21   51   13
    Engineering   52   58   57   39   57   47   38   42   33   24
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   17   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   3   7   0   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   32   40   57   39   57   47   38   42   33   24
  Health   18   27   35   24   36   32   18   59   59   32
    Clinical medicine   2   7   10   8   25   21   13   13   22   22
    Other health   16   20   25   16   11   11   5   46   37   10

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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