Data

U. Southern California

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   933   832   799   752   716   682   782   695   720   828   0
  Science and engineering   915   793   766   721   664   630   741   652   686   803   0
    Science   480   468   454   442   446   393   494   401   456   521   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   184   177   180   182   158   122   210   129   164   216   0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   41   48   52   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   122   138   120   123   135   156   125   100   114   131   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   27   23   32   23   23   15   22   24   26   32   0
      Mathematics and statistics   2   8   2   1   3   3   4   1   4   4   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   4   0   5   6   7   12   13   6   3   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   112   86   89   76   93   67   90   64   60   46   0
      Psychology   18   10   8   11   15   11   12   14   13   13   0
      Social sciences   13   22   23   20   13   12   19   14   21   24   0
    Engineering   435   325   312   279   218   237   247   251   230   282   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   8   5   4   8   3   5   4   0   4   7   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   89   3   3   3   2   22   39   31   44   61   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   21   17   19   3   18   20   25   27   27   51   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   36   28   32   26   23   35   32   34   9   15   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   239   216   216   200   133   127   99   115   118   113   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   21   26   21   22   13   22   18   15   16   18   0
      Mechanical engineering   21   30   17   17   26   6   30   27   12   16   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   1   0
    Health   18   39   33   31   52   52   41   43   34   25   0
      Clinical medicine   6   2   8   3   5   17   14   11   13   16   0
      Other health   12   37   25   28   47   35   27   32   21   9   0

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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