Data
North Carolina State U.
| Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All surveyed fields | 103 | 99 | 152 | 200 | 201 | 193 | 200 | 229 | 226 | 150 |
| Science and engineering | 102 | 99 | 152 | 196 | 198 | 188 | 190 | 225 | 221 | 147 |
| Science | 49 | 59 | 113 | 139 | 147 | 140 | 144 | 174 | 170 | 122 |
| Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 6 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 15 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 12 | 20 | 40 | 50 | 47 | 62 | 60 | 77 | 84 | 64 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Computer and information sciences | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 10 |
| Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 11 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Physical sciences | 21 | 29 | 33 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 34 | 30 | 23 |
| Social sciences | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Engineering | 53 | 40 | 39 | 57 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 51 | 51 | 25 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 20 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 5 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 11 |
| Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mechanical engineering | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 3 |
| Other engineering | 12 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Clinical medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other health | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
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).
