Data

U. Iowa

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   578   525   534   591   471   459   486   525   497   509
  Science and engineering   527   470   480   502   419   410   420   447   434   440
    Science   407   358   364   376   309   316   317   347   338   321
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   221   188   213   195   179   186   179   197   157   152
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   33   26   19   29   26   22   22   22   19   9
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   4   3   4   2   6   5   3   4   8   5
      Mathematics and statistics   8   3   4   21   1   1   11   7   4   6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   26   25   30   35   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   70   63   57   61   49   63   70   68   80   75
      Psychology   36   42   32   29   42   34   26   36   24   35
      Social sciences   9   8   5   4   6   5   6   13   25   19
    Engineering   120   112   116   126   110   94   103   100   96   119
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   26   22   25   33   26   18   20   18   22   34
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   14   14   10   7   8   8   5   7   7   9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   11   8   13   23   27   27   23   25   16   16
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   20   23   18   21   15   15   25   22   28   31
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   7   5   12   11   9   6   3   5   3   7
      Mechanical engineering   35   34   33   25   19   20   22   16   20   22
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   7   6   5   6   6   0   5   7   0   0
    Health   51   55   54   89   52   49   66   78   63   69
      Clinical medicine   24   25   24   23   36   35   34   34   42   31
      Other health   27   30   30   66   16   14   32   44   21   38

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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