Data
U. California, Irvine
| Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All surveyed fields | 226 | 288 | 232 | 208 | 201 | 217 | 149 | 154 | 197 | 229 |
| Science and engineering | 188 | 229 | 181 | 159 | 161 | 167 | 124 | 127 | 158 | 171 |
| Science | 146 | 186 | 147 | 136 | 143 | 136 | 103 | 114 | 144 | 158 |
| Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 76 | 86 | 78 | 64 | 62 | 48 | 40 | 46 | 43 | 67 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 7 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 13 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 23 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 10 |
| Psychology | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 44 | 45 | 31 | 37 | 46 | 47 | 35 | 37 | 53 | 49 |
| Social sciences | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Engineering | 42 | 43 | 34 | 23 | 18 | 31 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . |
| Health | 38 | 59 | 51 | 49 | 40 | 50 | 25 | 27 | 39 | 58 |
| Clinical medicine | 27 | 44 | 49 | 39 | 30 | 37 | 24 | 27 | 37 | 55 |
| Other health | 11 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 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).
