Graduate Student Survey
Fall 1994 Supplementary Data Releases
TABLE B-75. FULL-TIME GRADUATE STUDENTS IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND HEALTH
FIELDS WITH FEDERALLY FUNDED TRAINEESHIPS IN ALL 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 .............| 8,922 | 8,664 | 8,682 | 9,242 | 9,630 | 10,055 | 10,168 | 10,423
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TOTAL, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FIELDS ....| 4,552 | 4,476 | 4,600 | 4,876 | 5,454 | 5,552 | 5,778 | 5,852
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SCIENCES, TOTAL .........................| 4,295 | 4,260 | 4,348 | 4,588 | 5,074 | 5,117 | 5,299 | 5,413
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES ......................| 149 | 148 | 319 | 333 | 498 | 466 | 523 | 451
ASTRONOMY .............................| 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 18
CHEMISTRY .............................| 107 | 125 | 258 | 273 | 356 | 357 | 407 | 303
PHYSICS ...............................| 17 | 18 | 51 | 48 | 118 | 93 | 100 | 130
PHYSICAL SCIENCES, N.E.C. .............| 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0
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EARTH, ATMOSPHERIC, & OCEAN SCIENCES ...| 57 | 44 | 31 | 27 | 45 | 58 | 61 | 67
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ..................| 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0
GEOSCIENCES ...........................| 11 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 27 | 41
OCEANOGRAPHY ..........................| 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 9
EARTH, ATMOS., & OCEAN SCI., N.E.C. ...| 17 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 17
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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ..................| 16 | 11 | 39 | 52 | 75 | 95 | 82 | 70
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COMPUTER SCIENCES ......................| 10 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 31 | 47 | 58
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ..................| 29 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 24
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ....................| 3,359 | 3,338 | 3,355 | 3,470 | 3,684 | 3,628 | 3,774 | 3,998
ANATOMY ...............................| 57 | 73 | 50 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 57 | 76
BIOCHEMISTRY ..........................| 430 | 453 | 536 | 494 | 563 | 531 | 504 | 533
BIOLOGY ...............................| 445 | 394 | 421 | 421 | 422 | 430 | 393 | 412
BIOMETRY/EPIDEMIOLOGY .................| 182 | 162 | 170 | 217 | 227 | 230 | 250 | 244
BIOPHYSICS ............................| 102 | 100 | 124 | 138 | 130 | 140 | 137 | 124
BOTANY ................................| 20 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 38 | 38
CELL BIOLOGY ..........................| 443 | 489 | 460 | 479 | 512 | 545 | 564 | 696
ECOLOGY ...............................| 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13
ENTOMOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY ...............| 7 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2
GENETICS ..............................| 190 | 155 | 174 | 164 | 188 | 220 | 248 | 256
MICROBIO., IMMUNOLOGY, & VIROLOGY .....| 483 | 511 | 481 | 475 | 517 | 517 | 583 | 598
NUTRITION .............................| 89 | 71 | 68 | 52 | 56 | 49 | 60 | 71
PATHOLOGY .............................| 105 | 106 | 89 | 108 | 110 | 99 | 100 | 134
PHARMACOLOGY ..........................| 407 | 412 | 425 | 414 | 423 | 419 | 480 | 444
PHYSIOLOGY ............................| 206 | 198 | 202 | 196 | 228 | 192 | 210 | 218
ZOOLOGY ...............................| 27 | 25 | 31 | 35 | 48 | 36 | 25 | 26
BIOSCIENCES, N.E.C. ...................| 166 | 167 | 89 | 178 | 168 | 132 | 110 | 113
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PSYCHOLOGY .............................| 405 | 379 | 339 | 386 | 404 | 485 | 470 | 447
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SOCIAL SCIENCES ........................| 270 | 308 | 232 | 285 | 318 | 314 | 292 | 298
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ................| 15 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2
ANTHROPOLOGY (CULTURAL & SOCIAL) ......| 11 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 19
ECONOMICS (EXCEPT AGRICULTURAL) .......| 21 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 18
GEOGRAPHY .............................| 6 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7
LINGUISTICS ...........................| 4 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 16
POLITICAL SCIENCE .....................| 61 | 79 | 48 | 59 | 54 | 53 | 53 | 53
SOCIOLOGY .............................| 88 | 105 | 77 | 73 | 105 | 82 | 67 | 107
SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY ................| 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
SOCIAL SCIENCES, OTHER ................| 57 | 44 | 40 | 68 | 68 | 88 | 100 | 74
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ENGINEERING, TOTAL ......................| 257 | 216 | 252 | 288 | 380 | 435 | 479 | 439
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING ..................| 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 13
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING ...............| 6 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING .................| 67 | 45 | 56 | 61 | 77 | 87 | 112 | 116
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ...................| 10 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 77 | 91 | 75 | 65
CIVIL ENGINEERING ......................| 44 | 34 | 20 | 46 | 42 | 67 | 49 | 46
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING .................| 22 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 42 | 53 | 85 | 59
ENGINEERING SCIENCE ....................| 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 12
INDUSTRIAL ENG./MANAGEMENT SCI. ........| 24 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 18
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING .................| 38 | 40 | 44 | 41 | 37 | 47 | 60 | 74
METALLURGICAL/MATERIALS ENG. ...........| 11 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 18
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING ....................| 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1
ENGINEERING, OTHER .....................| 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12
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TOTAL, HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 4,370 | 4,188 | 4,082 | 4,366 | 4,176 | 4,503 | 4,390 | 4,571
CLINICAL FIELDS .........................| 189 | 192 | 183 | 222 | 223 | 261 | 250 | 303
DENTAL SCIENCES .........................| 28 | 25 | 28 | 37 | 34 | 43 | 39 | 38
NURSING .................................| 2,329 | 2,286 | 2,087 | 2,239 | 2,196 | 2,264 | 2,262 | 2,479
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES .................| 30 | 27 | 31 | 34 | 46 | 54 | 52 | 55
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE/COMMUNITY HEALTH ....| 820 | 763 | 798 | 784 | 767 | 728 | 584 | 528
SPEECH PATHOLOGY/AUDIOLOGY ..............| 389 | 411 | 387 | 415 | 373 | 511 | 435 | 388
VETERINARY SCIENCES .....................| 9 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 22
OTHER HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 576 | 474 | 554 | 619 | 525 | 624 | 748 | 758
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1/ THESE FIGURES INCLUDE ESTIMATED DATA FOR MASTER'S-GRANTING
INSTITUTIONS, WHICH WERE SURVEYED ON A SAMPLE BASIS FROM 1984 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