Data

Carnegie Mellon U.

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
All surveyed fields   972   903   925   942   847   764   748   672   736   664
  Science and engineering   972   903   925   942   847   764   748   672   736   664
    Science   477   448   469   437   418   373   340   322   371   327
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   86   76   84   79   65   55   37   29   25   32
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   244   238   227   244   231   220   190   197   233   193
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   19   21   25   20   11   16   24   19   21   25
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   6   2   3   2   0   0   1   1   2   3
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   121   108   122   81   102   68   73   49   59   54
      Psychology   0   2   5   7   9   14   14   12   17   12
      Social sciences   1   1   3   4   0   0   1   0   1   0
    Engineering   495   455   456   505   429   391   408   350   365   337
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   42   43   33   41   42   31   21   20   16   22
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   24   22   27   46   37   41   32   32   29   29
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   35   30   37   36   29   40   78   32   31   35
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   138   94   126   134   124   122   129   111   135   134
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   8   5   5   6   6   9   5   4   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   226   241   201   216   165   126   116   82   85   57
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   38   40   29
      Other engineering   22   20   27   26   26   22   27   31   29   31
  Health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Other health   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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