Data
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
| All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science and engineering | 229 | 220 | 199 | 207 | 221 | 205 | 203 | 204 | 206 | 177 |
| Science | 162 | 151 | 124 | 126 | 127 | 116 | 120 | 122 | 123 | 113 |
| Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 34 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 33 | 26 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 27 | 30 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 44 | 49 | 48 | 49 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Computer and information sciences | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 28 | 34 | 23 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 15 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Psychology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Physical sciences | 37 | 36 | 38 | 34 | 35 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 15 |
| Social sciences | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Engineering | 67 | 69 | 75 | 81 | 94 | 89 | 83 | 82 | 83 | 64 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
| Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 16 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 12 |
| Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 14 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 12 |
| Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 19 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
| Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| Other engineering | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 14 |
| Health | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 29 | 25 |
| Clinical medicine | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 19 |
| Other health | . | . | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
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).
