Data
Montana State U.
| Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All surveyed fields | 283 | 238 | 194 | 175 | 190 | 57 | 201 | 182 | 176 | 139 |
| Science and engineering | 283 | 238 | 194 | 175 | 190 | 57 | 201 | 182 | 171 | 135 |
| Science | 215 | 185 | 147 | 137 | 164 | 35 | 161 | 141 | 140 | 91 |
| Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 29 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 14 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 50 | 46 | 34 | 41 | 57 | 2 | 52 | 51 | 40 | 23 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 13 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Natural resources and conservation | 18 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 10 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | . |
| Physical sciences | 75 | 61 | 52 | 51 | 45 | 15 | 47 | 46 | 61 | 41 |
| Psychology | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Engineering | 68 | 53 | 47 | 38 | 26 | 22 | 40 | 41 | 31 | 44 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 17 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 19 |
| Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 20 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 7 |
| Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 16 |
| Mechanical engineering | 23 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
| Other engineering | . | 23 | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . |
| Health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 4 |
| Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other health | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 4 |
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).
