Data
Purdue U.
Field | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All surveyed fields | 1,336 | 1,190 | 1,172 | 836 | 995 | 1,100 | 1,069 | 987 | 1,013 | 998 |
Science and engineering | 1,256 | 1,124 | 1,111 | 812 | 945 | 1,056 | 1,008 | 937 | 950 | 943 |
Science | 489 | 452 | 464 | 291 | 399 | 429 | 453 | 446 | 445 | 496 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 59 | 43 | 39 | 25 | 35 | 53 | 55 | 51 | 56 | 62 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 111 | 97 | 121 | 52 | 77 | 83 | 119 | 102 | 94 | 105 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Computer and information sciences | 66 | 79 | 68 | 77 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 77 | 87 | 100 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 37 | 35 | 37 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 36 |
Mathematics and statistics | 22 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 29 | 42 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 23 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 16 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Physical sciences | 143 | 139 | 129 | 82 | 114 | 109 | 119 | 123 | 107 | 115 |
Social sciences | 21 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 35 | 33 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 26 |
Engineering | 767 | 672 | 647 | 521 | 546 | 627 | 555 | 491 | 505 | 447 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 106 | 98 | 103 | 72 | 76 | 89 | 85 | 75 | 90 | 68 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 53 | 42 | 44 | 24 | 36 | 36 | 43 | 28 | 28 | 31 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 64 | 57 | 56 | 23 | 50 | 56 | 44 | 56 | 49 | 43 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 57 | 46 | 45 | 46 | 34 | 36 | 30 | 27 | 36 | 25 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 141 | 95 | 76 | 139 | 70 | 104 | 82 | 68 | 76 | 80 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 23 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 5 |
Mechanical engineering | 181 | 168 | 165 | 94 | 119 | 129 | 122 | 101 | 95 | 94 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 75 | 75 | 81 | 53 | 79 | 76 | 53 | 29 | 24 | 29 |
Other engineering | 67 | 68 | 54 | 52 | 60 | 72 | 77 | 93 | 96 | 72 |
Health | 80 | 66 | 61 | 24 | 50 | 44 | 61 | 50 | 63 | 55 |
Clinical medicine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . |
Other health | 77 | 65 | 60 | 24 | 48 | 44 | 61 | 50 | 63 | 55 |
NOTES:
- In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
- . = 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).