Data

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.

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 2012
All surveyed fields   973   964   883   834   795   756   759   775   784   847   0
  Science and engineering   969   964   881   824   783   748   755   765   776   838   0
    Science   444   410   341   320   314   312   317   350   345   366   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   55   48   39   20   29   26   58   75   81   71   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   112   106   104   89   79   71   74   74   69   72   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   100   74   56   70   75   75   80   89   87   89   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   5   5   10   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   19   19   7   10   16   16   18   15   16   18   0
      Mathematics and statistics   9   15   18   17   12   11   22   18   11   20   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies   2   3   2   2   2   1   1   2   2   2   0
      Natural resources and conservation   39   42   24   28   35   40   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   70   63   59   45   33   37   29   38   32   49   0
      Psychology   11   9   9   11   9   9   12   14   12   12   0
      Social sciences   27   31   23   28   24   26   18   20   30   23   0
    Engineering   525   554   540   504   469   436   438   415   431   472   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   67   75   67   56   42   31   29   35   36   32   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   22   29   19   15   18   15   15   18   18   23   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   27   28   23   23   27   23   9   11   11   4   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   70   64   61   49   42   50   56   60   67   69   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   152   155   178   173   170   153   145   116   141   136   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   29   32   35   23   19   11   9   12   9   18   0
      Mechanical engineering   79   83   71   69   68   73   78   77   70   88   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   35   33   44   50   35   32   39   30   32   51   0
      Other engineering   44   55   42   46   48   48   58   56   47   51   0
    Health   4   0   2   10   12   8   4   10   8   9   0
      Clinical medicine   4   0   2   5   5   3   4   1   1   6   0
      Other health   0   0   0   5   7   5   0   9   7   3   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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