Data

Brown U.
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 153 | 158 | 117 | 115 | 112 | 187 | 158 | 165 | 188 | 192 |
Science and engineering | 131 | 139 | 114 | 113 | 106 | 178 | 154 | 160 | 184 | 192 |
Science | 101 | 117 | 98 | 93 | 81 | 145 | 127 | 137 | 150 | 157 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 35 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 21 | 27 | 32 | 42 | 71 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Computer and information sciences | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 20 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 10 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 13 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 0 |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 15 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 19 |
Psychology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 18 |
Physical sciences | 11 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 27 |
Social sciences | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Engineering | 30 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 33 | 27 | 23 | 34 | 35 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
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 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 30 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 34 | 35 |
Health | 22 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | . |
Clinical medicine | 22 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | . |
Other health | 0 | 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).