| Table 5-16 | ||||||||||||||
| Full-time SEH graduate students and graduate research assistants at universities and colleges, by degree field: Selected years, 1973–2011 | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | 1983 | 1993 | 2003 | 2011a | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group and degree field | Thousands | Percent | Thousands | Percent | Thousands | Percent | Thousands | Percent | Thousands | Percent | ||||
| Graduate students | 161.6 | 100 | 252.0 | 100 | 329.6 | 100 | 398.0 | 100 | 457.3 | 100 | ||||
| Computer sciences | 2.9 | 2 | 10.6 | 4 | 17.4 | 5 | 30.9 | 8 | 33.8 | 7 | ||||
| Life sciences | 40.6 | 25 | 69.2 | 28 | 91.6 | 28 | 123.2 | 31 | 124.4 | 27 | ||||
| Mathematics | 10.3 | 6 | 11.0 | 4 | 14.5 | 4 | 14.6 | 4 | 18.7 | 4 | ||||
| Physical sciences | 28.9 | 18 | 37.2 | 15 | 41.9 | 13 | 41.9 | 11 | 49.3 | 11 | ||||
| Psychology | 15.2 | 9 | 26.6 | 11 | 34.8 | 11 | 35.8 | 9 | 39.3 | 9 | ||||
| Social sciences | 32.4 | 20 | 43.5 | 17 | 55.6 | 17 | 61.3 | 15 | 74.2 | 16 | ||||
| Engineering | 31.3 | 19 | 53.9 | 21 | 73.8 | 22 | 90.4 | 23 | 107.2 | 23 | ||||
| Graduate research assistants | 35.9 | 100 | 54.9 | 100 | 90.2 | 100 | 114.3 | 100 | 122.5 | 100 | ||||
| Computer sciences | 0.7 | 2 | 1.4 | 3 | 3.8 | 4 | 7.5 | 7 | 8.3 | 7 | ||||
| Life sciences | 9.4 | 26 | 16.5 | 30 | 28.0 | 31 | 35.5 | 31 | 37.7 | 31 | ||||
| Mathematics | 0.7 | 2 | 0.8 | 2 | 1.4 | 2 | 1.8 | 2 | 2.1 | 2 | ||||
| Physical sciences | 8.9 | 25 | 12.6 | 23 | 17.0 | 19 | 18.1 | 16 | 19.6 | 16 | ||||
| Psychology | 1.9 | 5 | 3.0 | 5 | 4.6 | 5 | 5.6 | 5 | 5.6 | 5 | ||||
| Social sciences | 4.0 | 11 | 5.0 | 9 | 7.4 | 8 | 8.4 | 7 | 7.6 | 6 | ||||
| Engineering | 10.4 | 29 | 15.6 | 28 | 28.0 | 31 | 37.4 | 33 | 40.1 | 33 | ||||
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SEH = science, engineering, and health. a Total includes fields not shown separately that were added or reclassified in the 2007 survey. NOTES: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Graduate research assistants are full-time graduate students with research assistantships as their primary mechanism of support. Physical sciences include earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences; life sciences include biological, agricultural, environmental, and health sciences. SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, special tabulations (2013) of the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering. Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 |
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