Data

U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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
All surveyed fields 495    465    484    460    421    452    455    471    458    374   
  Science and engineering 488    458    477    451    409    433    438    457    438    361   
    Science 343    326    349    326    283    295    295    307    298    227   
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 37    31    31    32    26    28    59    54    47    24   
      Biological and biomedical sciences 96    91    112    79    76    73    55    61    53    41   
      Communication .    .    .    .    .    .    0    0    0    0   
      Computer and information sciences 67    70    79    79    71    69    82    81    76    58   
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 7    10    11    9    19    16    11    18    19    15   
      Mathematics and statistics 4    2    4    3    2    0    1    2    0    2   
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0    0    0    0    0    .    .    .    .    .   
      Natural resources and conservation 19    15    14    12    12    21    .    .    .    .   
      Neurobiology and neuroscience .    .    .    .    .    .    7    6    5    3   
      Psychology 9    13    12    13    9    7    6    10    7    4   
      Physical sciences 83    77    74    80    55    66    63    57    73    74   
      Social sciences 21    17    12    19    13    15    11    18    18    6   
    Engineering 145    132    128    125    126    138    143    150    140    134   
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 6    2    3    2    1    .    .    .    .    .   
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 58    58    55    52    44    51    15    26    18    22   
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 15    11    9    15    16    17    19    23    14    10   
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 43    34    32    29    37    44    51    42    37    29   
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 2    2    4    5    5    6    3    3    4    4   
      Mechanical engineering 21    25    25    22    23    20    20    14    16    15   
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields .    .    .    .    .    .    35    42    51    54   
      Other engineering .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
    Health 7    7    7    9    12    19    17    14    20    13   
      Clinical medicine 1    2    1    4    4    2    1    1    6    12   
      Other health 6    5    6    5    8    17    16    13    14    1   

NOTES:
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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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