Data

Yale 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   729   713   683   552   650   641   562   634   555   577
  Science and engineering   683   667   640   520   620   617   543   629   550   571
    Science   489   522   495   465   480   485   422   516   451   476
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2   4
      Biological and biomedical sciences   309   319   304   284   309   279   223   262   231   244
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   3   4   8   0   0   0   14   12   15
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   11   13   14   8   9   12   16   13   8   7
      Mathematics and statistics   4   9   7   3   3   5   6   4   5   10
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   3   5   5   3   3   8   2   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   152   158   146   142   144   169   146   161   132   134
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13   8   9
      Social sciences   10   15   15   17   12   12   29   16   19   16
    Engineering   194   145   145   55   140   132   121   113   99   95
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   31   0   0   0   0   0   0   29   21   27
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   29   0   0   0   0   0   0   32   31   31
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   19   0   0   0   0   0   0   31   26   18
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   10   0   0   0   0   0   0   21   21   19
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   105   145   145   55   140   132   121   0   0   0
  Health   46   46   43   32   30   24   19   5   5   6
    Clinical medicine   43   43   39   31   29   18   14   0   0   0
    Other health   3   3   4   1   1   6   5   5   5   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).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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