| Table 216. | Graduate enrollment in science and engineering programs in degree-granting institutions, by field of study: United States and outlying areas, fall 1989 to fall 2001 |
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Field of engineering or science | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |1990 to
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Total, all sciences and engineering ...|434,567|452,178|471,262|493,624|504,409|504,399|499,640|494,079|487,208|485,627|493,410|494,671|510,156| 12.8
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Engineering, total ........................|104,043|107,625|113,576|118,003|116,872|113,024|107,201|103,224|101,148|100,038|101,691|104,684|109,506| 1.7
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Aerospace .............................| 3,524| 3,934| 4,120| 4,036| 3,940| 3,715| 3,343| 3,208| 3,083| 3,137| 3,349| 3,407| 3,485| -11.4
Agricultural ..........................| 1,043| 946| 983| 1,008| 1,018| 1,061| 1,037| 1,012| 941| 925| 934| 899| 907| -4.1
Biomedical ............................| 1,916| 2,136| 2,239| 2,537| 2,675| 2,750| 2,732| 2,732| 2,847| 2,905| 3,121| 3,241| 3,593| 68.2
Chemical ..............................| 6,460| 6,735| 7,127| 7,397| 7,554| 7,639| 7,452| 7,408| 7,288| 7,093| 6,883| 7,093| 6,913| 2.6
Civil .................................| 14,909| 15,542| 17,398| 19,572| 19,583| 19,925| 19,218| 18,528| 17,193| 16,517| 16,226| 16,494| 16,604| 6.8
Electrical ............................| 33,257| 33,722| 35,182| 36,428| 35,290| 33,020| 30,721| 29,702| 30,548| 31,129| 31,382| 33,318| 35,745| 6.0
Engineering science ...................| 2,077| 2,020| 2,154| 2,218| 2,180| 2,089| 1,955| 1,751| 1,647| 1,701| 1,627| 1,632| 1,798| -11.0
Industrial ............................| 11,094| 11,248| 12,676| 13,525| 13,905| 13,992| 13,475| 12,675| 11,957| 11,221| 11,803| 12,253| 12,940| 15.0
Mechanical ............................| 16,265| 16,879| 17,730| 18,637| 18,477| 17,761| 16,363| 15,509| 15,045| 14,696| 14,956| 15,457| 15,831| -6.2
Metallurgical/materials ...............| 4,594| 4,941| 5,160| 5,512| 5,410| 5,228| 4,956| 4,747| 4,688| 4,680| 4,481| 4,377| 4,721| -4.5
Mining ................................| 418| 437| 489| 437| 427| 424| 373| 371| 348| 304| 328| 287| 240| -45.1
Nuclear ...............................| 1,323| 1,278| 1,282| 1,286| 1,306| 1,246| 1,154| 980| 868| 821| 830| 792| 801| -37.3
Petroleum .............................| 665| 670| 705| 737| 725| 624| 610| 562| 561| 571| 642| 627| 680| 1.5
Other engineering .....................| 6,498| 7,137| 6,331| 4,673| 4,382| 3,550| 3,812| 4,039| 4,134| 4,338| 5,129| 4,807| 5,248| -26.5
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All sciences, total .......................|330,524|344,553|357,686|375,621|387,537|391,375|392,439|390,855|386,060|385,589|391,719|389,987|400,650| 16.3
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Physical sciences, total ................| 33,616| 34,075| 34,710| 35,348| 35,328| 34,466| 33,399| 32,333| 31,105| 30,575| 30,691| 30,463| 30,988| -9.1
Astronomy .............................| 789| 810| 829| 869| 880| 973| 912| 874| 778| 820| 832| 888| 916| 13.1
Chemistry .............................| 18,828| 19,118| 19,407| 19,929| 20,131| 19,803| 19,570| 19,334| 18,774| 18,482| 18,416| 18,188| 18,300| -4.3
Physics ...............................| 13,657| 13,813| 14,081| 14,122| 13,841| 13,162| 12,425| 11,728| 11,147| 10,809| 10,869| 10,836| 11,264| -18.5
Other physical sciences ...............| 342| 334| 393| 428| 476| 528| 492| 397| 406| 464| 574| 551| 508| 52.1
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Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences...| 13,643| 13,984| 14,480| 15,333| 15,721| 15,957| 15,716| 15,183| 14,548| 14,258| 14,083| 13,940| 13,841| -1.0
Atmospheric sciences ..................| 912| 929| 968| 1,089| 1,112| 1,109| 1,072| 1,086| 1,092| 965| 913| 963| 924| -0.5
Geosciences ...........................| 8,052| 7,692| 7,567| 7,744| 7,759| 7,713| 7,582| 7,304| 6,959| 6,687| 6,637| 6,595| 6,544| -14.9
Oceanography ..........................| 2,207| 2,333| 2,386| 2,530| 2,627| 2,870| 2,723| 2,615| 2,479| 2,562| 2,624| 2,668| 2,585| 10.8
Other environmental sciences ..........| 2,472| 3,030| 3,559| 3,970| 4,223| 4,265| 4,339| 4,178| 4,018| 4,044| 3,909| 3,714| 3,788| 25.0
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Mathematical sciences, total ............| 19,247| 19,774| 19,952| 20,355| 20,000| 19,573| 18,504| 18,008| 16,719| 16,485| 16,257| 15,646| 16,663| -15.7
Mathematics and applied mathematics....| 16,723| 17,096| 17,206| 17,404| 16,945| 16,457| 15,386| 14,948| 14,027| 13,827| 13,521| 12,819| 13,594| -20.5
Statistics.............................| 2,524| 2,678| 2,746| 2,951| 3,055| 3,116| 3,118| 3,060| 2,692| 2,658| 2,736| 2,827| 3,069| 14.6
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Computer sciences, total ................| 32,482| 34,257| 34,610| 36,325| 36,213| 34,158| 33,458| 34,626| 35,991| 38,027| 42,560| 47,594| 52,196| 52.4
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Life sciences, total ....................|111,862|116,348|121,849|129,010|136,948|143,560|148,304|148,965|148,507|149,656|151,256|148,166|150,401| 29.3
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Agricultural sciences, total ..........| 11,190| 11,316| 11,506| 11,841| 11,950| 12,242| 12,422| 11,974| 11,852| 11,844| 11,988| 11,684| 11,911| 5.3
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Biological sciences, total ............| 48,852| 49,989| 51,778| 54,180| 56,292| 58,033| 58,680| 58,060| 57,044| 56,994| 57,115| 56,494| 57,826| 15.7
Anatomy .............................| 1,078| 1,000| 1,051| 991| 961| 1,018| 982| 1,019| 1,003| 922| 886| 924| 867| -13.3
Biochemistry ........................| 5,082| 5,039| 5,201| 5,376| 5,489| 5,615| 5,562| 5,275| 5,102| 5,148| 5,101| 4,963| 4,917| -2.4
Biology .............................| 12,761| 13,027| 13,292| 13,874| 14,330| 14,208| 14,280| 14,611| 14,646| 14,277| 13,989| 13,410| 13,355| 2.5
Biometry/epidemiology ...............| 1,722| 1,871| 2,032| 2,365| 2,658| 2,710| 2,812| 3,001| 2,900| 3,511| 3,529| 3,471| 3,629| 94.0
Biophysics ..........................| 655| 642| 697| 751| 780| 794| 845| 833| 748| 737| 710| 745| 893| 39.1
Botany ..............................| 2,826| 2,733| 2,694| 2,689| 2,714| 2,748| 2,609| 2,504| 2,402| 2,328| 2,261| 2,176| 2,182| -20.2
Cell biology ........................| 2,234| 2,555| 2,809| 3,132| 3,440| 3,829| 3,994| 4,022| 4,111| 4,206| 4,465| 4,647| 4,768| 86.6
Ecology .............................| 1,084| 1,136| 1,180| 1,301| 1,410| 1,566| 1,680| 1,615| 1,619| 1,655| 1,687| 1,744| 1,848| 62.7
Entomology/parasitology .............| 1,181| 1,173| 1,171| 1,193| 1,247| 1,263| 1,241| 1,234| 1,161| 1,168| 1,145| 1,104| 1,170| -0.3
Genetics ............................| 1,365| 1,408| 1,520| 1,639| 1,785| 1,699| 1,700| 1,729| 1,760| 1,705| 1,767| 1,705| 1,833| 30.2
Microbiology, immunology, & virology | 4,827| 4,873| 4,928| 4,972| 5,021| 5,094| 5,026| 4,912| 4,805| 4,773| 4,815| 4,815| 4,798| -1.5
Nutrition ...........................| 4,164| 4,172| 4,164| 4,159| 4,388| 4,791| 5,071| 4,918| 4,604| 4,486| 4,508| 4,430| 4,429| 6.2
Pathology ...........................| 1,369| 1,354| 1,449| 1,456| 1,575| 1,707| 1,670| 1,656| 1,674| 1,580| 1,580| 1,529| 1,649| 21.8
Pharmacology ........................| 2,267| 2,353| 2,432| 2,532| 2,651| 2,839| 2,710| 2,663| 2,597| 2,730| 2,757| 2,959| 3,052| 29.7
Physiology ..........................| 2,206| 2,236| 2,332| 2,317| 2,372| 2,378| 2,540| 2,377| 2,298| 2,151| 2,083| 2,007| 1,967| -12.0
Zoology .............................| 2,083| 2,104| 2,191| 2,139| 2,042| 2,028| 2,006| 1,852| 1,669| 1,622| 1,558| 1,481| 1,448| -31.2
Other biosciences ...................| 1,948| 2,313| 2,635| 3,294| 3,429| 3,746| 3,952| 3,839| 3,945| 3,995| 4,274| 4,384| 5,021| 117.1
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Health fields, total ..................| 51,820| 55,043| 58,565| 62,989| 68,706| 73,285| 77,202| 78,931| 79,611| 80,818| 82,153| 79,988| 80,664| 46.5
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Medical fields .......................| 10,232| 10,950| 11,707| 12,594| 14,233| 15,065| 15,566| 15,396| 15,503| 16,690| 17,355| 16,533| 17,518| 60.0
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Other health fields ..................| 41,588| 44,093| 46,858| 50,395| 54,473| 58,220| 61,636| 63,535| 64,108| 64,128| 64,798| 63,455| 63,146| 43.2
Dentistry ...........................| 1,004| 956| 1,016| 1,121| 1,228| 1,298| 1,338| 1,388| 1,491| 1,518| 1,467| 1,430| 1,494| 56.3
Nursing .............................| 19,689| 21,194| 22,012| 23,213| 24,781| 26,997| 28,405| 27,388| 26,861| 25,591| 25,074| 23,341| 23,609| 11.4
Pharmaceutical sciences .............| 2,787| 2,889| 2,968| 2,792| 2,859| 2,887| 2,808| 2,846| 2,710| 2,882| 3,422| 3,605| 3,908| 35.3
Speech pathology/audiology ..........| 7,911| 8,354| 8,945| 9,791| 10,740| 11,356| 11,982| 12,857| 13,212| 13,198| 13,600| 13,655| 13,193| 57.9
Veterinary sciences .................| 801| 900| 894| 942| 924| 922| 975| 997| 1,224| 1,288| 1,314| 1,367| 1,476| 64.0
Other health related ................| 9,396| 9,800| 11,023| 12,536| 13,941| 14,760| 16,128| 18,059| 18,610| 19,651| 19,921| 20,057| 19,466| 98.6
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Psychology, total .......................| 45,528| 48,167| 51,343| 53,484| 54,557| 54,554| 53,641| 53,122| 53,126| 52,557| 51,864| 50,704| 50,798| 5.5
Psychology, general ...................| 19,408| 20,108| 19,555| 18,802| 18,962| 18,356| 17,636| 16,832| 17,246| 17,095| 16,235| 15,725| 16,022| -20.3
Clinical psychology ...................| 9,298| 9,916| 10,834| 12,090| 12,526| 12,684| 12,519| 12,787| 13,098| 12,733| 12,798| 12,488| 12,473| 25.8
Other psychology ......................| 16,822| 18,143| 20,954| 22,592| 23,069| 23,514| 23,486| 23,503| 22,782| 22,729| 22,831| 22,491| 22,303| 22.9
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Social sciences, total ..................| 74,146| 77,948| 80,742| 85,766| 88,770| 89,107| 89,417| 88,618| 86,064| 84,031| 85,008| 83,474| 85,763| 10.0
Agricultural economics ................| 2,276| 2,273| 2,364| 2,522| 2,415| 2,289| 2,338| 2,117| 2,043| 1,995| 2,014| 2,079| 2,161| -4.9
Anthropology ..........................| 6,128| 6,479| 6,731| 7,123| 7,361| 7,665| 7,693| 7,773| 7,560| 7,577| 7,633| 7,633| 7,491| 15.6
Economics (except agricultural) .......| 12,139| 12,326| 12,707| 13,252| 13,214| 12,913| 12,673| 12,080| 11,097| 10,701| 10,562| 10,778| 11,340| -8.0
Geography .............................| 3,479| 3,530| 3,760| 4,102| 4,378| 4,502| 4,371| 4,331| 4,287| 4,326| 4,250| 4,044| 4,276| 21.1
History and philosophy of science .....| 304| 331| 337| 360| 369| 387| 401| 409| 443| 508| 557| 532| 571| 72.5
Linguistics ...........................| 3,286| 3,404| 3,425| 3,277| 3,321| 3,279| 3,194| 3,156| 3,068| 2,935| 2,799| 2,674| 2,744| -19.4
Political science .....................| 29,194| 30,582| 31,707| 33,797| 35,076| 34,317| 34,298| 33,252| 32,083| 30,828| 31,381| 31,179| 31,850| 4.1
Sociology .............................| 7,405| 7,801| 8,393| 9,011| 9,425| 9,498| 9,564| 9,425| 9,413| 9,058| 8,966| 8,689| 8,775| 12.5
Sociology/anthropology ................| 988| 1,164| 899| 979| 935| 987| 941| 923| 948| 857| 741| 745| 808| -30.6
Other social sciences .................| 8,947| 10,058| 10,419| 11,343| 12,276| 13,270| 13,944| 15,152| 15,122| 15,246| 16,105| 15,121| 15,747| 56.6
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| NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Studies, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 1989 through 2001. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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