Data

U. Illinois, Chicago

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   440   437   366   360   330   336   313   309   180   227
  Science and engineering   380   376   316   308   291   284   253   237   149   190
    Science   244   245   208   183   181   183   167   155   108   142
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   77   85   76   47   65   66   57   46   26   44
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   46   35   39   38   35   28   33   32   28   32
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   2   3   2   2   3   2   2   3   1   3
      Mathematics and statistics   10   10   10   8   7   10   8   6   9   9
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   98   92   68   72   58   57   49   49   18   29
      Psychology   5   13   9   8   7   14   7   11   8   12
      Social sciences   6   7   4   8   6   6   11   8   12   8
    Engineering   136   131   108   125   110   101   86   82   41   48
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   28   22   26   28   20   19   15   12   6   10
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   13   11   11   8   5   9   11   10   4   7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   10   10   8   13   7   11   10   12   7   7
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   34   40   25   31   39   27   22   20   12   9
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   7   6   6   5   4   4   3   6   2   3
      Mechanical engineering   37   38   30   38   32   28   23   20   7   9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   7   4   2   2   3   3   2   2   3   3
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   60   61   50   52   39   52   60   72   31   37
      Clinical medicine   11   16   27   23   22   27   29   32   17   21
      Other health   49   45   23   29   17   25   31   40   14   16

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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