Graduate Student Survey
Fall 1994 Supplementary Data Releases
TABLE B-112. PART-TIME GRADUATE SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND HEALTH STUDENTS
WITH U.S. CITIZENSHIP 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 .............| 137,133 | 135,736 | 136,744 | 143,561 | 146,622 | 153,819 | 158,015 | 157,495
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TOTAL, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FIELDS ....| 113,422 | 111,501 | 111,321 | 116,619 | 118,704 | 123,702 | 125,904 | 123,809
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SCIENCES, TOTAL .........................| 76,784 | 77,425 | 78,075 | 81,672 | 83,576 | 87,010 | 89,548 | 88,517
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES ......................| 3,715 | 3,760 | 3,736 | 3,773 | 3,740 | 3,785 | 3,835 | 3,626
ASTRONOMY .............................| 30 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 25 | 17
CHEMISTRY .............................| 2,233 | 2,156 | 2,173 | 2,233 | 2,116 | 2,287 | 2,327 | 2,201
PHYSICS ...............................| 1,282 | 1,393 | 1,334 | 1,324 | 1,338 | 1,201 | 1,201 | 1,139
PHYSICAL SCIENCES, N.E.C. .............| 170 | 191 | 208 | 201 | 272 | 274 | 282 | 269
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EARTH, ATMOSPHERIC, & OCEAN SCIENCES ...| 3,685 | 3,450 | 3,370 | 3,518 | 3,810 | 4,075 | 4,161 | 4,185
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ..................| 108 | 95 | 88 | 84 | 88 | 113 | 107 | 101
GEOSCIENCES ...........................| 2,220 | 2,032 | 1,944 | 1,773 | 1,750 | 1,711 | 1,663 | 1,604
OCEANOGRAPHY ..........................| 428 | 376 | 367 | 374 | 350 | 367 | 402 | 456
EARTH, ATMOS., & OCEAN SCI., N.E.C. ...| 929 | 947 | 971 | 1,287 | 1,622 | 1,884 | 1,989 | 2,024
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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ..................| 4,845 | 4,932 | 4,902 | 5,266 | 4,954 | 4,948 | 4,815 | 4,699
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COMPUTER SCIENCES ......................| 14,411 | 14,828 | 14,172 | 14,609 | 14,562 | 15,201 | 15,220 | 14,146
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ..................| 1,770 | 1,763 | 1,858 | 1,918 | 1,893 | 2,059 | 2,120 | 2,394
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ....................| 7,814 | 7,632 | 7,713 | 8,184 | 8,180 | 8,800 | 9,033 | 9,210
ANATOMY ...............................| 84 | 81 | 73 | 78 | 80 | 62 | 44 | 82
BIOCHEMISTRY ..........................| 176 | 163 | 210 | 167 | 189 | 233 | 224 | 287
BIOLOGY ...............................| 3,574 | 3,437 | 3,360 | 3,609 | 3,599 | 3,934 | 4,077 | 3,965
BIOMETRY/EPIDEMIOLOGY .................| 356 | 419 | 457 | 575 | 539 | 659 | 604 | 584
BIOPHYSICS ............................| 98 | 45 | 45 | 34 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 21
BOTANY ................................| 331 | 308 | 312 | 322 | 307 | 314 | 292 | 316
CELL BIOLOGY ..........................| 72 | 47 | 47 | 57 | 71 | 116 | 153 | 152
ECOLOGY ...............................| 161 | 156 | 198 | 239 | 245 | 290 | 341 | 348
ENTOMOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY ...............| 154 | 145 | 138 | 134 | 128 | 144 | 177 | 156
GENETICS ..............................| 95 | 92 | 104 | 101 | 89 | 95 | 80 | 83
MICROBIO., IMMUNOLOGY, & VIROLOGY .....| 399 | 408 | 435 | 424 | 443 | 425 | 392 | 365
NUTRITION .............................| 1,128 | 1,202 | 1,240 | 1,206 | 1,143 | 1,124 | 1,195 | 1,376
PATHOLOGY .............................| 272 | 250 | 249 | 253 | 312 | 273 | 258 | 291
PHARMACOLOGY ..........................| 133 | 120 | 113 | 116 | 113 | 116 | 124 | 137
PHYSIOLOGY ............................| 207 | 202 | 136 | 138 | 149 | 132 | 128 | 138
ZOOLOGY ...............................| 297 | 283 | 282 | 382 | 365 | 314 | 339 | 336
BIOSCIENCES, N.E.C. ...................| 277 | 274 | 314 | 349 | 394 | 550 | 582 | 573
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PSYCHOLOGY .............................| 15,029 | 15,514 | 15,876 | 17,219 | 18,733 | 19,016 | 19,510 | 19,416
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SOCIAL SCIENCES ........................| 25,515 | 25,546 | 26,448 | 27,185 | 27,704 | 29,126 | 30,854 | 30,841
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ................| 239 | 236 | 246 | 191 | 224 | 255 | 313 | 245
ANTHROPOLOGY (CULTURAL & SOCIAL) ......| 1,647 | 1,590 | 1,609 | 1,576 | 1,544 | 1,689 | 1,807 | 1,721
ECONOMICS (EXCEPT AGRICULTURAL) .......| 2,396 | 2,394 | 2,357 | 2,372 | 2,237 | 2,336 | 2,407 | 2,430
GEOGRAPHY .............................| 864 | 928 | 1,059 | 1,087 | 1,127 | 1,192 | 1,267 | 1,282
LINGUISTICS ...........................| 682 | 577 | 656 | 649 | 669 | 655 | 634 | 651
POLITICAL SCIENCE .....................| 13,711 | 13,785 | 14,428 | 14,601 | 14,895 | 15,449 | 16,136 | 15,894
SOCIOLOGY .............................| 1,754 | 1,771 | 1,838 | 1,831 | 2,158 | 2,294 | 2,463 | 2,494
SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY ................| 381 | 386 | 356 | 382 | 260 | 311 | 285 | 296
SOCIAL SCIENCES, OTHER ................| 3,841 | 3,879 | 3,899 | 4,496 | 4,590 | 4,945 | 5,542 | 5,828
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ENGINEERING, TOTAL ......................| 36,638 | 34,076 | 33,246 | 34,947 | 35,128 | 36,692 | 36,356 | 35,292
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING ..................| 585 | 611 | 674 | 833 | 691 | 608 | 561 | 600
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING ...............| 110 | 121 | 126 | 102 | 110 | 112 | 132 | 129
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING .................| 236 | 237 | 244 | 257 | 246 | 283 | 327 | 366
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ...................| 1,272 | 1,115 | 998 | 1,125 | 1,145 | 1,178 | 1,241 | 1,390
CIVIL ENGINEERING ......................| 4,005 | 3,792 | 3,977 | 4,253 | 4,714 | 5,731 | 5,859 | 6,192
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING .................| 12,280 | 12,375 | 12,386 | 12,475 | 12,390 | 13,050 | 12,439 | 11,540
ENGINEERING SCIENCE ....................| 885 | 866 | 687 | 647 | 673 | 708 | 690 | 612
INDUSTRIAL ENG./MANAGEMENT SCI. ........| 7,447 | 6,466 | 5,715 | 5,738 | 6,126 | 6,597 | 6,939 | 6,721
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING .................| 5,296 | 4,832 | 4,818 | 5,018 | 4,936 | 5,072 | 4,971 | 4,893
METALLURGICAL/MATERIALS ENG. ...........| 844 | 752 | 763 | 841 | 925 | 1,054 | 937 | 890
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING ....................| 205 | 170 | 180 | 165 | 172 | 180 | 205 | 216
ENGINEERING, OTHER .....................| 3,473 | 2,739 | 2,678 | 3,493 | 3,000 | 2,119 | 2,055 | 1,743
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TOTAL, HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 23,711 | 24,235 | 25,423 | 26,942 | 27,918 | 30,117 | 32,111 | 33,686
CLINICAL FIELDS .........................| 526 | 482 | 349 | 354 | 412 | 614 | 623 | 710
DENTAL SCIENCES .........................| 133 | 142 | 134 | 108 | 123 | 116 | 110 | 129
NURSING .................................| 12,413 | 12,727 | 13,595 | 14,935 | 15,389 | 16,650 | 17,744 | 18,900
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES .................| 644 | 598 | 636 | 610 | 622 | 598 | 619 | 604
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE/COMMUNITY HEALTH ....| 3,227 | 3,185 | 3,206 | 3,406 | 3,745 | 3,695 | 4,339 | 4,802
SPEECH PATHOLOGY/AUDIOLOGY ..............| 2,249 | 2,227 | 2,264 | 2,543 | 2,401 | 2,595 | 2,594 | 2,758
VETERINARY SCIENCES .....................| 125 | 134 | 122 | 171 | 162 | 171 | 163 | 162
OTHER HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 4,394 | 4,740 | 5,117 | 4,815 | 5,064 | 5,678 | 5,919 | 5,621
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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