Data
Washington U., Saint Louis
| Field | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All surveyed fields | 414 | 466 | 460 | 416 | 406 | 403 | 382 | 390 | 194 | 249 |
| Science and engineering | 165 | 232 | 226 | 216 | 206 | 206 | 201 | 209 | 169 | 212 |
| Science | 141 | 196 | 193 | 193 | 181 | 177 | 173 | 178 | 145 | 181 |
| Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 108 | 165 | 161 | 159 | 156 | 140 | 138 | 155 | 122 | 152 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 1 | . | . | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2 | 1 | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Natural resources and conservation | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 6 | . | . | . |
| Psychology | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Physical sciences | 19 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 |
| Social sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Engineering | 24 | 36 | 33 | 23 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 31 | 24 | 31 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 26 |
| Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mechanical engineering | 5 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . |
| Other engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Health | 249 | 234 | 234 | 200 | 200 | 197 | 181 | 181 | 25 | 37 |
| Clinical medicine | 247 | 230 | 232 | 196 | 195 | 196 | 179 | 181 | 23 | 36 |
| Other health | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
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).
