Data

U. Southern California

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   896   933   832   799   752   716   682   782   695   720
  Science and engineering   873   915   793   766   721   664   630   741   652   686
    Science   456   480   468   454   442   446   393   494   401   456
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   183   184   177   180   182   158   122   210   129   164
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
      Computer and information sciences   104   122   138   120   123   135   156   125   100   114
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   29   27   23   32   23   23   15   22   24   26
      Mathematics and statistics   4   2   8   2   1   3   3   4   1   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   1   2   4   0   5   6   7   12   13   6
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   104   112   86   89   76   93   67   90   64   60
      Psychology   15   18   10   8   11   15   11   12   14   13
      Social sciences   16   13   22   23   20   13   12   19   14   21
    Engineering   417   435   325   312   279   218   237   247   251   230
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   13   8   5   4   8   3   5   4   0   4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   85   89   3   3   3   2   22   39   31   44
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   26   21   17   19   3   18   20   25   27   27
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   45   36   28   32   26   23   35   32   34   9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   207   239   216   216   200   133   127   99   115   118
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   15   21   26   21   22   13   22   18   15   16
      Mechanical engineering   26   21   30   17   17   26   6   30   27   12
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0
    Health   23   18   39   33   31   52   52   41   43   34
      Clinical medicine   13   6   2   8   3   5   17   14   11   13
      Other health   10   12   37   25   28   47   35   27   32   21

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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