Data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
All surveyed fields   1,041   1,305   1,354   1,205   1,218   1,341   1,333   1,378   1,444   1,559   0
  Science and engineering   1,041   1,305   1,354   1,205   1,218   1,341   1,333   1,378   1,444   1,559   0
    Science   485   613   651   417   570   586   568   605   617   653   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   55   65   76   78   89   91   82   78   74   94   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   16   18   27   22   0
      Computer and information sciences   193   237   232   17   165   170   146   143   144   139   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   24   20   77   68   71   62   84   95   104   99   0
      Mathematics and statistics   7   11   10   12   8   13   6   19   14   35   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies   4   9   8   3   10   8   9   8   9   15   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   12   15   10   18   0
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   198   266   246   236   227   238   210   208   220   211   0
      Social sciences   4   5   2   3   0   4   3   21   15   20   0
    Engineering   556   692   703   788   648   755   765   773   827   906   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   110   119   119   95   101   112   101   107   101   111   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   50   57   81   69   84   81   83   94   105   101   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   47   75   69   67   60   52   70   56   61   66   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   14   11   29   16   26   32   31   32   35   37   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   90   123   114   289   119   123   104   113   115   131   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   24   39   40   29   32   53   47   56   64   86   0
      Mechanical engineering   108   152   152   112   115   180   180   165   191   200   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   55   60   52   60   52   66   73   73   79   84   0
      Other engineering   58   56   47   51   59   56   76   77   76   90   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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