Data

Duke 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 2013
All surveyed fields   477   488   487   509   436   465   452   486   483   500   0
  Science and engineering   476   486   478   499   423   453   446   475   477   494   0
    Science   320   339   323   380   312   339   351   358   357   356   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   19   13   15   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   189   204   206   236   186   209   213   186   201   189   0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   25   16   21   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   17   17   22   18   17   20   14   17   19   18   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   4   5   6   3   7   7   7   8   8   5   0
      Mathematics and statistics   11   10   11   13   8   13   14   10   14   14   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   6   1   0   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   3   5   3   5   5   8   10   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   67   68   54   73   57   54   70   65   54   53   0
      Psychology   11   13   11   15   14   11   6   9   16   19   0
      Social sciences   12   16   10   16   16   16   17   19   16   22   0
    Engineering   156   147   155   119   111   114   95   117   120   138   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   77   71   75   56   46   52   48   64   65   74   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   12   10   15   12   17   14   13   16   12   14   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   51   48   48   34   31   32   21   24   30   36   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   16   18   17   17   17   16   13   13   13   14   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   1   2   9   10   13   12   6   11   6   6   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   8   7   8   8   2   7   2   4   0
      Other health   1   2   1   3   5   4   4   4   4   2   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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