Data

U. Missouri, Columbia

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   275   242   231   209   223   246   217   237   244   263
  Science and engineering   256   232   219   188   192   212   198   217   223   242
    Science   206   195   195   166   160   192   169   181   181   217
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   46   47   43   29   25   23   15   43   52   42
      Biological and biomedical sciences   41   40   43   33   37   53   52   61   63   70
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2   2
      Computer and information sciences   35   37   28   27   20   22   13   9   9   14
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   6   5   8   6   4   9   10   4   8   12
      Mathematics and statistics   4   4   8   9   7   5   7   6   6   6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   3   3   2   2   2   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   16   18   20   15   16   24   21   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   22   12   15   21   23   29   30   24   16   26
      Psychology   23   13   17   15   19   16   14   13   11   17
      Social sciences   10   16   11   9   7   11   7   15   14   26
    Engineering   50   37   24   22   32   20   29   36   42   25
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   12   4   2   2   1   1   4   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   1   2   2   2   0   2   2   2   2   2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   11   9   5   2   3   4   3   5   6   3
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   4   7   7   5   11   5   7   5   8   2
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   7   3   0   2   5   4   3   0   3   2
      Mechanical engineering   15   11   8   6   9   3   3   4   4   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   1   0   3   3   1   7   20   19   16
  Health   19   10   12   21   31   34   19   20   21   21
    Clinical medicine   5   5   3   5   10   8   5   10   13   7
    Other health   14   5   9   16   21   26   14   10   8   14

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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