Data

U. Nevada, Reno

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   226   227   173   180   195   224   166   172   198   100
  Science and engineering   216   216   169   177   190   220   160   162   193   99
    Science   125   136   111   120   120   144   109   89   102   55
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   1   4   1   3   5   1   0   5   3   2
      Biological and biomedical sciences   62   65   58   46   36   54   45   21   24   18
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   22   27   13   16   17   20   18   21   22   8
      Mathematics and statistics   1   0   2   3   3   3   0   0   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   5   7   5   7   12   12   5   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   22   19   17   31   28   32   23   16   22   17
      Psychology   7   8   6   6   7   5   10   15   20   6
      Social sciences   5   6   9   8   12   17   8   5   6   4
    Engineering   91   80   58   57   70   76   51   73   91   44
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   5   3   1   1   4   4   2   2   3   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   8   7   4   5   1   1   0   2   4   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   8   8   7   7   8   6   6   23   31   28
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   41   33   29   26   34   33   18   25   29   4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   12   10   11   12   13   14   7   9   12   6
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   14   16   6   6   10   18   18   12   12   6
      Other engineering   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
  Health   10   11   4   3   5   4   6   10   5   1
    Clinical medicine   10   11   4   3   5   4   6   10   5   1
    Other health   0   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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