Data

U. Minnesota

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   1,157   1,154   1,140   1,133   1,141   1,115   1,066   1,013   1,027   1,071
  Science and engineering   1,086   1,068   1,051   1,065   1,062   1,040   995   954   976   981
    Science   752   738   723   734   708   680   661   643   653   663
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   39   39   43   31   25   23   23   21   30   33
      Biological and biomedical sciences   356   336   320   319   292   280   261   243   218   228
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   46   37   61   60   79   83   68   76   81   79
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   36   35   28   30   28   10   15   11   10   12
      Mathematics and statistics   22   19   22   22   21   18   21   19   21   26
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   7   5   6   5   2   5   5   6   2   0
      Natural resources and conservation   14   17   18   20   11   15   13   15   0   0
      Physical sciences   127   126   125   140   144   135   142   133   121   124
      Psychology   78   92   71   73   73   77   85   86   83   73
      Social sciences   27   32   29   34   33   34   28   33   54   50
    Engineering   334   330   328   331   354   360   334   311   323   318
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   26   33   32   34   37   44   39   40   39   50
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   45   51   39   47   62   61   49   51   50   44
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   54   55   64   72   63   51   57   53   40   65
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   21   21   16   13   14   15   13   18   18   19
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   62   51   64   63   62   75   74   70   93   81
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   6   3   1   0   3   4   3   4   4   6
      Mechanical engineering   80   76   68   58   65   68   66   46   47   51
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   38   36   38   30   39   37   28   25   25   0
      Other engineering   2   4   6   14   9   5   5   4   7   2
    Health   71   86   89   68   79   75   71   59   51   90
      Clinical medicine   28   34   35   28   37   29   29   25   20   39
      Other health   43   52   54   40   42   46   42   34   31   51

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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