Data

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 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   1,072   1,053   973   964   883   834   795   756   759   775
  Science and engineering   1,068   1,050   969   964   881   824   783   748   755   765
    Science   537   470   444   410   341   320   314   312   317   350
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   68   56   55   48   39   20   29   26   58   75
      Biological and biomedical sciences   161   145   112   106   104   89   79   71   74   74
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   100   86   100   74   56   70   75   75   80   89
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   5
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   23   23   19   19   7   10   16   16   18   15
      Mathematics and statistics   17   16   9   15   18   17   12   11   22   18
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   5   0   2   3   2   2   2   1   1   2
      Natural resources and conservation   57   46   39   42   24   28   35   40   0   0
      Physical sciences   73   63   70   63   59   45   33   37   29   38
      Psychology   10   14   11   9   9   11   9   9   12   14
      Social sciences   23   21   27   31   23   28   24   26   18   20
    Engineering   531   580   525   554   540   504   469   436   438   415
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   57   69   67   75   67   56   42   31   29   35
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   15   12   22   29   19   15   18   15   15   18
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   40   42   27   28   23   23   27   23   9   11
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   67   67   70   64   61   49   42   50   56   60
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   155   171   152   155   178   173   170   153   145   116
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   24   33   29   32   35   23   19   11   9   12
      Mechanical engineering   82   89   79   83   71   69   68   73   78   77
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   31   31   35   33   44   50   35   32   39   30
      Other engineering   60   66   44   55   42   46   48   48   58   56
    Health   4   3   4   0   2   10   12   8   4   10
      Clinical medicine   4   3   4   0   2   5   5   3   4   1
      Other health   0   0   0   0   0   5   7   5   0   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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