Table 243.

Graduate enrollment in science and engineering programs in degree-granting institutions, by discipline division: Fall 1996 through fall 2008

Discipline of engineering or science	1996		1997		1998		1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006		20071	20081
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13	14
Total, all sciences and
engineering	494,079	2	487,208	2	485,627	2	493,256	2	493,311	2	509,607	2	540,404	2	567,121	2	574,463	2	582,226	2	597,643	2	619,499	631,489
Engineering	103,224		101,148		100,038		101,691		104,112		109,493		119,668		127,377		123,566		120,565		123,041		131,676	137,856
Aerospace	3,208		3,083		3,137		3,349		3,407		3,451		3,685		4,048		4,089		4,170		4,482		4,616	4,902
Agricultural	1,012		941		975		986		943		947		952		1,058		1,041		1,059		1,073		1,126	1,233
Architecture3	†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		4,601	5,905
Biomedical	2,732		2,847		2,855		3,069		3,197		3,599		4,338		5,301		5,807		6,067		6,482		6,904	7,339
Chemical	7,408		7,288		7,093		6,883		7,056		6,913		7,414		7,516		7,452		7,173		7,261		7,584	7,892
Civil3	18,528		17,193		16,517		16,226		16,451		16,665		17,713		18,890		18,561		18,114		17,802		16,071	16,931
Electrical	29,941		30,787		31,384		31,822		33,611		36,100		39,948		41,763		38,995		37,450		38,265		40,588	41,164
Engineering science	1,751		1,647		1,701		1,627		1,632		1,798		2,121		2,240		2,198		1,951		2,046		1,806	2,099
Industrial/manufacturing	12,675		11,957		11,221		11,803		12,119		12,940		14,033		14,313		13,852		13,650		13,829		14,474	15,692
Mechanical	15,509		15,045		14,696		14,956		15,235		15,852		17,139		18,393		17,852		17,373		17,919		18,347	19,585
Metallurgical/materials	4,747		4,688		4,680		4,481		4,377		4,721		4,992		5,131		5,059		5,160		5,268		5,314	5,539
Mining	371		348		304		328		287		240		267		278		308		279		244		222	290
Nuclear	980		868		821		830		792		801		795		885		971		1,013		1,099		1,180	1,201
Petroleum	562		561		571		642		627		656		766		849		845		808		813		1,014	1,009
Other engineering	3,800		3,895		4,083		4,689		4,378		4,810		5,505		6,712		6,536		6,298		6,458		7,829	7,075
Physical sciences	32,333		31,105		30,575		30,691		30,385		31,038		32,341		34,298		35,761		36,375		36,901		36,824	37,319
Astronomy	874		778		820		832		888		916		990		1,080		1,119		1,191		1,211		1,232	1,275
Chemistry	19,334		18,774		18,482		18,416		18,105		18,366		19,045		20,049		20,776		21,101		21,351		21,298	21,574
Physics	11,728		11,147		10,809		10,869		10,841		11,248		11,701		12,555		13,298		13,472		13,722		13,816	13,862
Other physical sciences	397		406		464		574		551		508		605		614		568		611		617		478	608
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean    sciences	15,183		14,548		14,258		14,083		13,941		13,841		14,240		14,620		15,131		14,836		14,920		14,100	14,389
Atmospheric sciences	1,086		1,092		965		913		963		924		1,036		1,150		1,086		1,146		1,079		1,178	1,400
Geosciences	7,304		6,959		6,687		6,637		6,596		6,544		6,712		6,889		7,358		7,212		7,177		7,020	7,089
Oceanography	2,615		2,479		2,562		2,624		2,668		2,585		2,618		2,695		2,801		2,760		2,770		2,615	2,634
Other environmental sciences	4,178		4,018		4,044		3,909		3,714		3,788		3,874		3,886		3,886		3,718		3,894		3,287	3,266
Family and consumer science/    human science4	†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		2,780	3,549
Mathematical sciences	18,008		16,719		16,485		16,257		15,650		16,651		18,163		19,465		19,931		20,210		20,815		20,975	21,400
Mathematics and applied
mathematics	14,948		14,027		13,827		13,521		12,823		13,569		14,702		15,569		15,964		16,106		16,649		16,528	16,449
Statistics	3,060		2,692		2,658		2,736		2,827		3,082		3,461		3,896		3,967		4,104		4,166		4,447	4,951
Multidisciplinary/
interdisciplinary studies4	†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		4,484	5,559
Neuroscience5	†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		1,584	2,012
Communication4	†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		†		7,303	8,444
Computer sciences	34,626		35,991		38,027		42,478		47,350		52,196		55,269		53,696		50,016		47,978		47,653		48,246	49,553
Life sciences	148,948		148,486		149,634		151,345		148,080		150,252		159,356		170,374		178,600		185,553		194,313		188,760	189,033
Agricultural sciences	12,301		12,203		12,168		12,312		12,023		12,235		12,698		13,197		13,445		13,123		13,016		13,528	14,153
Biological sciences	57,749		56,705		56,695		56,959		56,282		57,639		61,088		64,701		66,565		68,479		69,941		71,932	72,666
Anatomy	878		856		785		749		795		735		906		908		897		938		961		867	764
Biochemistry	5,275		5,102		5,148		5,101		4,966		4,917		5,190		5,552		5,612		5,814		5,824		5,853	5,473
Biology	14,611		14,646		14,277		13,989		13,407		13,352		13,822		14,770		15,458		15,681		16,463		15,898	16,514
Biometry/epidemiology	3,005		2,896		3,514		3,704		3,615		3,817		4,071		4,439		4,674		4,805		4,789		5,694	5,971
Biophysics	833		748		737		710		751		877		953		1,032		1,180		1,183		1,203		1,193	1,084
Botany	2,213		2,082		2,042		1,974		1,904		1,921		1,973		1,901		1,831		1,860		1,850		1,821	1,803
Cell biology	4,207		4,300		4,379		4,637		4,820		4,911		5,375		5,689		5,830		6,177		6,553		6,839	7,096
Ecology	1,632		1,640		1,670		1,704		1,762		1,888		1,967		2,230		2,185		2,165		2,162		2,026	2,026
Entomology/parasitology	1,234		1,161		1,168		1,145		1,104		1,170		1,191		1,206		1,241		1,126		1,114		1,078	1,079
Genetics	1,741		1,776		1,727		1,783		1,712		1,841		1,909		2,073		2,129		2,155		2,154		2,120	2,120
Microbiology, immunology,     and virology	4,912		4,805		4,773		4,815		4,814		4,798		5,208		5,256		5,375		5,401		5,324		5,212	5,054
Nutrition	4,918		4,604		4,486		4,508		4,413		4,429		4,539		4,695		4,771		4,817		5,042		4,890	5,177
Pathology	1,656		1,674		1,580		1,580		1,531		1,637		1,613		1,541		1,557		1,593		1,612		1,580	1,618
Pharmacology	2,663		2,597		2,730		2,757		2,963		3,140		3,234		3,357		3,122		3,114		2,985		3,013	3,005
Physiology	2,377		2,298		2,151		2,083		2,015		1,967		2,076		2,328		2,409		2,399		2,416		2,738	2,863
Zoology	1,808		1,627		1,586		1,523		1,445		1,411		1,349		1,301		1,236		1,264		1,145		1,108	925
Other biosciences	3,786		3,893		3,942		4,197		4,265		4,828		5,712		6,423		7,058		7,987		8,344		10,002	10,094
Health fields	78,898		79,578		80,771		82,074		79,775		80,378		85,570		92,476		98,590		103,951		111,356		103,300	102,214
Medical fields5	15,363		15,470		16,643		17,276		16,407		17,363		19,166		20,574		20,866		21,414		23,441		22,751	23,939
Other health fields	63,535		64,108		64,128		64,798		63,368		63,015		66,404		71,902		77,724		82,537		87,915		80,549	78,275
Dentistry	1,388		1,491		1,518		1,467		1,430		1,494		1,446		1,654		1,946		1,748		1,614		1,688	1,643
Nursing	27,388		26,861		25,591		25,074		23,457		23,609		24,715		26,649		29,781		31,670		35,846		31,803	30,471
Pharmaceutical sciences	2,846		2,710		2,882		3,422		3,611		3,679		4,538		5,493		5,218		6,091		6,315		5,066	4,251
Speech pathology/audiology	12,857		13,212		13,198		13,600		13,636		13,193		13,368		13,694		14,045		14,821		14,847		16,229	15,968
Veterinary sciences	997		1,224		1,288		1,314		1,367		1,476		1,691		1,719		1,732		1,970		2,067		2,371	2,478
Other health related	18,059		18,610		19,651		19,921		19,867		19,564		20,646		22,693		25,002		26,237		27,226		23,392	23,464
Psychology	53,122		53,126		52,557		51,727		50,466		50,454		51,152		52,162		54,126		57,282		57,653		59,617	58,991
Social sciences	88,635		86,085		84,053		84,984		83,327		85,682		90,215		95,129		97,332		99,427		102,347		103,150	103,384
Agricultural economics	2,117		2,043		1,995		2,014		2,079		2,161		2,187		2,318		2,195		2,127		2,158		1,989	2,132
Economics (except agricultural)	12,080		11,097		10,701		10,562		10,748		11,408		12,009		12,316		12,318		11,805		12,132		12,597	12,971
Geography	4,331		4,287		4,326		4,250		4,036		4,304		4,383		4,721		4,809		4,800		4,750		4,660	4,745
Linguistics	3,156		3,068		2,935		2,799		2,674		2,744		2,875		3,028		2,941		3,187		3,074		2,879	3,095
Political science	33,252		32,083		30,828		31,372		31,131		31,805		34,934		36,880		39,023		40,780		41,784		41,349	40,871
Sociology and anthropology	18,121		17,921		17,492		17,340		17,023		17,111		17,146		17,689		17,539		17,616		18,022		18,453	18,988
Other social sciences	15,578		15,586		15,776		16,647		15,636		16,149		16,681		18,177		18,507		19,112		20,427		21,223	20,582

†Not applicable.

1 Data for 2007 and 2008 may not be comparable to previous years’ data because some surveyed fields were reclassified, new fields were added, and the survey was redesigned to improve coverage and coding.

2 Because three fields were added to the survey in 2007, previous years' totals for all fields are not comparable to the 2007 and 2008 totals.

3 Before 2007, architecture was included under civil engineering instead of being reported as a separate field of engineering.

4 Three science fields--family and consumer science/human science, multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies, and communication--were added to the survey in 2007; some of the data may have been reported under other fields prior to 2007.

5 Before 2007, neuroscience was included under the health/medical field of neurology instead of being reported as a separate field of science.

NOTE: The survey on which this table is based includes institutions in other jurisdictions, including Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 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, 1996 through 2008. (This table was prepared September 2010.)