Graduate enrollment in science and engineering programs in degree-granting institutions, by field of study: United States and other jurisdictions, fall 1990 to fall 2002

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Graduate enrollment in science and engineering programs in degree-granting institutions, by field of study: United States and other jurisdictions, fall 1990 to fall 2002
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Field of engineering or science            |  1990 |  1991 |  1992 |  1993 |  1994 |  1995 |  1996 |  1997 |  1998 |  1999 |  2000 |   2001|   2002|1990 to
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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, total ........................|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, total .......................|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, total ................| 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, total ............| 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, total ................| 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, total ....................|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, total ..........| 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, total ............| 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
      Microbiology, immunology, and        |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         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, total ..................| 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, total .......................| 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, total ..................| 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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NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Studies, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 1990 through 2002. (This table was prepared April 2005.)
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