Data

Washington State U.

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
All surveyed fields   208   131   170   329   330   330   293   331   295   292
  Science and engineering   200   124   157   310   304   304   267   314   288   276
    Science   136   88   105   193   164   178   178   188   168   188
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   50   15   30   47   28   31   32   47   35   41
      Biological and biomedical sciences   41   36   32   55   41   34   36   36   35   38
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3
      Computer and information sciences   8   5   7   20   29   30   37   32   17   22
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4   2
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   4   3   3
      Mathematics and statistics   1   0   0   5   2   1   1   0   0   4
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   8   5   5   10   10   9   13   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   9   14   19   27   34   45   34   39   51   53
      Psychology   15   10   8   15   8   11   8   7   5   6
      Social sciences   4   3   3   13   12   17   17   15   13   9
    Engineering   64   36   52   117   140   126   89   126   120   88
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   7   1   4   20   17   18   23   20   22   9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   10   13   16   18   19   13   13   17   10   14
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   5   4   6   21   26   33   0   20   24   24
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   11   5   7   23   32   25   24   28   14   8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   12   3   12   15   17   13   11   11   15   16
      Other engineering   19   10   7   20   29   24   18   30   35   17
  Health   8   7   13   19   26   26   26   17   7   16
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Other health   8   7   13   19   26   26   26   17   7   16

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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