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      Field of engineering or science       |  1987  |  1988  |  1989  |  1990  |  1991  |  1992  |  1993  |  1994  |  1995  |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999   |1990 to
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    Total, all sciences and engineering ....|421,526 |424,671 |434,567 |452,178 |471,262 |493,624 |504,409 |504,516 |499,750 |494,195 |487,279 |485,724 | 493,425 |    9.1
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Engineering, total .........................|103,953 |102,829 |104,043 |107,625 |113,576 |118,003 |116,834 |112,993 |107,173 |103,189 |101,070 | 99,969 | 101,468 |   -5.7
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    Aerospace ..............................|  3,015 |  3,223 |  3,524 |  3,934 |  4,120 |  4,036 |  3,940 |  3,715 |  3,343 |  3,208 |  3,083 |  3,137 |   3,349 |  -14.9
    Agricultural ...........................|  1,080 |  1,052 |  1,043 |    946 |    983 |  1,008 |  1,018 |  1,061 |  1,037 |  1,012 |    941 |    925 |     934 |   -1.3
    Biomedical .............................|  1,674 |  1,752 |  1,916 |  2,136 |  2,239 |  2,537 |  2,675 |  2,750 |  2,732 |  2,732 |  2,847 |  2,905 |   3,121 |   46.1
    Chemical ...............................|  7,111 |  6,618 |  6,460 |  6,735 |  7,127 |  7,397 |  7,516 |  7,608 |  7,424 |  7,373 |  7,247 |  7,060 |   6,849 |    1.7
    Civil ..................................| 14,682 | 14,811 | 14,909 | 15,542 | 17,398 | 19,572 | 19,583 | 19,925 | 19,218 | 18,528 | 17,156 | 16,481 |  16,190 |    4.2
    Electrical .............................| 31,399 | 32,035 | 33,257 | 33,722 | 35,182 | 36,428 | 35,290 | 33,020 | 30,721 | 29,702 | 30,548 | 31,129 |  31,368 |   -7.0
    Engineering science ....................|  2,343 |  2,386 |  2,077 |  2,020 |  2,154 |  2,218 |  2,180 |  2,089 |  1,955 |  1,751 |  1,647 |  1,701 |   1,627 |  -19.5
    Industrial .............................| 12,220 | 11,393 | 11,094 | 11,248 | 12,676 | 13,525 | 13,596 | 13,661 | 13,143 | 12,399 | 11,736 | 10,995 |  10,886 |   -3.2
    Mechanical .............................| 16,366 | 16,151 | 16,265 | 16,879 | 17,730 | 18,637 | 18,477 | 17,761 | 16,363 | 15,509 | 15,045 | 14,696 |  14,956 |  -11.4
    Metallurgical/materials ................|  4,366 |  4,337 |  4,594 |  4,941 |  5,160 |  5,512 |  5,363 |  5,191 |  4,920 |  4,713 |  4,649 |  4,644 |   4,451 |   -9.9
    Mining .................................|    513 |    489 |    418 |    437 |    489 |    437 |    427 |    424 |    373 |    371 |    348 |    304 |     328 |  -24.9
    Nuclear ................................|  1,279 |  1,303 |  1,323 |  1,278 |  1,282 |  1,286 |  1,306 |  1,246 |  1,154 |    980 |    868 |    821 |     830 |  -35.1
    Petroleum ..............................|    818 |    742 |    665 |    670 |    705 |    737 |    725 |    624 |    610 |    562 |    561 |    571 |     642 |   -4.2
    Other engineering ......................|  7,087 |  6,537 |  6,498 |  7,137 |  6,331 |  4,673 |  4,738 |  3,918 |  4,180 |  4,349 |  4,394 |  4,600 |   5,937 |  -16.8
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All sciences, total ........................|317,573 |321,842 |330,524 |344,553 |357,686 |375,621 |387,575 |391,523 |392,577 |391,006 |386,209 |385,755 | 391,957 |   13.8
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  Physical sciences, total .................| 32,727 | 32,962 | 33,616 | 34,075 | 34,710 | 35,348 | 35,318 | 34,449 | 33,388 | 32,324 | 31,078 | 30,571 |  30,689 |   -9.9
    Astronomy ..............................|    719 |    731 |    789 |    810 |    829 |    869 |    880 |    973 |    912 |    874 |    778 |    820 |     832 |    2.7
    Chemistry ..............................| 18,827 | 18,579 | 18,828 | 19,118 | 19,407 | 19,929 | 20,131 | 19,797 | 19,565 | 19,327 | 18,764 | 18,479 |  18,414 |   -3.7
    Physics ................................| 12,807 | 13,308 | 13,657 | 13,813 | 14,081 | 14,122 | 13,841 | 13,162 | 12,425 | 11,728 | 11,147 | 10,809 |  10,869 |  -21.3
    Other physical sciences ................|    374 |    344 |    342 |    334 |    393 |    428 |    466 |    517 |    486 |    395 |    389 |    463 |     574 |   71.9
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  Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences....| 14,371 | 13,867 | 13,643 | 13,984 | 14,480 | 15,333 | 15,731 | 15,968 | 15,722 | 15,185 | 14,565 | 14,259 |  14,082 |    0.7
    Atmospheric sciences ...................|    952 |    940 |    912 |    929 |    968 |  1,089 |  1,112 |  1,109 |  1,072 |  1,086 |  1,092 |    965 |     913 |   -1.7
    Geosciences ............................|  8,998 |  8,463 |  8,052 |  7,692 |  7,567 |  7,744 |  7,785 |  7,741 |  7,608 |  7,323 |  6,997 |  6,705 |   6,652 |  -13.5
    Oceanography ...........................|  2,127 |  2,033 |  2,207 |  2,333 |  2,386 |  2,530 |  2,611 |  2,853 |  2,703 |  2,598 |  2,458 |  2,545 |   2,608 |   11.8
    Other environmental sciences ...........|  2,294 |  2,431 |  2,472 |  3,030 |  3,559 |  3,970 |  4,223 |  4,265 |  4,339 |  4,178 |  4,018 |  4,044 |   3,909 |   29.0
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  Mathematical sciences, total .............| 18,508 | 19,077 | 19,247 | 19,774 | 19,952 | 20,355 | 20,000 | 19,579 | 18,509 | 18,015 | 16,729 | 16,488 |  16,254 |  -17.8
    Mathematics and applied mathematics.....| 16,015 | 16,490 | 16,723 | 17,096 | 17,206 | 17,404 | 16,945 | 16,463 | 15,400 | 14,970 | 14,048 | 13,841 |  13,530 |  -20.9
    Statistics............................  |  2,493 |  2,587 |  2,524 |  2,678 |  2,746 |  2,951 |  3,055 |  3,116 |  3,109 |  3,045 |  2,681 |  2,647 |   2,724 |    1.7
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  Computer sciences, total .................| 32,051 | 32,227 | 32,482 | 34,257 | 34,610 | 36,325 | 36,213 | 34,158 | 33,458 | 34,626 | 35,991 | 38,027 |  42,560 |   24.2
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  Life sciences, total .....................|106,036 |108,084 |111,862 |116,348 |121,849 |129,010 |136,986 |143,708 |148,442 |149,116 |148,656 |149,822 | 151,473 |   30.2
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    Agricultural sciences, total ...........| 11,118 | 11,135 | 11,190 | 11,316 | 11,506 | 11,841 | 11,988 | 12,273 | 12,450 | 12,009 | 11,893 | 11,877 |  12,036 |    6.4
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    Biological sciences, total .............| 46,747 | 47,565 | 48,852 | 49,989 | 51,778 | 54,180 | 56,458 | 58,152 | 58,775 | 58,170 | 57,140 | 57,124 |  57,320 |   14.7
      Anatomy ..............................|  1,016 |  1,056 |  1,078 |  1,000 |  1,051 |    991 |    986 |  1,043 |  1,008 |  1,046 |  1,029 |    947 |     913 |   -8.7
      Biochemistry .........................|  4,813 |  4,921 |  5,082 |  5,039 |  5,201 |  5,376 |  5,513 |  5,632 |  5,579 |  5,296 |  5,123 |  5,173 |   5,120 |    1.6
      Biology ..............................| 12,331 | 12,393 | 12,761 | 13,027 | 13,292 | 13,874 | 14,327 | 14,220 | 14,284 | 14,635 | 14,643 | 14,289 |  13,996 |    7.4
      Biometry/epidemiology ................|  1,556 |  1,682 |  1,722 |  1,871 |  2,032 |  2,365 |  2,658 |  2,710 |  2,812 |  3,001 |  2,900 |  3,484 |   3,575 |   91.1
      Biophysics ...........................|    591 |    592 |    655 |    642 |    697 |    751 |    780 |    794 |    845 |    833 |    748 |    737 |     710 |   10.6
      Botany ...............................|  2,979 |  2,912 |  2,826 |  2,733 |  2,694 |  2,689 |  2,714 |  2,748 |  2,609 |  2,504 |  2,402 |  2,328 |   2,261 |  -17.3
      Cell biology .........................|  1,964 |  2,078 |  2,234 |  2,555 |  2,809 |  3,132 |  3,415 |  3,804 |  3,938 |  3,961 |  4,046 |  4,148 |   4,402 |   72.3
      Ecology ..............................|    963 |    999 |  1,084 |  1,136 |  1,180 |  1,301 |  1,410 |  1,566 |  1,680 |  1,615 |  1,619 |  1,655 |   1,687 |   48.5
      Entomology/parasitology ..............|  1,244 |  1,240 |  1,181 |  1,173 |  1,171 |  1,193 |  1,247 |  1,263 |  1,241 |  1,234 |  1,161 |  1,168 |   1,145 |   -2.4
      Genetics .............................|  1,314 |  1,289 |  1,365 |  1,408 |  1,520 |  1,639 |  1,785 |  1,699 |  1,700 |  1,729 |  1,760 |  1,705 |   1,767 |   25.5
      Microbiology, immunology, & virology .|  4,452 |  4,773 |  4,827 |  4,873 |  4,928 |  4,972 |  5,068 |  5,141 |  5,072 |  4,963 |  4,854 |  4,869 |   4,910 |    0.8
      Nutrition ............................|  4,158 |  4,132 |  4,164 |  4,172 |  4,164 |  4,159 |  4,388 |  4,747 |  5,016 |  4,859 |  4,550 |  4,430 |   4,449 |    6.6
      Pathology ............................|  1,369 |  1,333 |  1,369 |  1,354 |  1,449 |  1,456 |  1,575 |  1,707 |  1,670 |  1,656 |  1,674 |  1,580 |   1,580 |   16.7
      Pharmacology .........................|  2,072 |  2,124 |  2,267 |  2,353 |  2,432 |  2,532 |  2,651 |  2,839 |  2,710 |  2,663 |  2,597 |  2,730 |   2,757 |   17.2
      Physiology ...........................|  2,213 |  2,220 |  2,206 |  2,236 |  2,332 |  2,317 |  2,372 |  2,378 |  2,540 |  2,377 |  2,298 |  2,151 |   2,100 |   -6.1
      Zoology ..............................|  2,104 |  2,029 |  2,083 |  2,104 |  2,191 |  2,139 |  2,120 |  2,092 |  2,068 |  1,911 |  1,730 |  1,676 |   1,614 |  -23.3
      Other biosciences ....................|  1,608 |  1,792 |  1,948 |  2,313 |  2,635 |  3,294 |  3,449 |  3,769 |  4,003 |  3,887 |  4,006 |  4,054 |   4,334 |   87.4
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    Health fields, total ...................| 48,171 | 49,384 | 51,820 | 55,043 | 58,565 | 62,989 | 68,540 | 73,283 | 77,217 | 78,937 | 79,623 | 80,821 |  82,117 |   49.2
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     Medical fields ......................  |  9,809 | 10,101 | 10,232 | 10,950 | 11,707 | 12,594 | 14,184 | 15,027 | 15,500 | 15,293 | 15,403 | 16,600 |  17,244 |   57.5
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     Other health fields ...................| 38,362 | 39,283 | 41,588 | 44,093 | 46,858 | 50,395 | 54,356 | 58,256 | 61,717 | 63,644 | 64,220 | 64,221 |  64,873 |   47.1
      Dentistry ............................|  1,022 |  1,048 |  1,004 |    956 |  1,016 |  1,121 |  1,133 |  1,199 |  1,251 |  1,291 |  1,411 |  1,426 |   1,383 |   44.7
      Nursing ..............................| 18,444 | 18,862 | 19,689 | 21,194 | 22,012 | 23,213 | 24,781 | 26,997 | 28,405 | 27,388 | 26,861 | 25,591 |  25,068 |   18.3
      Pharmaceutical sciences ..............|  2,607 |  2,613 |  2,787 |  2,889 |  2,968 |  2,792 |  2,859 |  2,887 |  2,808 |  2,846 |  2,710 |  2,882 |   3,422 |   18.4
      Speech pathology/audiology ...........|  7,314 |  7,479 |  7,911 |  8,354 |  8,945 |  9,791 | 10,740 | 11,473 | 12,092 | 12,973 | 13,320 | 13,331 |  13,653 |   63.4
      Veterinary sciences ..................|    731 |    752 |    801 |    900 |    894 |    942 |    877 |    875 |    929 |    946 |  1,175 |  1,192 |   1,216 |   35.1
      Other health related .................|  8,244 |  8,529 |  9,396 |  9,800 | 11,023 | 12,536 | 13,966 | 14,825 | 16,232 | 18,200 | 18,743 | 19,799 |  20,131 |  105.4
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  Psychology, total ........................| 42,612 | 43,963 | 45,528 | 48,167 | 51,343 | 53,484 | 54,557 | 54,554 | 53,641 | 53,122 | 53,126 | 52,557 |  51,874 |    7.7
    Psychology, general ....................|    267 | 15,443 | 19,408 | 20,108 | 19,555 | 18,802 | 18,887 | 18,297 | 17,666 | 16,894 | 17,350 | 17,241 |  16,353 |  -18.7
    Clinical psychology ....................| 41,566 | 20,548 |  9,298 |  9,916 | 10,834 | 12,090 | 12,526 | 12,684 | 12,519 | 12,787 | 13,008 | 12,648 |  12,716 |   28.2
    Other psychology .......................|    779 |  7,972 | 16,822 | 18,143 | 20,954 | 22,592 | 23,144 | 23,573 | 23,456 | 23,441 | 22,768 | 22,668 |  22,805 |   25.7
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  Social sciences, total ...................| 71,268 | 71,662 | 74,146 | 77,948 | 80,742 | 85,766 | 88,770 | 89,107 | 89,417 | 88,618 | 86,064 | 84,031 |  85,025 |    9.1
    Agricultural economics .................|  2,203 |  2,259 |  2,276 |  2,273 |  2,364 |  2,522 |  2,415 |  2,289 |  2,338 |  2,117 |  2,043 |  1,995 |   2,014 |  -11.4
    Anthropology ...........................|  5,835 |  5,945 |  6,128 |  6,479 |  6,731 |  7,123 |  7,361 |  7,665 |  7,693 |  7,773 |  7,560 |  7,577 |   7,633 |   17.8
    Economics (except agricultural) ........| 11,998 | 12,036 | 12,139 | 12,326 | 12,707 | 13,252 | 13,214 | 12,913 | 12,673 | 12,080 | 11,097 | 10,701 |  10,562 |  -14.3
    Geography ..............................|  3,223 |  3,208 |  3,479 |  3,530 |  3,760 |  4,102 |  4,378 |  4,502 |  4,371 |  4,331 |  4,287 |  4,326 |   4,250 |   20.4
    History and philosophy of science ......|    294 |    288 |    304 |    331 |    337 |    360 |    369 |    387 |    401 |    409 |    443 |    508 |     557 |   68.3
    Linguistics ............................|  3,282 |  3,243 |  3,286 |  3,404 |  3,425 |  3,277 |  3,321 |  3,279 |  3,194 |  3,156 |  3,068 |  2,935 |   2,799 |  -17.8
    Political science ......................| 27,429 | 27,723 | 29,194 | 30,582 | 31,707 | 33,797 | 35,076 | 34,317 | 34,298 | 33,252 | 32,083 | 30,828 |  31,398 |    2.7
    Sociology ..............................|  7,026 |  7,117 |  7,405 |  7,801 |  8,393 |  9,011 |  9,425 |  9,498 |  9,564 |  9,425 |  9,413 |  9,058 |   8,966 |   14.9
    Sociology/anthropology .................|    942 |    960 |    988 |  1,164 |    899 |    979 |    935 |    987 |    941 |    923 |    948 |    857 |     741 |  -36.3
    Other social sciences ..................|  9,036 |  8,883 |  8,947 | 10,058 | 10,419 | 11,343 | 12,276 | 13,270 | 13,944 | 15,152 | 15,122 | 15,246 |  16,105 |   60.1
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