Graduate Student Survey
Fall 1994 Supplementary Data Releases
TABLE B-74. FULL-TIME GRADUATE STUDENTS IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND HEALTH
FIELDS WITH 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 .............| 14,096 | 14,397 | 14,527 | 15,212 | 15,417 | 15,376 | 15,426 | 15,760
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TOTAL, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FIELDS ....| 9,202 | 9,519 | 9,739 | 10,064 | 10,466 | 10,052 | 10,288 | 10,390
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SCIENCES, TOTAL .........................| 8,289 | 8,579 | 8,749 | 9,047 | 9,351 | 9,043 | 9,226 | 9,436
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES ......................| 541 | 502 | 583 | 666 | 793 | 707 | 757 | 682
ASTRONOMY .............................| 17 | 29 | 39 | 41 | 47 | 35 | 31 | 42
CHEMISTRY .............................| 392 | 324 | 408 | 497 | 545 | 504 | 558 | 446
PHYSICS ...............................| 111 | 147 | 136 | 128 | 199 | 163 | 168 | 194
PHYSICAL SCIENCES, N.E.C. .............| 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0
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EARTH, ATMOSPHERIC, & OCEAN SCIENCES ...| 174 | 153 | 112 | 84 | 93 | 120 | 153 | 140
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ..................| 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0
GEOSCIENCES ...........................| 86 | 56 | 55 | 50 | 51 | 77 | 87 | 73
OCEANOGRAPHY ..........................| 49 | 33 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 10
EARTH, ATMOS., & OCEAN SCI., N.E.C. ...| 25 | 59 | 33 | 27 | 32 | 32 | 50 | 57
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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ..................| 157 | 202 | 211 | 181 | 207 | 220 | 258 | 257
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COMPUTER SCIENCES ......................| 106 | 113 | 133 | 148 | 135 | 148 | 229 | 281
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ..................| 150 | 155 | 125 | 113 | 130 | 130 | 169 | 132
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ....................| 4,406 | 4,607 | 4,684 | 4,871 | 5,094 | 4,830 | 4,918 | 5,240
ANATOMY ...............................| 138 | 158 | 130 | 137 | 159 | 84 | 88 | 113
BIOCHEMISTRY ..........................| 556 | 631 | 714 | 727 | 756 | 711 | 646 | 665
BIOLOGY ...............................| 521 | 501 | 535 | 525 | 505 | 484 | 454 | 456
BIOMETRY/EPIDEMIOLOGY .................| 217 | 207 | 216 | 235 | 276 | 262 | 294 | 277
BIOPHYSICS ............................| 109 | 112 | 137 | 150 | 141 | 153 | 154 | 152
BOTANY ................................| 44 | 41 | 39 | 36 | 38 | 33 | 60 | 48
CELL BIOLOGY ..........................| 526 | 598 | 584 | 617 | 679 | 714 | 703 | 896
ECOLOGY ...............................| 15 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 24
ENTOMOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY ...............| 23 | 13 | 31 | 34 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17
GENETICS ..............................| 234 | 195 | 232 | 199 | 241 | 282 | 291 | 314
MICROBIO., IMMUNOLOGY, & VIROLOGY .....| 618 | 749 | 674 | 695 | 735 | 673 | 751 | 749
NUTRITION .............................| 150 | 129 | 130 | 116 | 109 | 89 | 111 | 137
PATHOLOGY .............................| 144 | 154 | 143 | 159 | 132 | 116 | 116 | 155
PHARMACOLOGY ..........................| 574 | 546 | 601 | 586 | 601 | 563 | 570 | 564
PHYSIOLOGY ............................| 267 | 302 | 289 | 335 | 366 | 296 | 321 | 332
ZOOLOGY ...............................| 43 | 35 | 47 | 50 | 71 | 54 | 37 | 37
BIOSCIENCES, N.E.C. ...................| 227 | 229 | 176 | 257 | 251 | 279 | 285 | 304
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PSYCHOLOGY .............................| 1,240 | 1,220 | 1,178 | 1,129 | 1,194 | 1,174 | 1,107 | 1,057
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SOCIAL SCIENCES ........................| 1,515 | 1,627 | 1,723 | 1,855 | 1,705 | 1,714 | 1,635 | 1,647
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ................| 40 | 36 | 31 | 38 | 43 | 37 | 15 | 14
ANTHROPOLOGY (CULTURAL & SOCIAL) ......| 83 | 96 | 132 | 133 | 136 | 158 | 108 | 113
ECONOMICS (EXCEPT AGRICULTURAL) .......| 280 | 286 | 377 | 371 | 318 | 346 | 294 | 288
GEOGRAPHY .............................| 24 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 36
LINGUISTICS ...........................| 46 | 77 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 51 | 30 | 59
POLITICAL SCIENCE .....................| 528 | 482 | 514 | 627 | 574 | 613 | 750 | 680
SOCIOLOGY .............................| 213 | 256 | 244 | 242 | 236 | 224 | 163 | 226
SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY ................| 19 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2
SOCIAL SCIENCES, OTHER ................| 282 | 358 | 337 | 345 | 289 | 249 | 242 | 229
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ENGINEERING, TOTAL ......................| 913 | 940 | 990 | 1,017 | 1,115 | 1,009 | 1,062 | 954
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING ..................| 48 | 53 | 51 | 49 | 51 | 25 | 29 | 25
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING ...............| 12 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING .................| 74 | 57 | 64 | 86 | 119 | 101 | 116 | 121
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ...................| 124 | 105 | 145 | 148 | 173 | 153 | 123 | 98
CIVIL ENGINEERING ......................| 208 | 196 | 202 | 211 | 214 | 219 | 210 | 206
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING .................| 135 | 158 | 162 | 157 | 187 | 162 | 191 | 170
ENGINEERING SCIENCE ....................| 15 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 31 | 24 | 20 | 15
INDUSTRIAL ENG./MANAGEMENT SCI. ........| 48 | 44 | 43 | 36 | 32 | 27 | 48 | 32
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING .................| 150 | 179 | 187 | 183 | 179 | 168 | 211 | 181
METALLURGICAL/MATERIALS ENG. ...........| 44 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 65 | 57 | 44 | 39
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING ....................| 33 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 29
ENGINEERING, OTHER .....................| 22 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 26 | 33 | 29 | 32
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TOTAL, HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 4,894 | 4,878 | 4,788 | 5,148 | 4,951 | 5,324 | 5,138 | 5,370
CLINICAL FIELDS .........................| 275 | 225 | 270 | 279 | 289 | 332 | 266 | 331
DENTAL SCIENCES .........................| 54 | 45 | 57 | 54 | 54 | 80 | 86 | 78
NURSING .................................| 2,383 | 2,444 | 2,161 | 2,319 | 2,289 | 2,353 | 2,337 | 2,559
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES .................| 47 | 42 | 50 | 56 | 71 | 73 | 62 | 65
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE/COMMUNITY HEALTH ....| 901 | 924 | 936 | 939 | 910 | 858 | 704 | 629
SPEECH PATHOLOGY/AUDIOLOGY ..............| 585 | 606 | 590 | 656 | 617 | 803 | 719 | 707
VETERINARY SCIENCES .....................| 16 | 21 | 45 | 49 | 42 | 54 | 45 | 57
OTHER HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 633 | 571 | 679 | 796 | 679 | 771 | 919 | 944
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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