Data

U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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   1,381   1,385   1,458   1,341   1,245   1,182   1,177   1,186   1,176   1,115
  Science and engineering   1,368   1,378   1,442   1,326   1,237   1,161   1,158   1,170   1,160   1,098
    Science   657   724   740   673   602   570   608   612   642   584
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   88   69   65   61   54   47   46   38   75   65
      Biological and biomedical sciences   173   160   177   152   152   137   146   118   113   90
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3
      Computer and information sciences   128   192   200   191   147   128   138   149   162   153
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   23   34   35   33   35   34   38   39   31   23
      Mathematics and statistics   9   13   21   10   11   8   13   20   21   14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   7   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   34   33   25   26   23   31   30   30   0   0
      Physical sciences   157   170   166   155   135   132   138   160   149   158
      Psychology   14   14   20   18   18   26   26   23   30   27
      Social sciences   24   32   31   27   27   27   33   35   31   28
    Engineering   711   654   702   653   635   591   550   558   518   514
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   68   64   70   76   55   51   35   39   30   26
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   49   54   57   39   41   31   27   30   22   15
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   56   50   44   40   41   35   30   27   14   12
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   97   90   93   80   69   69   64   71   77   83
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   137   117   140   139   142   138   134   133   149   170
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   22   19   18   24   29   25   26   17   16   9
      Mechanical engineering   119   106   115   98   113   110   108   113   89   99
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   95   88   94   90   81   62   63   64   62   63
      Other engineering   68   66   71   67   64   70   63   64   59   37
    Health   13   7   16   15   8   21   19   16   16   17
      Clinical medicine   3   1   1   1   1   0   0   1   0   1
      Other health   10   6   15   14   7   21   19   15   16   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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