Data
U. Rhode Island
| Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All surveyed fields | 229 | 191 | 172 | 163 | 174 | 110 | 123 | 123 | 144 | 166 |
| Science and engineering | 211 | 180 | 158 | 148 | 149 | 105 | 118 | 116 | 143 | 161 |
| Science | 137 | 117 | 110 | 100 | 92 | 63 | 85 | 83 | 106 | 124 |
| Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | . | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 57 | 51 | 36 | 30 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 41 | 47 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 56 | 48 | 54 | 57 | 53 | 19 | 34 | 24 | 31 | 29 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Physical sciences | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 |
| Psychology | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| Social sciences | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Engineering | 74 | 63 | 48 | 48 | 57 | 42 | 33 | 33 | 37 | 37 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 6 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 18 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 21 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other engineering | 22 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Health | 18 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| Clinical medicine | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other health | 18 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
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).
