Data

U. Connecticut

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   916   808   773   581   620   534   496   515   436   530
  Science and engineering   853   764   740   545   591   504   471   482   410   510
    Science   501   484   438   311   328   311   294   303   251   289
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   47   42   31   27   23   21   21   35   31   38
      Biological and biomedical sciences   141   147   136   105   90   95   84   85   74   104
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   2   1
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   37   35   31   29   21   27   21   16   18   12
      Mathematics and statistics   17   17   13   7   15   14   10   4   4   5
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   30   27   32   19   16   14   12   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   98   85   74   54   71   61   67   74   61   62
      Psychology   104   107   90   46   60   52   49   58   39   49
      Social sciences   27   24   31   24   32   27   30   26   22   18
    Engineering   352   280   302   234   263   193   177   179   159   221
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   50   42   42   29   37   32   24   15   13   17
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   34   25   26   20   19   15   7   10   12   16
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   52   31   47   33   42   31   37   39   21   27
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   113   89   96   68   88   70   65   71   66   95
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   3   9   12   5   13   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   54   39   33   37   31   26   21   18   22   41
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   45   45   46   41   33   18   22   26   25   25
      Other engineering   1   0   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0
  Health   63   44   33   36   29   30   25   33   26   20
    Clinical medicine   11   3   6   6   4   8   2   3   0   0
    Other health   52   41   27   30   25   22   23   30   26   20

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