Data

Harvard U.
Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 2,406 | 2,505 | 2,541 | 2,449 | 2,261 | 2,385 | 2,307 | 2,641 | 3,253 | 3,594 |
Science and engineering | 1,007 | 1,084 | 1,113 | 1,045 | 947 | 984 | 956 | 1,026 | 1,370 | 1,424 |
Science | 896 | 995 | 1,023 | 972 | 870 | 924 | 923 | 990 | 1,309 | 1,355 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 720 | 828 | 871 | 819 | 740 | 684 | 696 | 760 | 1,033 | 1,076 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 17 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
Mathematics and statistics | 16 | 17 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 20 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 43 | 42 | 40 | 47 | 50 |
Psychology | 32 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 23 |
Physical sciences | 102 | 100 | 95 | 97 | 93 | 149 | 142 | 141 | 162 | 154 |
Social sciences | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
Engineering | 111 | 89 | 90 | 73 | 77 | 60 | 33 | 36 | 61 | 69 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 42 | 45 | 43 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | 9 | 11 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | 23 | 20 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 53 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 53 | 60 | 33 | 36 | 60 | 66 |
Health | 1,399 | 1,421 | 1,428 | 1,404 | 1,314 | 1,401 | 1,351 | 1,615 | 1,883 | 2,170 |
Clinical medicine | 1,367 | 1,386 | 1,382 | 1,352 | 1,264 | 1,364 | 1,309 | 1,558 | 1,823 | 2,118 |
Other health | 32 | 35 | 46 | 52 | 50 | 37 | 42 | 57 | 60 | 52 |
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).