Graduate Student Survey
Fall 1994 Supplementary Data Releases
TABLE A-9. PART-TIME GRADUATE STUDENTS IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND HEALTH
FIELDS IN ALL INSTITUTIONS, BY FIELD, SEX, AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL: 1994
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TOTAL, ALL SURVEYED FIELDS .............| 174,657 | 92,231 | 82,426 | 119,594 | 55,063
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TOTAL, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FIELDS ....| 140,190 | 86,601 | 53,589 | 95,276 | 44,914
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SCIENCES, TOTAL .........................| 97,972 | 50,926 | 47,046 | 66,829 | 31,143
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES ......................| 4,449 | 3,045 | 1,404 | 3,407 | 1,042
ASTRONOMY .............................| 20 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 2
CHEMISTRY .............................| 2,705 | 1,652 | 1,053 | 1,885 | 820
PHYSICS ...............................| 1,438 | 1,199 | 239 | 1,251 | 187
PHYSICAL SCIENCES, N.E.C. .............| 286 | 176 | 110 | 253 | 33
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EARTH, ATMOSPHERIC, & OCEAN SCIENCES ...| 4,588 | 3,022 | 1,566 | 3,997 | 591
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ..................| 116 | 92 | 24 | 107 | 9
GEOSCIENCES ...........................| 1,795 | 1,332 | 463 | 1,674 | 121
OCEANOGRAPHY ..........................| 505 | 261 | 244 | 414 | 91
EARTH, ATMOS., & OCEAN SCI., N.E.C. ...| 2,172 | 1,337 | 835 | 1,802 | 370
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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ..................| 5,432 | 3,283 | 2,149 | 4,171 | 1,261
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COMPUTER SCIENCES ......................| 17,282 | 12,808 | 4,474 | 9,226 | 8,056
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ..................| 2,721 | 1,756 | 965 | 2,600 | 121
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ....................| 10,250 | 4,560 | 5,690 | 7,855 | 2,395
ANATOMY ...............................| 96 | 47 | 49 | 88 | 8
BIOCHEMISTRY ..........................| 405 | 227 | 178 | 270 | 135
BIOLOGY ...............................| 4,244 | 2,059 | 2,185 | 3,419 | 825
BIOMETRY/EPIDEMIOLOGY .................| 654 | 242 | 412 | 400 | 254
BIOPHYSICS ............................| 24 | 22 | 2 | 17 | 7
BOTANY ................................| 399 | 230 | 169 | 391 | 8
CELL BIOLOGY ..........................| 188 | 93 | 95 | 154 | 34
ECOLOGY ...............................| 363 | 180 | 183 | 291 | 72
ENTOMOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY ...............| 197 | 136 | 61 | 197 | 0
GENETICS ..............................| 97 | 39 | 58 | 45 | 52
MICROBIO., IMMUNOLOGY, & VIROLOGY .....| 437 | 189 | 248 | 284 | 153
NUTRITION .............................| 1,526 | 281 | 1,245 | 1,083 | 443
PATHOLOGY .............................| 319 | 154 | 165 | 174 | 145
PHARMACOLOGY ..........................| 159 | 84 | 75 | 123 | 36
PHYSIOLOGY ............................| 157 | 73 | 84 | 124 | 33
ZOOLOGY ...............................| 375 | 229 | 146 | 365 | 10
BIOSCIENCES, N.E.C. ...................| 610 | 275 | 335 | 430 | 180
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PSYCHOLOGY .............................| 19,913 | 5,453 | 14,460 | 10,106 | 9,807
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SOCIAL SCIENCES ........................| 33,337 | 16,999 | 16,338 | 25,467 | 7,870
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ................| 353 | 239 | 114 | 353 | 0
ANTHROPOLOGY (CULTURAL & SOCIAL) ......| 1,828 | 688 | 1,140 | 1,510 | 318
ECONOMICS (EXCEPT AGRICULTURAL) .......| 3,139 | 2,146 | 993 | 2,242 | 897
GEOGRAPHY .............................| 1,384 | 878 | 506 | 1,306 | 78
LINGUISTICS ...........................| 768 | 218 | 550 | 685 | 83
POLITICAL SCIENCE .....................| 16,680 | 8,646 | 8,034 | 12,060 | 4,620
SOCIOLOGY .............................| 2,742 | 1,008 | 1,734 | 2,324 | 418
SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY ................| 315 | 122 | 193 | 239 | 76
SOCIAL SCIENCES, OTHER ................| 6,128 | 3,054 | 3,074 | 4,748 | 1,380
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ENGINEERING, TOTAL ......................| 42,218 | 35,675 | 6,543 | 28,447 | 13,771
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING ..................| 716 | 635 | 81 | 621 | 95
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING ...............| 182 | 157 | 25 | 182 | 0
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING .................| 450 | 343 | 107 | 286 | 164
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ...................| 1,648 | 1,259 | 389 | 1,319 | 329
CIVIL ENGINEERING ......................| 7,376 | 5,933 | 1,443 | 5,305 | 2,071
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING .................| 14,168 | 12,383 | 1,785 | 8,515 | 5,653
ENGINEERING SCIENCE ....................| 742 | 645 | 97 | 677 | 65
INDUSTRIAL ENG./MANAGEMENT SCI. ........| 7,628 | 6,213 | 1,415 | 4,861 | 2,767
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING .................| 5,934 | 5,321 | 613 | 4,140 | 1,794
METALLURGICAL/MATERIALS ENG. ...........| 1,083 | 854 | 229 | 688 | 395
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING ....................| 249 | 213 | 36 | 236 | 13
ENGINEERING, OTHER .....................| 2,042 | 1,719 | 323 | 1,617 | 425
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TOTAL, HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 34,467 | 5,630 | 28,837 | 24,318 | 10,149
CLINICAL FIELDS .........................| 758 | 278 | 480 | 410 | 348
DENTAL SCIENCES .........................| 151 | 96 | 55 | 106 | 45
NURSING .................................| 19,039 | 899 | 18,140 | 14,703 | 4,336
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES .................| 713 | 370 | 343 | 416 | 297
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE/COMMUNITY HEALTH ....| 5,033 | 1,944 | 3,089 | 3,169 | 1,864
SPEECH PATHOLOGY/AUDIOLOGY ..............| 2,819 | 251 | 2,568 | 2,035 | 784
VETERINARY SCIENCES .....................| 179 | 98 | 81 | 179 | 0
OTHER HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 5,775 | 1,694 | 4,081 | 3,300 | 2,475
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KEY: N.E.C.= NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
SOURCE: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION/SRS, SURVEY OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
AND POSTDOCTORATES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING