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Field of engineering or science | 1990| 1991| 1992| 1993| 1994| 1995| 1996| 1997| 1998| 1999| 2000| 2001| 2002|1990 to 2002
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Total, all sciences and engineering .|452,178|471,262|493,624|504,409|504,399|499,640|494,079|487,208|485,627|493,256|493,311|509,620|540,720| 19.6
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Engineering ..............................|107,625|113,576|118,003|116,872|113,024|107,201|103,224|101,148|100,038|101,691|104,112|109,493|119,608| 11.1
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Aerospace ..............................| 3,934| 4,120| 4,036| 3,940| 3,715| 3,343| 3,208| 3,083| 3,137| 3,349| 3,407| 3,451| 3,685| -6.3
Agricultural ...........................| 946| 983| 1,008| 1,018| 1,061| 1,037| 1,012| 941| 925| 934| 899| 907| 912| -3.6
Biomedical .............................| 2,136| 2,239| 2,537| 2,675| 2,750| 2,732| 2,732| 2,847| 2,905| 3,121| 3,241| 3,639| 4,378| 105.0
Chemical ...............................| 6,735| 7,127| 7,397| 7,554| 7,639| 7,452| 7,408| 7,288| 7,093| 6,883| 7,056| 6,913| 7,414| 10.1
Civil ..................................| 15,542| 17,398| 19,572| 19,583| 19,925| 19,218| 18,528| 17,193| 16,517| 16,226| 16,451| 16,665| 17,713| 14.0
Electrical .............................| 33,722| 35,182| 36,428| 35,290| 33,020| 30,861| 29,941| 30,787| 31,384| 31,822| 33,611| 36,100| 39,958| 18.5
Engineering science ....................| 2,020| 2,154| 2,218| 2,180| 2,089| 1,955| 1,751| 1,647| 1,701| 1,627| 1,632| 1,798| 2,121| 5.0
Industrial/manufacturing ...............| 11,248| 12,676| 13,525| 13,905| 13,992| 13,475| 12,675| 11,957| 11,221| 11,803| 12,119| 12,940| 14,033| 24.8
Mechanical .............................| 16,879| 17,730| 18,637| 18,477| 17,761| 16,363| 15,509| 15,045| 14,696| 14,956| 15,235| 15,852| 17,115| 1.4
Metallurgical/materials ................| 4,941| 5,160| 5,512| 5,410| 5,228| 4,956| 4,747| 4,688| 4,680| 4,481| 4,377| 4,721| 4,992| 1.0
Mining .................................| 437| 489| 437| 427| 424| 373| 371| 348| 304| 328| 287| 240| 267| -38.9
Nuclear ................................| 1,278| 1,282| 1,286| 1,306| 1,246| 1,154| 980| 868| 821| 830| 792| 801| 795| -37.8
Petroleum ..............................| 670| 705| 737| 725| 624| 610| 562| 561| 571| 642| 627| 656| 766| 14.3
Other engineering ......................| 7,137| 6,331| 4,673| 4,382| 3,550| 3,672| 3,800| 3,895| 4,083| 4,689| 4,378| 4,810| 5,459| -23.5
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All sciences .............................|344,553|357,686|375,621|387,537|391,375|392,439|390,855|386,060|385,589|391,565|389,199|400,127|421,112| 22.2
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Physical sciences ......................| 34,075| 34,710| 35,348| 35,328| 34,466| 33,399| 32,333| 31,105| 30,575| 30,691| 30,385| 31,038| 32,342| -5.1
Astronomy ............................| 810| 829| 869| 880| 973| 912| 874| 778| 820| 832| 888| 916| 990| 22.2
Chemistry ............................| 19,118| 19,407| 19,929| 20,131| 19,803| 19,570| 19,334| 18,774| 18,482| 18,416| 18,105| 18,366| 19,046| -0.4
Physics ..............................| 13,813| 14,081| 14,122| 13,841| 13,162| 12,425| 11,728| 11,147| 10,809| 10,869| 10,841| 11,248| 11,701| -15.3
Other physical sciences ..............| 334| 393| 428| 476| 528| 492| 397| 406| 464| 574| 551| 508| 605| 81.1
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Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences .| 13,984| 14,480| 15,333| 15,721| 15,957| 15,716| 15,183| 14,548| 14,258| 14,083| 13,941| 13,841| 14,240| 1.8
Atmospheric sciences .................| 929| 968| 1,089| 1,112| 1,109| 1,072| 1,086| 1,092| 965| 913| 963| 924| 1,036| 11.5
Geosciences ..........................| 7,692| 7,567| 7,744| 7,759| 7,713| 7,582| 7,304| 6,959| 6,687| 6,637| 6,596| 6,544| 6,712| -12.7
Oceanography .........................| 2,333| 2,386| 2,530| 2,627| 2,870| 2,723| 2,615| 2,479| 2,562| 2,624| 2,668| 2,585| 2,618| 12.2
Other environmental sciences .........| 3,030| 3,559| 3,970| 4,223| 4,265| 4,339| 4,178| 4,018| 4,044| 3,909| 3,714| 3,788| 3,874| 27.9
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Mathematical sciences ..................| 19,774| 19,952| 20,355| 20,000| 19,573| 18,504| 18,008| 16,719| 16,485| 16,257| 15,650| 16,651| 18,163| -8.1
Mathematics and applied mathematics ..| 17,096| 17,206| 17,404| 16,945| 16,457| 15,386| 14,948| 14,027| 13,827| 13,521| 12,823| 13,569| 14,702| -14.0
Statistics ...........................| 2,678| 2,746| 2,951| 3,055| 3,116| 3,118| 3,060| 2,692| 2,658| 2,736| 2,827| 3,082| 3,461| 29.2
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Computer sciences ......................| 34,257| 34,610| 36,325| 36,213| 34,158| 33,458| 34,626| 35,991| 38,027| 42,478| 47,350| 52,196| 55,559| 62.2
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Life sciences ..........................|116,348|121,849|129,010|136,948|143,560|148,286|148,948|148,486|149,634|151,345|148,080|150,252|159,195| 36.8
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Agricultural sciences ................| 11,316| 11,506| 11,841| 11,950| 12,242| 12,768| 12,301| 12,203| 12,168| 12,312| 12,023| 12,235| 12,698| 12.2
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Biological sciences ..................| 49,989| 51,778| 54,180| 56,292| 58,033| 58,344| 57,749| 56,705| 56,695| 56,959| 56,282| 57,639| 61,132| 22.3
Anatomy ............................| 1,000| 1,051| 991| 961| 1,018| 850| 878| 856| 785| 749| 795| 735| 951| -4.9
Biochemistry .......................| 5,039| 5,201| 5,376| 5,489| 5,615| 5,562| 5,275| 5,102| 5,148| 5,101| 4,966| 4,917| 5,213| 3.5
Biology ............................| 13,027| 13,292| 13,874| 14,330| 14,208| 14,280| 14,611| 14,646| 14,277| 13,989| 13,407| 13,352| 14,031| 7.7
Biometry/epidemiology ..............| 1,871| 2,032| 2,365| 2,658| 2,710| 2,810| 3,005| 2,896| 3,514| 3,704| 3,615| 3,817| 4,071| 117.6
Biophysics .........................| 642| 697| 751| 780| 794| 845| 833| 748| 737| 710| 751| 877| 953| 48.4
Botany .............................| 2,733| 2,694| 2,689| 2,714| 2,748| 2,295| 2,213| 2,082| 2,042| 1,974| 1,904| 1,921| 1,973| -27.8
Cell biology .......................| 2,555| 2,809| 3,132| 3,440| 3,829| 4,174| 4,207| 4,300| 4,379| 4,637| 4,820| 4,911| 5,375| 110.4
Ecology ............................| 1,136| 1,180| 1,301| 1,410| 1,566| 1,702| 1,632| 1,640| 1,670| 1,704| 1,762| 1,888| 1,967| 73.2
Entomology/parasitology ............| 1,173| 1,171| 1,193| 1,247| 1,263| 1,241| 1,234| 1,161| 1,168| 1,145| 1,104| 1,170| 1,191| 1.5
Genetics ...........................| 1,408| 1,520| 1,639| 1,785| 1,699| 1,712| 1,741| 1,776| 1,727| 1,783| 1,712| 1,841| 1,909| 35.6
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virology ........................| 4,873| 4,928| 4,972| 5,021| 5,094| 5,026| 4,912| 4,805| 4,773| 4,815| 4,814| 4,798| 5,179| 6.3
Nutrition ..........................| 4,172| 4,164| 4,159| 4,388| 4,791| 5,071| 4,918| 4,604| 4,486| 4,508| 4,413| 4,429| 4,539| 8.8
Pathology ..........................| 1,354| 1,449| 1,456| 1,575| 1,707| 1,670| 1,656| 1,674| 1,580| 1,580| 1,531| 1,637| 1,613| 19.1
Pharmacology .......................| 2,353| 2,432| 2,532| 2,651| 2,839| 2,710| 2,663| 2,597| 2,730| 2,757| 2,963| 3,140| 3,233| 37.4
Physiology .........................| 2,236| 2,332| 2,317| 2,372| 2,378| 2,540| 2,377| 2,298| 2,151| 2,083| 2,015| 1,967| 2,076| -7.2
Zoology ............................| 2,104| 2,191| 2,139| 2,042| 2,028| 1,958| 1,808| 1,627| 1,586| 1,523| 1,445| 1,411| 1,349| -35.9
Other biosciences ..................| 2,313| 2,635| 3,294| 3,429| 3,746| 3,898| 3,786| 3,893| 3,942| 4,197| 4,265| 4,828| 5,509| 138.2
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Health fields ........................| 55,043| 58,565| 62,989| 68,706| 73,285| 77,174| 78,898| 79,578| 80,771| 82,074| 79,775| 80,378| 85,365| 55.1
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Medical fields .....................| 10,950| 11,707| 12,594| 14,233| 15,065| 15,538| 15,363| 15,470| 16,643| 17,276| 16,407| 17,363| 19,124| 74.6
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Other health fields ................| 44,093| 46,858| 50,395| 54,473| 58,220| 61,636| 63,535| 64,108| 64,128| 64,798| 63,368| 63,015| 66,241| 50.2
Dentistry ........................| 956| 1,016| 1,121| 1,228| 1,298| 1,338| 1,388| 1,491| 1,518| 1,467| 1,430| 1,494| 1,446| 51.3
Nursing ..........................| 21,194| 22,012| 23,213| 24,781| 26,997| 28,405| 27,388| 26,861| 25,591| 25,074| 23,457| 23,609| 24,715| 16.6
Pharmaceutical sciences ..........| 2,889| 2,968| 2,792| 2,859| 2,887| 2,808| 2,846| 2,710| 2,882| 3,422| 3,611| 3,679| 4,586| 58.7
Speech pathology/audiology .......| 8,354| 8,945| 9,791| 10,740| 11,356| 11,982| 12,857| 13,212| 13,198| 13,600| 13,636| 13,193| 13,368| 60.0
Veterinary sciences ..............| 900| 894| 942| 924| 922| 975| 997| 1,224| 1,288| 1,314| 1,367| 1,476| 1,691| 87.9
Other health related .............| 9,800| 11,023| 12,536| 13,941| 14,760| 16,128| 18,059| 18,610| 19,651| 19,921| 19,867| 19,564| 20,435| 108.5
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Psychology .............................| 48,167| 51,343| 53,484| 54,557| 54,554| 53,641| 53,122| 53,126| 52,557| 51,727| 50,466| 50,467| 51,335| 6.6
Psychology, general ..................| 20,108| 19,555| 18,802| 18,962| 18,356| 12,519| 12,787| 13,098| 12,733| 12,798| 12,488| 12,488| 12,421| -38.2
Clinical psychology ..................| 9,916| 10,834| 12,090| 12,526| 12,684| 17,647| 16,833| 17,249| 17,098| 16,238| 15,624| 15,837| 15,159| 52.9
Other psychology .....................| 18,143| 20,954| 22,592| 23,069| 23,514| 23,475| 23,502| 22,779| 22,726| 22,691| 22,354| 22,142| 23,755| 30.9
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Social sciences ........................| 77,948| 80,742| 85,766| 88,770| 89,107| 89,435| 88,635| 86,085| 84,053| 84,984| 83,327| 85,682| 90,278| 15.8
Agricultural economics ...............| 2,273| 2,364| 2,522| 2,415| 2,289| 2,338| 2,117| 2,043| 1,995| 2,014| 2,079| 2,161| 2,187| -3.8
Anthropology .........................| 6,479| 6,731| 7,123| 7,361| 7,665| 7,693| 7,773| 7,560| 7,577| 7,633| 7,626| 7,491| 7,522| 16.1
Economics (except agricultural) ......| 12,326| 12,707| 13,252| 13,214| 12,913| 12,673| 12,080| 11,097| 10,701| 10,562| 10,748| 11,408| 12,009| -2.6
Geography ............................| 3,530| 3,760| 4,102| 4,378| 4,502| 4,371| 4,331| 4,287| 4,326| 4,250| 4,036| 4,304| 4,432| 25.6
History and philosophy of science ....| 331| 337| 360| 369| 387| 401| 409| 443| 508| 557| 532| 571| 663| 100.3
Linguistics ..........................| 3,404| 3,425| 3,277| 3,321| 3,279| 3,194| 3,156| 3,068| 2,935| 2,799| 2,674| 2,744| 2,875| -15.5
Political science ....................| 30,582| 31,707| 33,797| 35,076| 34,317| 34,298| 33,252| 32,083| 30,828| 31,372| 31,131| 31,805| 34,907| 14.1
Sociology ............................| 7,801| 8,393| 9,011| 9,425| 9,498| 9,564| 9,425| 9,413| 9,058| 8,966| 8,652| 8,812| 8,946| 14.7
Sociology/anthropology ...............| 1,164| 899| 979| 935| 987| 941| 923| 948| 857| 741| 745| 808| 719| -38.2
Other social sciences ................| 10,058| 10,419| 11,343| 12,276| 13,270| 13,962| 15,169| 15,143| 15,268| 16,090| 15,104| 15,578| 16,018| 59.3
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