Data
Pennsylvania State U.
| Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All surveyed fields | 206 | 309 | 300 | 238 | 210 | 271 | 290 | 305 | 307 | 314 |
| Science and engineering | 206 | 291 | 285 | 224 | 200 | 263 | 273 | 291 | 288 | 290 |
| Science | 151 | 243 | 229 | 179 | 147 | 221 | 211 | 221 | 222 | 232 |
| Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 10 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 21 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 57 | 149 | 93 | 65 | 64 | 108 | 90 | 105 | 105 | 97 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Computer and information sciences | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 14 |
| Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 20 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 4 | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Psychology | 4 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Physical sciences | 58 | 60 | 47 | 42 | 34 | 53 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 67 |
| Social sciences | 5 | 8 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering | 55 | 48 | 56 | 45 | 53 | 42 | 62 | 70 | 66 | 58 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
| Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mechanical engineering | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
| Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 16 |
| Other engineering | 16 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Health | 0 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 24 |
| Clinical medicine | 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 19 |
| Other health | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
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).
