Data
Virginia Commonwealth U.
| Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All surveyed fields | 357 | 261 | 166 | 185 | 172 | 102 | 162 | 130 | 179 | 176 |
| Science and engineering | 192 | 188 | 160 | 167 | 157 | 100 | 161 | 127 | 173 | 169 |
| Science | 109 | 96 | 84 | 112 | 115 | 77 | 135 | 115 | 148 | 159 |
| Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 66 | 46 | 50 | 60 | 88 | 31 | 75 | 59 | 86 | 87 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Computer and information sciences | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Physical sciences | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 32 |
| Psychology | 15 | 32 | 13 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 22 | 27 | 25 |
| Social sciences | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering | 83 | 92 | 76 | 55 | 42 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 25 | 10 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 20 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 |
| Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Other engineering | 63 | 74 | 55 | 44 | 42 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 25 | 1 |
| Health | 165 | 73 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Clinical medicine | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Other health | 163 | 72 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
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).
