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Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2016–07
Field 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
All surveyed fields 172    208    313    318    489    533    506    446    525    495   
  Science and engineering 151    188    281    286    445    458    468    409    470    462   
    Science 121    148    203    203    345    350    365    347    389    392   
      Agricultural sciences 7    8    12    10    53    48    39    24    44    42   
      Biological sciences 67    67    101    97    86    102    143    145    147    166   
      Communication 0    1    0    1    7    7    6    3    5    4   
      Computer sciences 7    10    12    14    27    29    30    23    28    28   
      Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2    5    6    5    4    3    3    5    3    5   
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0    0    0    0    0    0    2    0    7    3   
      Mathematics and statistics 1    5    4    7    7    6    5    14    10    14   
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0    0    1    1    4    4    5    5    2    5   
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    .   
      Physical sciences 33    29    34    32    39    40    43    69    59    56   
      Psychology 2    16    29    30    70    65    48    44    42    25   
      Social sciences 2    7    4    6    48    46    41    15    42    44   
    Engineering 30    40    78    83    100    108    103    62    81    70   
      Chemical engineering 10    8    28    30    19    26    19    12    13    12   
      Civil engineering 2    2    1    1    10    10    10    3    5    5   
      Electrical engineering 6    7    12    19    21    20    21    23    33    24   
      Industrial engineering 0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2   
      Mechanical engineering 3    12    10    9    10    8    8    2    4    8   
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 0    0    0    0    0    0    11    6    6    6   
      Other engineering 9    11    27    24    40    44    34    16    20    13   
  Health 21    20    32    32    44    75    38    37    55    33   

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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