Data

Vanderbilt U.

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   831   807   836   828   786   629   690   681   765   768
  Science and engineering   813   794   828   820   777   620   671   664   716   714
    Science   615   589   602   572   561   487   503   495   518   525
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   389   377   411   407   379   347   354   335   212   189
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   74   83   56   49   47   39   37   42   38   26
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   5   3   4   0   3   3   3   3   15   6
      Mathematics and statistics   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   34   0   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   3   5   0   0   1   0   0   0   62   76
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   100   77   74   72   81   72   73   46   93   123
      Psychology   23   33   30   27   32   20   30   28   25   27
      Social sciences   18   11   27   17   18   6   6   7   20   21
    Engineering   198   205   226   248   216   133   168   169   198   189
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   96   88   86   96   65   23   40   43   46   41
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   27   32   30   28   33   16   25   20   27   29
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   20   25   31   32   26   10   15   17   27   28
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   33   30   39   46   45   46   45   54   46   44
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   22   30   40   46   47   38   43   35   39   31
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13   16
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   18   13   8   8   9   9   19   17   49   54
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   20   26
      Other health   18   13   8   8   9   9   19   17   29   28

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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