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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   264   240   265   249   351   316   212   187   351   174
  Science and engineering   256   235   253   233   335   303   204   181   344   167
    Science   185   153   164   156   230   204   126   82   193   87
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   10   10   10   9   11   14   6   5   33   20
      Biological and biomedical sciences   65   48   75   58   57   57   37   18   36   16
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   15   10   8   15   15   11   9   10   14   5
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   2   3   2   10   8   2   4   10   4
      Mathematics and statistics   2   1   0   1   3   2   2   3   7   6
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   4   10   10   5   24   16   14   11   0   0
      Physical sciences   62   54   41   46   73   56   39   20   55   17
      Psychology   13   12   10   10   16   18   9   4   10   9
      Social sciences   14   6   7   10   21   22   8   7   21   8
    Engineering   71   82   89   77   105   99   78   99   151   80
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   2   4   1   4   9   2   1   3   8   4
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   1   2   3   5   6   0   1   3   2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   1   1   3   2   6   5   3   7   11   5
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   1   4   5   5   6   7   3   10   20   17
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   4   3   2   2   5   4   2   6   5   2
      Mechanical engineering   6   12   16   6   7   10   2   4   5   9
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   2   3   2   2   4   2   1   4   3   4
      Other engineering   55   54   58   51   62   63   66   64   96   37
    Health   8   5   12   16   16   13   8   6   7   7
      Clinical medicine   2   4   6   4   4   2   6   4   3   3
      Other health   6   1   6   12   12   11   2   2   4   4

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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