Data

Harvard U.
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 1,292 | 1,280 | 1,219 | 1,271 | 1,253 | 1,276 | 1,149 | 1,226 | 1,335 | 1,298 |
Science and engineering | 1,238 | 1,228 | 1,164 | 1,239 | 1,224 | 1,254 | 1,137 | 1,205 | 1,298 | 1,268 |
Science | 1,086 | 1,089 | 1,035 | 1,121 | 1,110 | 1,198 | 1,098 | 1,135 | 1,226 | 1,217 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 773 | 759 | 720 | 757 | 730 | 649 | 613 | 622 | 678 | 639 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 48 | 50 | 49 | 37 | 41 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 23 | 17 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 29 | 25 | 31 | 39 | 37 |
Mathematics and statistics | 23 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 37 | 39 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 29 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 82 | 89 | 93 | 90 | 94 |
Physical sciences | 195 | 199 | 173 | 220 | 228 | 253 | 216 | 219 | 243 | 264 |
Psychology | 11 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
Social sciences | 36 | 45 | 51 | 57 | 61 | 108 | 93 | 117 | 121 | 121 |
Engineering | 152 | 139 | 129 | 118 | 114 | 56 | 39 | 70 | 72 | 51 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 152 | 139 | 129 | 118 | 114 | 56 | 39 | 70 | 72 | 51 |
Health | 54 | 52 | 55 | 32 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 30 |
Clinical medicine | 1 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 24 |
Other health | 53 | 47 | 38 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
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).