Data

U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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   1,385   1,458   1,341   1,245   1,182   1,177   1,186   1,176   1,115   1,091
  Science and engineering   1,378   1,442   1,326   1,237   1,161   1,158   1,170   1,160   1,098   1,071
    Science   724   740   673   602   570   608   612   642   584   596
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   69   65   61   54   47   46   38   75   65   54
      Biological and biomedical sciences   160   177   152   152   137   146   118   113   90   105
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3   5
      Computer and information sciences   192   200   191   147   128   138   149   162   153   159
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   34   35   33   35   34   38   39   31   23   32
      Mathematics and statistics   13   21   10   11   8   13   20   21   14   10
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   33   25   26   23   31   30   30   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   170   166   155   135   132   138   160   149   158   154
      Psychology   14   20   18   18   26   26   23   30   27   31
      Social sciences   32   31   27   27   27   33   35   31   28   24
    Engineering   654   702   653   635   591   550   558   518   514   475
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   64   70   76   55   51   35   39   30   26   26
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   54   57   39   41   31   27   30   22   15   21
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   50   44   40   41   35   30   27   14   12   7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   90   93   80   69   69   64   71   77   83   92
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   117   140   139   142   138   134   133   149   170   136
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   19   18   24   29   25   26   17   16   9   10
      Mechanical engineering   106   115   98   113   110   108   113   89   99   87
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   88   94   90   81   62   63   64   62   63   64
      Other engineering   66   71   67   64   70   63   64   59   37   32
  Health   7   16   15   8   21   19   16   16   17   20
    Clinical medicine   1   1   1   1   0   0   1   0   1   2
    Other health   6   15   14   7   21   19   15   16   16   18

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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