Data

California Institute of Technology

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields   518   523   556   510   554   519   541   510   522   540   0
  Science and engineering   518   523   556   510   554   519   541   510   522   540   0
    Science   322   307   341   304   326   315   314   291   292   302   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   78   78   99   80   102   82   76   56   51   62   0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   0   0   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   4   1   3   3   2   1   2   4   5   4   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   36   35   28   28   28   32   33   46   51   50   0
      Mathematics and statistics   10   3   10   7   6   7   4   2   2   4   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   8   12   14   10   13   12   11   6   12   12   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   186   177   185   176   173   180   187   163   171   167   0
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   0   1   2   0   2   1   1   0   0   3   0
    Engineering   196   216   215   206   228   204   227   219   230   238   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   20   30   29   26   26   27   27   28   26   35   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   40   50   43   39   47   28   37   29   27   1   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   17   17   14   16   23   23   19   19   23   28   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   13   16   11   12   10   12   12   11   13   14   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   11   13   27   16   19   16   23   25   36   36   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   7   7   7   6   10   6   7   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   28   32   24   37   33   28   29   24   30   28   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   20   22   22   22   20   20   35   33   32   30   0
      Other engineering   40   29   38   32   40   44   38   50   43   66   0
    Health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   0   0   0   0   0   0   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).

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

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