Data

U. Pittsburgh

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields   1,151   1,132   1,139   747   678   595   578   784   793   769   0 i
  Science and engineering   1,090   1,042   1,073   673   608   519   505   711   726   706   0 i
    Science   735   681   711   449   349   282   303   497   493   468   0 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences   489   453   449   398   312   249   254   219   221   227   0 i
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   40   45   46   0 i
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Computer and information sciences   39   42   66   43   37   27   35   50   57   41   0 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   9   6   7   0   0   0   0   10   8   0   0 i
      Mathematics and statistics   10   12   7   0   0   0   0   13   8   9   0 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   6   5   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Physical sciences   135   120   130   0   0   0   0   121   107   105   0 i
      Psychology   35   32   38   1   0   0   2   28   32   31   0 i
      Social sciences   12   11   13   7   0   6   12   16   15   9   0 i
    Engineering   355   361   362   224   259   237   202   214   233   238   0 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   159   151   136   77   78   74   59   74   86   66   0 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   23   33   40   19   26   23   24   31   33   31   0 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   21   23   28   13   17   16   15   19   20   20   0 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   62   71   83   51   71   63   49   39   35   34   0 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   13   11   12   13   13   12   19   15   14   23   0 i
      Mechanical engineering   47   44   40   36   38   32   24   24   31   39   0 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   19   21   19   10   13   12   9   8   12   15   0 i
      Other engineering   11   7   4   5   3   5   3   4   2   10   0 i
    Health   61   90   66   74   70   76   73   73   67   63   0 i
      Clinical medicine   13   19   10   24   20   16   21   14   9   8   0 i
      Other health   48   71   56   50   50   60   52   59   58   55   0 i

i=imputed

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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