Data

U. Southern California

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   933   832   799   752   716   682   782   695   720   828
  Science and engineering   915   793   766   721   664   630   741   652   686   803
    Science   480   468   454   442   446   393   494   401   456   521
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   184   177   180   182   158   122   210   129   164   216
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   122   138   120   123   135   156   125   100   114   131
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   27   23   32   23   23   15   22   24   26   32
      Mathematics and statistics   2   8   2   1   3   3   4   1   4   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   4   0   5   6   7   12   13   6   3
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   112   86   89   76   93   67   90   64   60   46
      Psychology   18   10   8   11   15   11   12   14   13   13
      Social sciences   13   22   23   20   13   12   19   14   21   24
    Engineering   435   325   312   279   218   237   247   251   230   282
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   8   5   4   8   3   5   4   0   4   7
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   89   3   3   3   2   22   39   31   44   61
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   21   17   19   3   18   20   25   27   27   51
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   36   28   32   26   23   35   32   34   9   15
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   239   216   216   200   133   127   99   115   118   113
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   21   26   21   22   13   22   18   15   16   18
      Mechanical engineering   21   30   17   17   26   6   30   27   12   16
      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   2   0   1
  Health   18   39   33   31   52   52   41   43   34   25
    Clinical medicine   6   2   8   3   5   17   14   11   13   16
    Other health   12   37   25   28   47   35   27   32   21   9

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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