Data

U. California, Irvine

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   682   536   719   547   676   514   609   577   629   655   0
  Science and engineering   682   521   696   528   644   497   590   570   623   653   0
    Science   473   360   497   396   470   350   422   417   458   485   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   242   181   200   146   166   134   110   111   103   115   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   13   74   46   63   52   55   47   58   70   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   26   18   24   23   26   16   15   24   21   30   0
      Mathematics and statistics   28   16   16   15   12   10   16   16   25   28   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies   4   3   2   2   0   0   4   4   4   0   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   32   35   32   42   0
      Psychology   0   1   6   12   12   10   9   6   6   7   0
      Physical sciences   152   109   149   134   171   106   151   145   180   162   0
      Social sciences   21   19   26   18   20   22   30   29   29   31   0
    Engineering   209   161   199   132   174   147   168   153   165   168   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   56   44   47   29   40   27   33   37   42   48   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   26   20   23   17   22   22   18   18   19   20   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   26   9   16   14   14   23   25   23   28   33   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   41   37   57   28   47   32   44   39   37   28   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   4   3   3   2   3   1   1   2   3   1   0
      Mechanical engineering   31   29   32   26   22   19   27   21   21   26   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   25   19   21   16   26   23   20   13   15   12   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   0   15   23   19   32   17   19   7   6   2   0
      Clinical medicine   0   15   12   9   14   6   7   6   6   2   0
      Other health   0   0   11   10   18   11   12   1   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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