Data

Washington 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   131   170   329   330   330   293   331   295   292   414   0
  Science and engineering   124   157   310   304   304   267   314   288   276   388   0
    Science   88   105   193   164   178   178   188   168   188   243   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   15   30   47   28   31   32   47   35   41   62   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   36   32   55   41   34   36   36   35   38   67   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3   1   0
      Computer and information sciences   5   7   20   29   30   37   32   17   22   6   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4   2   4   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   1   1   0   0   0   4   3   3   2   0
      Mathematics and statistics   0   0   5   2   1   1   0   0   4   15   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   5   5   10   10   9   13   0   0   0   0   0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   2   7   7   0
      Psychology   10   8   15   8   11   8   7   5   6   8   0
      Physical sciences   14   19   27   34   45   34   39   51   53   55   0
      Social sciences   3   3   13   12   17   17   15   13   9   16   0
    Engineering   36   52   117   140   126   89   126   120   88   145   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   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   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   1   4   20   17   18   23   20   22   9   20   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   13   16   18   19   13   13   17   10   14   22   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   4   6   21   26   33   0   20   24   24   38   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   5   7   23   32   25   24   28   14   8   12   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   3   12   15   17   13   11   11   15   16   11   0
      Other engineering   10   7   20   29   24   18   30   35   17   42   0
    Health   7   13   19   26   26   26   17   7   16   26   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   7   13   19   26   26   26   17   7   16   26   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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