Table 311.90.

Graduate enrollment in programs in engineering, physical and biological sciences, mathematical and computer sciences, social sciences, and research-based health fields in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by discipline: Fall 2007 through fall 2014

Discipline	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	20141
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Total, all surveyed disciplines	619,499	631,489	631,645	632,652	626,820	627,243	633,010	666,586
Engineering	131,676	137,856	144,677	149,241	146,501	148,385	153,049	164,488
Aerospace	4,616	4,902	5,266	5,540	5,691	5,069	5,181	5,116
Agricultural	1,126	1,233	1,303	1,457	1,656	1,552	1,642	1,740
Architecture	4,601	5,905	6,804	6,795	3,111	2,363	2,176	1,817
Biomedical	6,904	7,339	7,904	8,497	9,175	9,157	9,198	9,510
Chemical	7,584	7,892	8,188	8,668	8,828	9,222	9,698	9,870
Civil	16,071	16,931	18,638	19,559	19,596	19,922	20,110	20,789
Electrical	40,588	41,164	41,218	41,336	41,580	42,347	45,562	51,909
Engineering science	1,806	2,099	2,168	2,071	2,101	2,227	2,142	2,162
Industrial/manufacturing	14,474	15,692	15,825	15,205	14,494	14,469	14,363	14,845
Mechanical	18,347	19,585	21,243	22,509	21,883	23,088	24,087	25,651
Metallurgical/materials	5,314	5,539	5,863	6,274	6,649	6,985	7,144	7,518
Mining	222	290	312	419	500	356	357	396
Nuclear	1,180	1,201	1,243	1,459	1,499	1,513	1,459	1,467
Petroleum	1,014	1,009	1,190	1,295	1,301	1,525	1,609	2,056
Other engineering	7,829	7,075	7,512	8,157	8,437	8,590	8,321	9,642
Physical sciences	36,824	37,319	38,149	38,973	39,694	39,928	40,019	40,332
Astronomy	1,232	1,275	1,409	1,331	1,345	1,278	1,250	1,241
Chemistry	21,298	21,574	22,094	22,436	22,802	23,117	22,949	22,936
Physics	13,816	13,862	14,060	14,507	14,829	14,940	15,239	15,564
Other physical sciences	478	608	586	699	718	593	581	591
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	14,100	14,389	14,839	15,655	15,820	16,069	15,816	15,710
Atmospheric sciences	1,178	1,400	1,355	1,455	1,513	1,546	1,534	1,466
Geosciences	7,020	7,089	7,539	8,251	8,361	8,659	8,754	8,821
Oceanography	2,615	2,634	2,633	2,556	2,680	2,642	2,682	2,666
Other earth, atmospheric, and ocean       sciences	3,287	3,266	3,312	3,393	3,266	3,222	2,846	2,757
Family and consumer science/       human science	2,780	3,549	3,794	4,191	4,509	4,110	4,014	4,302
Mathematical sciences	20,975	21,400	22,226	23,136	23,801	24,575	24,804	25,874
Mathematics and applied mathematics	16,528	16,449	17,204	17,589	18,157	18,577	18,323	18,863
Statistics	4,447	4,951	5,022	5,547	5,644	5,998	6,481	7,011
Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary       studies	4,484	5,559	6,557	7,944	6,537	6,038	5,892	7,196
Neuroscience	1,584	2,012	2,356	2,798	4,117	4,547	4,795	4,923
Communication	7,303	8,444	9,418	9,825	11,029	11,010	11,114	11,942
Computer sciences	48,246	49,553	51,161	51,546	51,234	51,789	56,339	76,546
Life sciences	188,760	189,033	174,464	166,704	157,431	158,506	155,788	160,698
Agricultural sciences	13,528	14,153	15,200	15,656	16,129	16,234	16,429	17,505
Biological sciences	71,932	72,666	73,304	74,928	75,423	76,447	76,649	78,490
Anatomy	867	764	833	849	762	700	527	554
Biochemistry	5,853	5,473	5,271	5,308	5,183	5245	4,970	5,025
Biology	15,898	16,514	16,840	17,210	16,911	16321	16,004	16,697
Biometry/epidemiology	5,694	5,971	5,739	6,398	6,786	7800	8,478	8,326
Biophysics	1,193	1,084	1,042	1,072	1,016	976	952	877
Botany	1,821	1,803	1,831	1,863	1,915	1852	1,878	1,877
Cell biology	6,839	7,096	7,153	7,047	6,905	6799	6,543	6,214
Ecology	2,026	2,026	1,746	1,828	1,713	1667	1,437	1,416
Entomology/parasitology	1,078	1,079	1,079	1,116	1,119	1187	1,278	1,304
Genetics	2,120	2,120	2,242	2,333	2,403	2342	2,315	2,411
Microbiology, immunology, and        virology	5,212	5,054	4,968	4,896	5,031	4,950	4,961	4,670
Nutrition	4,890	5,177	5,330	5,548	5,345	5,336	5,387	5,868
Pathology	1,580	1,618	1,450	1,376	1,313	1,196	1,112	1,036
Pharmacology	3,013	3,005	3,163	3,101	3,053	3,088	2,979	2,916
Physiology	2,738	2,863	2,866	2,879	3,000	3,046	3,224	3,415
Zoology	1,108	925	875	896	1,060	1,083	1,188	1,093
Other biosciences	10,002	10,094	10,876	11,208	11,908	12,859	13,416	14,791
Health fields2	103,300	102,214	85,960	76,120	65,879	65,825	62,710	64,703
Clinical medicine fields	22,751	23,939	24,125	25,699	26,634	26,798	26,362	27,048
Other health fields3	80,549	78,275	61,835	50,421	39,245	39,027	36,348	37,655
Psychology3	59,617	58,991	56,184	53,419	54,486	54,117	54,102	48,833
Social sciences	103,150	103,384	107,820	109,220	111,661	108,169	107,278	105,742
Agricultural economics	1,989	2,132	2,222	2,180	2,095	2,045	1,916	1,931
Economics (except agricultural)	12,597	12,971	13,993	14,317	14,920	14,959	14,819	14,604
Geography	4,660	4,745	4,810	5,059	5,188	5,016	4,891	4,810
Linguistics	2,879	3,095	3,170	3,132	3,219	3,256	3,509	3,489
Political science	41,349	40,871	43,919	45,045	49,660	48,855	48,411	47,370
Sociology and anthropology	18,453	18,988	18,666	18,740	18,365	17,404	17,360	16,789
Other social sciences	21,223	20,582	21,040	20,747	18,214	16,634	16,372	16,378

1 In 2014, the survey frame was updated following a comprehensive frame evaluation study. The study identified potentially eligible but not previously surveyed academic institutions in the United States with master's- or doctorate-granting programs in science, engineering, or health. A total of 151 newly eligible institutions were added, and 2 institutions offering mostly practitioner-based graduate degrees were determined to be ineligible.

2 Excludes enrollments in practitioner-oriented programs, which have the primary purpose of providing the knowledge and skills required for credentials or licensure to practice in a medical or other health field.

3 For 2008 and later years, enrollment declines in psychology and in other health fields such as nursing may be due to more rigorous follow-up with institutions to exclude enrollments in practitioner-oriented graduate degree programs. Examples of excluded programs are those leading to DNP, PsyD, and DPT degrees.

NOTE: The survey on which this table is based includes all institutions in the United States and its territories (Guam and Puerto Rico) that grant research-based master's degrees or doctorates in science, engineering, and selected health fields.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2007 through 2014. (This table was prepared April 2016.)