Graduate Student Survey
Selected Data on Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 1994
TABLE 24. PART-TIME GRADUATE STUDENTS IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND HEALTH
FIELDS IN MASTER'S-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS, BY FIELD: 1987-94
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FIELD | 1987 1/ | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994
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TOTAL, ALL SURVEYED FIELDS .............| 32,381 | 31,331 | 33,519 | 36,245 | 38,237 | 40,165 | 42,064 | 41,141
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TOTAL, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FIELDS ....| 27,368 | 26,334 | 28,323 | 30,882 | 32,492 | 33,771 | 34,849 | 33,655
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SCIENCES, TOTAL .........................| 22,350 | 21,999 | 23,556 | 25,105 | 26,236 | 27,316 | 28,705 | 28,026
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES ......................| 893 | 830 | 896 | 941 | 1,057 | 1,072 | 1,089 | 1,007
ASTRONOMY .............................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CHEMISTRY .............................| 603 | 531 | 574 | 601 | 631 | 670 | 663 | 643
PHYSICS ...............................| 201 | 203 | 208 | 236 | 253 | 205 | 212 | 197
PHYSICAL SCIENCES, N.E.C. .............| 89 | 96 | 114 | 104 | 173 | 197 | 214 | 167
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EARTH, ATMOSPHERIC, & OCEAN SCIENCES ...| 668 | 637 | 653 | 724 | 849 | 1,046 | 1,160 | 1,205
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ..................| 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 7
GEOSCIENCES ...........................| 318 | 272 | 255 | 259 | 296 | 283 | 279 | 299
OCEANOGRAPHY ..........................| 57 | 54 | 70 | 70 | 52 | 56 | 91 | 105
EARTH, ATMOS., & OCEAN SCI., N.E.C. ...| 291 | 304 | 323 | 391 | 491 | 695 | 775 | 794
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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ..................| 1,493 | 1,425 | 1,618 | 1,741 | 1,572 | 1,559 | 1,614 | 1,462
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COMPUTER SCIENCES ......................| 4,112 | 4,071 | 4,235 | 4,367 | 4,623 | 4,870 | 4,654 | 4,090
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ..................| 284 | 291 | 286 | 322 | 271 | 332 | 333 | 390
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ....................| 2,150 | 2,017 | 2,184 | 2,228 | 2,232 | 2,389 | 2,575 | 2,715
ANATOMY ...............................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
BIOCHEMISTRY ..........................| 31 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 45
BIOLOGY ...............................| 1,608 | 1,497 | 1,583 | 1,659 | 1,615 | 1,662 | 1,749 | 1,762
BIOMETRY/EPIDEMIOLOGY .................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
BIOPHYSICS ............................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
BOTANY ................................| 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3
CELL BIOLOGY ..........................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11
ECOLOGY ...............................| 52 | 51 | 65 | 88 | 90 | 125 | 142 | 130
ENTOMOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY ...............| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
GENETICS ..............................| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1
MICROBIO., IMMUNOLOGY, & VIROLOGY .....| 48 | 41 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 25 | 24 | 20
NUTRITION .............................| 220 | 212 | 238 | 216 | 231 | 257 | 312 | 443
PATHOLOGY .............................| 41 | 48 | 51 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 74
PHARMACOLOGY ..........................| 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
PHYSIOLOGY ............................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
ZOOLOGY ...............................| 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2
BIOSCIENCES, N.E.C. ...................| 140 | 137 | 177 | 158 | 189 | 236 | 245 | 224
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PSYCHOLOGY .............................| 6,053 | 6,147 | 6,688 | 7,259 | 7,859 | 7,901 | 8,611 | 8,368
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SOCIAL SCIENCES ........................| 6,697 | 6,581 | 6,996 | 7,523 | 7,773 | 8,147 | 8,669 | 8,789
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ................| 17 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 28 | 23
ANTHROPOLOGY (CULTURAL & SOCIAL) ......| 177 | 184 | 157 | 179 | 192 | 190 | 187 | 132
ECONOMICS (EXCEPT AGRICULTURAL) .......| 562 | 523 | 531 | 480 | 491 | 539 | 532 | 474
GEOGRAPHY .............................| 304 | 347 | 411 | 394 | 395 | 419 | 434 | 413
LINGUISTICS ...........................| 234 | 265 | 251 | 256 | 251 | 271 | 283 | 244
POLITICAL SCIENCE .....................| 3,555 | 3,715 | 4,043 | 4,246 | 4,288 | 4,433 | 4,708 | 4,799
SOCIOLOGY .............................| 386 | 395 | 426 | 511 | 643 | 670 | 667 | 758
SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY ................| 67 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 34 | 38 | 68 | 61
SOCIAL SCIENCES, OTHER ................| 1,395 | 1,082 | 1,105 | 1,394 | 1,461 | 1,555 | 1,762 | 1,885
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ENGINEERING, TOTAL ......................| 5,018 | 4,335 | 4,767 | 5,777 | 6,256 | 6,455 | 6,144 | 5,629
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING ..................| 18 | 21 | 37 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING ...............| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING .................| 36 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 30
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ...................| 93 | 66 | 70 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 87 | 61
CIVIL ENGINEERING ......................| 845 | 646 | 600 | 771 | 943 | 1,136 | 1,132 | 1,095
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING .................| 1,369 | 1,277 | 1,853 | 2,320 | 2,447 | 2,609 | 2,389 | 2,151
ENGINEERING SCIENCE ....................| 215 | 206 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 30 | 16
INDUSTRIAL ENG./MANAGEMENT SCI. ........| 658 | 575 | 703 | 849 | 994 | 938 | 928 | 877
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING .................| 845 | 790 | 841 | 910 | 824 | 815 | 780 | 668
METALLURGICAL/MATERIALS ENG. ...........| 70 | 62 | 60 | 85 | 105 | 140 | 124 | 96
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING ....................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
ENGINEERING, OTHER .....................| 869 | 666 | 567 | 684 | 800 | 670 | 647 | 606
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TOTAL, HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 5,013 | 4,997 | 5,196 | 5,363 | 5,745 | 6,394 | 7,215 | 7,486
CLINICAL FIELDS .........................| 178 | 117 | 111 | 107 | 120 | 247 | 285 | 307
DENTAL SCIENCES .........................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
NURSING .................................| 1,901 | 1,896 | 2,009 | 2,131 | 2,417 | 2,652 | 3,262 | 3,456
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES .................| 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 11
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE/COMMUNITY HEALTH ....| 219 | 174 | 171 | 191 | 299 | 267 | 397 | 449
SPEECH PATHOLOGY/AUDIOLOGY ..............| 877 | 802 | 835 | 904 | 865 | 849 | 918 | 1,025
VETERINARY SCIENCES .....................| 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0
OTHER HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 1,831 | 2,005 | 2,062 | 2,020 | 2,035 | 2,355 | 2,332 | 2,238
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1/ THESE FIGURES INCLUDE ESTIMATED DATA FOR MASTER'S-GRANTING
INSTITUTIONS, WHICH WERE SURVEYED ON A SAMPLE BASIS FROM 1985 THROUGH
1987. SEE "TECHNICAL NOTES" FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
KEY: N.E.C.= NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
SOURCE: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION/SRS, SURVEY OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
AND POSTDOCTORATES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING