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Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2021–12
Field 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
All surveyed fields 591    471    459    486    525    497    509    485    562    558   
  Science and engineering 502    419    410    420    447    434    440    421    485    480   
    Science 376    309    316    317    347    338    321    305    349    360   
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Biological and biomedical sciences 195    179    186    179    197    157    152    169    192    182   
      Communication .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Computer and information sciences 29    26    22    22    22    19    9    11    8    10   
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 2    6    5    3    4    8    5    2    1    2   
      Mathematics and statistics 21    1    1    11    7    4    6    11    14    12   
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 35    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Natural resources and conservation .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Neurobiology and neuroscience .    .    .    .    .    21    20    22    26    24   
      Psychology 29    42    34    26    36    24    35    31    34    32   
      Physical sciences 61    49    63    70    68    80    75    51    61    86   
      Social sciences 4    6    5    6    13    25    19    8    13    12   
    Engineering 126    110    94    103    100    96    119    116    136    120   
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 33    26    18    20    18    22    34    32    33    30   
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 7    8    8    5    7    7    9    9    15    11   
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 23    27    27    23    25    16    16    23    26    26   
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 21    15    15    25    22    28    31    23    19    30   
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 11    9    6    3    5    3    7    11    10    9   
      Mechanical engineering 25    19    20    22    16    20    22    18    33    14   
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Other engineering 6    6    .    5    7    .    .    .    .    .   
    Health 89    52    49    66    78    63    69    64    77    78   
      Clinical medicine 23    36    35    34    34    42    31    26    32    42   
      Other health 66    16    14    32    44    21    38    38    45    36   

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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