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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   336   226   227   173   180   195   224   166   172   198
  Science and engineering   328   216   216   169   177   190   220   160   162   193
    Science   231   125   136   111   120   120   144   109   89   102
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   1   1   4   1   3   5   1   0   5   3
      Biological and biomedical sciences   74   62   65   58   46   36   54   45   21   24
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   35   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   38   22   27   13   16   17   20   18   21   22
      Mathematics and statistics   2   1   0   2   3   3   3   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   14   5   7   5   7   12   12   5   0   0
      Physical sciences   46   22   19   17   31   28   32   23   16   22
      Psychology   11   7   8   6   6   7   5   10   15   20
      Social sciences   5   5   6   9   8   12   17   8   5   6
    Engineering   97   91   80   58   57   70   76   51   73   91
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   9   5   3   1   1   4   4   2   2   3
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   10   8   7   4   5   1   1   0   2   4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   25   8   8   7   7   8   6   6   23   31
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   11   41   33   29   26   34   33   18   25   29
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   26   12   10   11   12   13   14   7   9   12
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   15   14   16   6   6   10   18   18   12   12
      Other engineering   1   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   8   10   11   4   3   5   4   6   10   5
      Clinical medicine   7   10   11   4   3   5   4   6   10   5
      Other health   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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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