Data
Stanford U.
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 1,428 | 1,511 | 1,565 | 1,582 | 1,331 | 1,389 | 1,512 | 1,470 | 1,488 | 1,612 |
Science and engineering | 1,392 | 1,468 | 1,524 | 1,549 | 1,292 | 1,355 | 1,512 | 1,455 | 1,485 | 1,611 |
Science | 860 | 915 | 906 | 948 | 851 | 792 | 896 | 771 | 779 | 838 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 296 | 293 | 323 | 362 | 391 | 370 | 337 | 295 | 304 | 315 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Computer and information sciences | 148 | 147 | 130 | 130 | 20 | 18 | 124 | 106 | 105 | 98 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 25 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 22 | 29 | 45 |
Mathematics and statistics | 57 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 49 | 62 | 75 | 80 | 84 | 82 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 49 | 53 | 52 | 69 |
Psychology | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 35 |
Physical sciences | 295 | 331 | 314 | 320 | 331 | 254 | 240 | 154 | 154 | 143 |
Social sciences | 29 | 39 | 31 | 26 | 34 | 49 | 36 | 44 | 34 | 48 |
Engineering | 532 | 553 | 618 | 601 | 441 | 563 | 616 | 684 | 706 | 773 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 62 | 64 | 60 | 45 | 49 | 48 | 53 | 47 | 34 | 39 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 60 | 59 | 70 | 69 | 66 | 68 | 77 | 79 | 46 | 44 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 51 | 43 | 56 | 55 | 45 | 44 | 59 | 53 | 61 | 47 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 37 | 50 | 52 | 52 | 41 | 40 | 37 | 39 | 47 | 60 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 105 | 123 | 149 | 158 | 121 | 173 | 173 | 181 | 233 | 285 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 22 | 25 | 28 |
Mechanical engineering | 129 | 127 | 139 | 143 | 58 | 142 | 143 | 142 | 135 | 148 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 81 | 81 | 82 | 70 | 45 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 53 | 55 |
Other engineering | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 4 | . | 72 | 72 | 67 |
Health | 36 | 43 | 41 | 33 | 39 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
Clinical medicine | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
Other health | 27 | 33 | 36 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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).