Data

U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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   449   413   495   465   484   460   421   452   455   471
  Science and engineering   443   408   488   458   477   451   409   433   438   457
    Science   304   265   343   326   349   326   283   295   295   307
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   32   28   37   31   31   32   26   28   59   54
      Biological and biomedical sciences   73   66   96   91   112   79   76   73   55   61
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   78   74   67   70   79   79   71   69   82   81
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   16   9   7   10   11   9   19   16   11   18
      Mathematics and statistics   4   1   4   2   4   3   2   0   1   2
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   18   11   19   15   14   12   12   21   0   0
      Physical sciences   63   66   83   77   74   80   55   66   63   57
      Psychology   2   3   9   13   12   13   9   7   6   10
      Social sciences   18   7   21   17   12   19   13   15   11   18
    Engineering   139   143   145   132   128   125   126   138   143   150
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   18   9   6   2   3   2   1   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   43   51   58   58   55   52   44   51   15   26
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   15   15   15   11   9   15   16   17   19   23
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   42   50   43   34   32   29   37   44   51   42
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   7   7   2   2   4   5   5   6   3   3
      Mechanical engineering   13   11   21   25   25   22   23   20   20   14
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   35   42
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   6   5   7   7   7   9   12   19   17   14
      Clinical medicine   5   1   1   2   1   4   4   2   1   1
      Other health   1   4   6   5   6   5   8   17   16   13

NOTES:
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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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