Data

Boston C.

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2021–12
Field	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012
All surveyed fields	86	63	61	81	95	91	77	78	91	61
Science and engineering	86	63	61	80	95	90	77	78	91	61
Science	86	63	61	79	94	90	77	78	91	61
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	11	11	11	13	21	14	19	13	17	12
Communication	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Computer and information sciences	0	0	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences	5	2	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	0
Mathematics and statistics	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies	.	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.	.
Natural resources and conservation	0	0	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	.
Psychology	2	2	2	6	7	10	4	7	8	5
Physical sciences	65	44	43	55	57	62	53	57	65	42
Social sciences	1	2	3	4	4	1	1	1	1	2
Engineering	0	.	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	.
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	.
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mechanical engineering	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Other engineering	0	.	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	.
Health	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Clinical medicine	.	.	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	.
Other health	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	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).