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Field of engineering or science | 1984 |1985\1\ |1986\1\ |1987\1\ | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |1990 to
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Total, all fields ...................|394,718 |404,088 |415,557 |421,526 |424,671 |434,637 |452,250 |471,314 |493,826 |504,838 |505,259 |501,510 | 10.9
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Engineering, total ......................| 92,712 | 95,991 |101,874 |103,953 |102,829 |104,043 |107,625 |113,576 |118,035 |116,881 |113,060 |107,529 | -0.1
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Aerospace ...........................| 2,340 | 2,538 | 2,804 | 3,015 | 3223 | 3,524 | 3,934 | 4,120 | 4,036 | 3,940 | 3,715 | 3,343 | -15.0
Agricultural ........................| 961 | 948 | 1,071 | 1,080 | 1052 | 1,043 | 946 | 983 | 1,008 | 1,018 | 1,061 | 1,054 | 11.4
Biomedical ..........................| 1,343 | 1,370 | 1,534 | 1,674 | 1752 | 1,916 | 2,136 | 2,239 | 2,537 | 2,675 | 2,750 | 2,687 | 25.8
Chemical ............................| 7,373 | 7,150 | 7,012 | 7,111 | 6618 | 6,460 | 6,735 | 7,127 | 7,397 | 7,516 | 7,608 | 7,432 | 10.3
Civil ...............................| 15,192 | 14,902 | 14,976 | 14,682 | 14811 | 14,909 | 15,542 | 17,398 | 19,572 | 19,583 | 19,925 | 19,218 | 23.7
Electrical ..........................| 26,388 | 28,203 | 29,969 | 31,399 | 32035 | 33,257 | 33,722 | 35,182 | 36,460 | 35,337 | 33,052 | 31,060 | -7.9
Engineering science .................| 2,153 | 2,098 | 2,362 | 2,343 | 2386 | 2,077 | 2,020 | 2,154 | 2,218 | 2,180 | 2,089 | 1,955 | -3.2
Industrial ..........................| 9,282 | 10,499 | 11,529 | 12,220 | 11393 | 11,094 | 11,248 | 12,676 | 13,525 | 13,596 | 13,696 | 13,182 | 17.2
Mechanical ..........................| 13,855 | 14,157 | 15,713 | 16,366 | 16151 | 16,265 | 16,879 | 17,730 | 18,637 | 18,477 | 17,761 | 16,360 | -3.1
Metallurgical/materials .............| 3,657 | 3,943 | 4,208 | 4,366 | 4337 | 4,594 | 4,941 | 5,160 | 5,512 | 5,363 | 5,191 | 4,920 | -0.4
Mining ..............................| 502 | 489 | 512 | 513 | 489 | 418 | 437 | 489 | 437 | 427 | 424 | 373 | -14.6
Nuclear .............................| 1,234 | 1,220 | 1,265 | 1,279 | 1303 | 1,323 | 1,278 | 1,282 | 1,286 | 1,306 | 1,246 | 1,154 | -9.7
Petroleum ...........................| 744 | 782 | 747 | 818 | 742 | 665 | 670 | 705 | 737 | 725 | 624 | 610 | -9.0
Other engineering ...................| 7,688 | 7,692 | 8,172 | 7,087 | 6537 | 6,498 | 7,137 | 6,331 | 4,673 | 4,738 | 3,918 | 4,181 | -41.4
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All sciences, total .....................|302,006 |308,097 |313,683 |317,573 |321,842 |330,594 |344,625 |357,738 |375,791 |387,957 |392,199 |393,981 | 14.3
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Physical sciences, total ..............| 30,056 | 30,981 | 32,246 | 32,727 | 32962 | 33,616 | 34,075 | 34,710 | 35,348 | 35,318 | 34,449 | 33,470 | -1.8
Astronomy ...........................| 639 | 671 | 689 | 719 | 731 | 789 | 810 | 829 | 869 | 880 | 973 | 912 | 12.6
Chemistry ...........................| 17,755 | 18,305 | 18,744 | 18,827 | 18579 | 18,828 | 19,118 | 19,407 | 19,929 | 20,131 | 19,797 | 19,645 | 2.8
Physics .............................| 11,331 | 11,672 | 12,437 | 12,807 | 13308 | 13,657 | 13,813 | 14,081 | 14,122 | 13,841 | 13,162 | 12,427 | -10.0
Other physical sciences .............| 331 | 333 | 376 | 374 | 344 | 342 | 334 | 393 | 428 | 466 | 517 | 486 | 45.5
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Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences.| 15,505 | 15,420 | 15,066 | 14,371 | 13,867 | 13,643 | 13,984 | 14,480 | 15,347 | 15,805 | 16,042 | 15,802 | 13.0
Atmospheric sciences ................| 907 | 964 | 961 | 952 | 940 | 912 | 929 | 968 | 1,089 | 1,112 | 1,109 | 1,072 | 15.4
Geosciences .........................| 10,370 | 10,294 | 9,819 | 8,998 | 8463 | 8,052 | 7,692 | 7,567 | 7,744 | 7,785 | 7,741 | 7,602 | -1.2
Oceanography ........................| 2,102 | 2,081 | 2,128 | 2,127 | 2033 | 2,207 | 2,333 | 2,386 | 2,530 | 2,611 | 2,853 | 2,703 | 15.9
Other environmental sciences ........| 2,126 | 2,081 | 2,158 | 2,294 | 2431 | 2,472 | 3,030 | 3,559 | 3,984 | 4,297 | 4,339 | 4,425 | 46.0
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Mathematical sciences, total ..........| 17,443 | 17,563 | 17,949 | 18,508 | 19,077 | 19,247 | 19,774 | 19,952 | 20,355 | 20,000 | 19,579 | 18,509 | -6.4
Mathematics and applied mathematics..| 15,278 | 15,437 | 15,615 | 16,015 | 16,490 | 16,723 | 17,096 | 17,206 | 17,404 | 16,945 | 16,463 | 15,400 | -9.9
Statistics...........................| 2,165 | 2,126 | 2,334 | 2,493 | 2,587 | 2,524 | 2,678 | 2,746 | 2,951 | 3,055 | 3,116 | 3,109 | 16.1
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Computer sciences, total ..............| 25,526 | 29,769 | 31,349 | 32,051 | 32,227 | 32,482 | 34,257 | 34,610 | 36,320 | 36,298 | 34,278 | 33,509 | -2.2
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Life sciences, total ..................|102,961 |103,635 |105,661 |106,036 |108,084 |111,910 |116,396 |121,890 |129,033 |136,971 |143,843 |148,767 | 27.8
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Agricultural sciences, total ........| 12,226 | 11,561 | 11,458 | 11,118 | 11,135 | 11,190 | 11,316 | 11,506 | 11,827 | 11,914 | 12,199 | 12,426 | 9.8
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Biological sciences, total ..........| 45,763 | 46,112 | 46,765 | 46,747 | 47,565 | 48,852 | 49,989 | 51,778 | 54,177 | 56,452 | 58,143 | 58,753 | 17.5
Anatomy ...........................| 1,029 | 993 | 973 | 1,016 | 1056 | 1,078 | 1,000 | 1,051 | 1,030 | 1,027 | 1,079 | 1,056 | 5.6
Biochemistry ......................| 4,449 | 4,654 | 4,873 | 4,813 | 4921 | 5,082 | 5,039 | 5,201 | 5,376 | 5,513 | 5,632 | 5,550 | 10.1
Biology ...........................| 12,890 | 12,710 | 12,678 | 12,331 | 12393 | 12,761 | 13,027 | 13,292 | 13,874 | 14,327 | 14,220 | 14,211 | 9.1
Biometry/epidemiology .............| 1,004 | 1,360 | 1,434 | 1,556 | 1682 | 1,722 | 1,871 | 2,032 | 2,365 | 2,658 | 2,710 | 2,812 | 50.3
Biophysics ........................| 433 | 441 | 547 | 591 | 592 | 655 | 642 | 697 | 751 | 780 | 794 | 855 | 33.2
Botany ............................| 3,212 | 3,157 | 3,123 | 2,979 | 2912 | 2,826 | 2,733 | 2,694 | 2,689 | 2,714 | 2,748 | 2,609 | -4.5
Cell biology ......................| 1,256 | 1,429 | 1,716 | 1,964 | 2078 | 2,234 | 2,555 | 2,809 | 3,093 | 3,374 | 3,768 | 3,859 | 51.0
Ecology ...........................| 1,088 | 1,028 | 1,022 | 963 | 999 | 1,084 | 1,136 | 1,180 | 1,301 | 1,410 | 1,566 | 1,717 | 51.1
Entomology/parasitology ...........| 1,438 | 1,342 | 1,306 | 1,244 | 1240 | 1,181 | 1,173 | 1,171 | 1,193 | 1,247 | 1,263 | 1,241 | 5.8
Genetics ..........................| 1,059 | 1,120 | 1,262 | 1,314 | 1289 | 1,365 | 1,408 | 1,520 | 1,639 | 1,785 | 1,699 | 1,700 | 20.7
Microbiology ......................| 4,324 | 4,445 | 4,371 | 4,452 | 4773 | 4,827 | 4,873 | 4,928 | 4,972 | 5,068 | 5,141 | 5,095 | 4.6
Nutrition .........................| 4,220 | 4,241 | 4,259 | 4,158 | 4132 | 4,164 | 4,172 | 4,164 | 4,159 | 4,388 | 4,747 | 5,012 | 20.1
Pathology .........................| 1,413 | 1,305 | 1,323 | 1,369 | 1333 | 1,369 | 1,354 | 1,449 | 1,456 | 1,575 | 1,707 | 1,670 | 23.3
Pharmacology ......................| 2,060 | 2,103 | 2,078 | 2,072 | 2124 | 2,267 | 2,353 | 2,432 | 2,529 | 2,645 | 2,830 | 2,703 | 14.9
Physiology ........................| 2,158 | 2,211 | 2,220 | 2,213 | 2220 | 2,206 | 2,236 | 2,332 | 2,317 | 2,372 | 2,378 | 2,540 | 13.6
Zoology ...........................| 2,293 | 2,127 | 2,075 | 2,104 | 2029 | 2,083 | 2,104 | 2,191 | 2,139 | 2,120 | 2,092 | 2,073 | -1.5
Other biosciences .................| 1,437 | 1,446 | 1,505 | 1,608 | 1792 | 1,948 | 2,313 | 2,635 | 3,294 | 3,449 | 3,769 | 4,050 | 75.1
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Health fields, total ................| 44,972 | 45,962 | 47,438 | 48,171 | 49,384 | 51,868 | 55,091 | 58,606 | 63,029 | 68,605 | 73,501 | 77,588 | 40.8
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Medical fields .....................| 8,655 | 9,221 | 9,244 | 9,809 | 10,101 | 10,232 | 10,950 | 11,707 | 12,594 | 14,184 | 15,065 | 15,795 | 44.2
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Other health fields ................| 36,317 | 36,741 | 38,194 | 38,362 | 39,283 | 41,636 | 44,141 | 46,899 | 50,435 | 54,421 | 58,436 | 61,793 | 40.0
Dentistry .........................| 817 | 797 | 908 | 1,022 | 1048 | 1,004 | 956 | 1,016 | 1,121 | 1,135 | 1,199 | 1,251 | 30.9
Nursing ...........................| 17,987 | 17,965 | 18,398 | 18,444 | 18862 | 19,689 | 21,194 | 22,012 | 23,213 | 24,781 | 27,042 | 28,441 | 34.2
Pharmaceutical sciences ...........| 2,519 | 2,553 | 2,682 | 2,607 | 2613 | 2,787 | 2,889 | 2,968 | 2,804 | 2,871 | 2,901 | 2,948 | 2.0
Speech pathology/audiology ........| 7,665 | 7,761 | 7,774 | 7,314 | 7479 | 7,911 | 8,354 | 8,945 | 9,791 | 10,740 | 11,473 | 12,098 | 44.8
Veterinary sciences ...............| 557 | 637 | 630 | 731 | 752 | 801 | 900 | 894 | 942 | 877 | 875 | 929 | 3.2
Other health related ..............| 6,772 | 7,028 | 7,802 | 8,244 | 8529 | 9,444 | 9,848 | 11,064 | 12,564 | 14,017 | 14,946 | 16,126 | 63.7
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Psychology, total .....................| 40,931 | 40,721 | 41,241 | 42,612 | 43,963 | 45,528 | 48,168 | 51,343 | 53,599 | 54,680 | 54,726 | 54,243 | 12.6
Psychology, general .................| 104 | 104 | 118 | 267 | 15,443 | 16,822 | 18,144 | 20,954 | 22,707 | 23,263 | 23,895 | 23,915 | 31.8
Clinical psychology .................| 40,173 | 39,919 | 40,361 | 41,566 | 20,548 | 19,408 | 20,108 | 19,555 | 18,819 | 18,920 | 18,179 | 17,675 | -12.1
Other psychology ....................| 654 | 698 | 762 | 779 | 7,972 | 9,298 | 9,916 | 10,834 | 12,073 | 12,497 | 12,652 | 12,653 | 27.6
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Social sciences, total ................| 69,584 | 70,008 | 70,171 | 71,268 | 71,662 | 74,168 | 77,971 | 80,753 | 85,789 | 88,885 | 89,282 | 89,681 | 15.0
Agricultural economics ..............| 2,279 | 2,268 | 2,248 | 2,203 | 2259 | 2,276 | 2,273 | 2,364 | 2,522 | 2,415 | 2,289 | 2,321 | 2.1
Anthropology ........................| 5,590 | 5,631 | 5,805 | 5,835 | 5945 | 6,128 | 6,479 | 6,731 | 7,123 | 7,361 | 7,665 | 7,694 | 18.8
Economics (except agricultural) .....| 12,507 | 12,430 | 12,103 | 11,998 | 12036 | 12,139 | 12,326 | 12,707 | 13,252 | 13,214 | 12,978 | 12,790 | 3.8
Geography ...........................| 3,035 | 2,936 | 3,055 | 3,223 | 3208 | 3,479 | 3,530 | 3,760 | 4,102 | 4,378 | 4,502 | 4,402 | 24.7
History and philosophy of science ...| 274 | 272 | 266 | 294 | 288 | 304 | 331 | 337 | 360 | 369 | 387 | 401 | 21.1
Linguistics .........................| 3,160 | 3,055 | 3,109 | 3,282 | 3243 | 3,286 | 3,404 | 3,425 | 3,277 | 3,321 | 3,279 | 3,194 | -6.2
Political science ...................| 25,570 | 26,621 | 27,091 | 27,429 | 27723 | 29,194 | 30,582 | 31,707 | 33,797 | 35,151 | 34,383 | 34,374 | 12.4
Sociology ...........................| 6,812 | 6,637 | 6,565 | 7,026 | 7117 | 7,405 | 7,801 | 8,393 | 9,011 | 9,425 | 9,498 | 9,575 | 22.7
Sociology/anthropology ..............| 1,024 | 983 | 988 | 942 | 960 | 988 | 1,164 | 899 | 979 | 935 | 987 | 941 | -19.2
Other social sciences ...............| 9,333 | 9,175 | 8,941 | 9,036 | 8883 | 8,969 | 10,081 | 10,430 | 11,366 | 12,316 | 13,314 | 13,989 | 38.8
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