# **Guide to Public Use Data Files**

## **Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering Survey: 2006**

### 

### DATA ITEMS

Prospective data users should note that data items have varied over the
years of the survey. Not all variables were collected for both
doctorate-granting and master's-granting institutions during the
1975--78 period. Therefore, doctorate- and master's-granting institution
data for those years cannot be combined for some variables. In the 1976
survey, for example, data on women part-time students were obtained only
from master's-granting institutions. Attributing the sum of this cell to
all institutions, doctorate granting as well as master's granting, would
be a major error.

The data variables collected over the years have consisted primarily of
full- and part-time graduate students and postdoctoral appointees, with
detailed information on full-time student sources and mechanisms of
major support (e.g., fellowships, traineeships, research assistantships,
or teaching assistantships), enrollment status, sex, level of study, and
citizenship. The collection of full- and part-time student racial/ethnic
background data was introduced as an optional item in the 1979 survey
and became a standard survey item in 1980. Data on the sex of part-time
students has been collected since 1977. In 1994 full- and part-time
student racial/ethnic background data separated by sex were requested
for the first time.

### NSF Discipline Classification Scheme

Survey data are collected at the departmental level by field of science
and engineering. The discipline classification scheme used by NSF is as
follows:

Engineering

Aerospace engineering

Agricultural engineering

Biomedical engineering

Chemical engineering

Civil engineering

Electrical engineering

Engineering science

Industrial/manufacturing engineering

Mechanical engineering

Metallurgical/materials engineering

Mining engineering

Nuclear engineering

Petroleum engineering

Engineering, other

Physical sciences

Astronomy

Chemistry

Physics

Physical sciences, other

Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences

Atmospheric sciences

Geosciences

Ocean sciences

Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences, other

Mathematical sciences

Mathematics/applied mathematics

Statistics

Computer sciences

Computer science

Agricultural sciences

Agricultural sciences

Biological sciences

Anatomy

Biochemistry

Biology

Biometry/epidemiology

Biophysics

Botany

Cell biology

Ecology

Entomology/parasitology

Genetics

Microbiology/immunology/virology

Nutrition

Pathology

Pharmacology

Physiology

Zoology

Biological sciences, other

Psychology

Psychology, combined

Psychology, except clinical

Clinical psychology

Social sciences

Agricultural economics

Anthropology (cultural/social)

Economics

Geography

History and philosophy of science

Linguistics

Political science/public administration

Sociology

Sociology/anthropology

Social sciences, other

Health fields

Anesthesiology

Cardiology

Oncology/cancer research

Endocrinology

Gastroenterology

Hematology

Neurology

Obstetrics/gynecology

Ophthalmology

Otorhinolaryngology

Pediatrics

Preventive medicine/community health

Psychiatry

Pulmonary disease

Radiology

Surgery

Clinical medicine, other

Dental sciences

Nursing

Pharmaceutical sciences

Veterinary sciences

Health related, other

Communication disorders sciences

### Changes to the Survey

Graduate student and postdoctoral appointee data were initially
collected by NSF via traineeship applications from 1965 to 1971. These
applications collected the following data: number of graduate degrees
granted, types and sources of full-time graduate student support, number
of students enrolled (full- or part-time) in nondegree programs, number
of part-time graduate students enrolled, number of faculty members by
function, and number of postdoctoral appointees.

Postdoctoral appointees and other nonfaculty research staff have been
included in the Graduate Student Survey since its introduction in 1972.
This item has been expanded over the years to include the following
data: source and mechanism of support (1973), citizenship (1977), sex
(1979), separate counts of postdoctoral appointees and nonfaculty
doctoral research staff (1979), and medical professional-degree status
(1982).

Faculty variables, including rank and tenure status, appointment, and
departure data, were added to the survey as optional items in 1982 and
included as standard items in the 1983 and 1984 surveys. These items
were dropped from the survey in 1985.

Here is a summary of the major changes that have occurred as the survey
evolved to its present status:

#### In contrast to the early doctorate-granting institution survey, source and mechanism data are no longer collected separately for first-time students. Whereas there were once about 50 data cells dealing with first-time students, there were only 2 between 1980 and 1999.

-   Fellowships and traineeships have been separately identified for
    both full-time students and postdoctoral appointees since 1979,
    whereas previously they were combined.

-   Source of support and citizenship information have been collected
    for women postdoctoral appointees as well as total postdoctoral
    appointees since 1979. In the pre-1979 doctorate-granting
    institution surveys, the total number of women postdoctoral
    appointees was collected only in 1977 and 1978.

-   Pre-1978 master's-level forms had 11 data cells per department.
    These earlier forms omitted all information on mechanisms of
    support, some of the information on women, and all information on
    first-time students. Several of the source-of-support categories
    were combined on these forms.

-   The 1978 form, like the early master's-level forms, contained 11
    data cells per department and omitted all information on women and
    postdoctoral appointees, while including first-time counts and more
    detailed source identification.

-   Beginning in 1979, separate data were requested for postdoctoral
    appointees and other nonfaculty employees holding doctorates.

-   Questions on racial/ethnic background were first added to the 1979
    survey as an optional section and became a standard part of the
    questionnaire in 1980.

-   Beginning with the 1982 survey, the racial/ethnic breakdown divided
    the former "foreign, other, or unknown" data cell into two cells:
    one comprising U.S. citizens of other or unknown background and the
    second comprising non-U.S. citizens only.

-   The 1982 survey expanded the item on postdoctoral appointees and
    other nonfaculty doctoral research staff to include individuals
    holding a medical degree (that is, MD, DDS, DVM, DO).

-   In 1983 the survey items requesting data on full-time S&E faculty
    (which formed an optional insert in the 1982 survey) were added to
    the questionnaire. Faculty data were collected with respect to rank
    and tenure status, appointments, and departures. Departments that
    reported no students or postdoctoral appointees (typically clinical
    medicine fields) were not required to complete these items. The
    faculty items were dropped from the survey in 1985.

-   Beginning with the 1985 survey, separate data were requested on the
    number of students supported by the Department of Agriculture.
    Previously, separate source-of-support data were collected for
    students supported by the National Science Foundation, the National
    Institutes of Health, other subdivisions of the Department of Health
    and Human Services, the Department of Defense, other federal funds,
    institutional funds, foreign funds, other U.S. funds, and personal
    funds.

-   In fall 1992 the definitions of foreign students and U.S. citizens
    were modified to match those used by the Department of Education's
    National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the Institute of
    International Education. Hence, in previous years permanent
    residents were counted with foreign students, but in fall 1992,
    permanent residents were included with U.S. citizens.

-   Beginning in 1994, racial/ethnic data separated by gender were
    requested for the first time.

-   Beginning with the 1996 survey, separate data were requested on the
    number of students supported by the National Aeronautics and Space
    Administration. Previously, separate source-of-support data were
    collected for students supported by the National Science Foundation,
    the National Institutes of Health, other subdivisions of the
    Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of
    Agriculture, the Department of Defense, other federal funds,
    institutional funds, foreign funds, other U.S. funds, and personal
    funds.

-   In fall 1998 a new Web-based data reporting system was made
    available to school coordinators and departmental respondents at
    http://www.qrc.com/gssweb. This Web system allowed respondents to
    report their data directly, via the Web. This new option offers
    several advantages. Coordinators do not have to collect the
    individual department's data and then mail it in. Instead
    departmental respondents can log onto the Web and enter their data
    directly. In addition, coordinators can track the progress of the
    departments using a specially developed monitoring system. Also,
    entering the data on the Web allows respondents to receive immediate
    feedback on their responses and make any corrections; this helps
    ensure more accurate and timely reporting.

-   Beginning with the 1999 survey, separate data were requested on the
    number of students supported by the Department of Energy. Also in
    1999, separate data were collected for first-time, full-time
    students based on their racial/ethnic background for total as well
    as women students. This now expands the first-time data collected
    from 2 to 22 cells.

-   Categories were added to the race/ethnicity breakdown for full- and
    part-time students that expanded the data collected from 54 to 66
    cells. The Asian/Pacific Islander category from earlier surveys was
    divided into Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
    categories. The Hispanic category was divided and now includes One
    Race Only Hispanic/Latino and More Than One Race Hispanic/Latino
    categories. The Other category is now More Than One Race
    Non-Hispanic/Latino.

### DATA FILE RECORD STRUCTURES

Unlike the other surveys in the Integrated Science and Engineering
Resources Data System, the Graduate Student Survey is conducted on a
departmental rather than an institutional basis. Each department is
uniquely identified by a 12-digit number that consists of:

-   A 7-digit School Identification Number (SIN), which consists of a
    6-digit Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE) code plus
    a 1-digit school sequence code identifying a reporting unit within
    the institution (values of 0--4 usually designate graduate schools,
    and 5--9 usually designate medical schools)

-   A 5-digit Departmental Identification Number (DIN), which consists
    of a 3-digit discipline code and a 2-digit departmental sequence
    number; the latter is used to distinguish between two or more
    departments in the same discipline within a given school. A list of
    the discipline codes employed is provided later in this section.

Six different record types are used for the data files produced from the
1972 and subsequent Graduate Student Surveys at both doctorate-granting
and master's-granting institutions. These six record types are
institution header records, school header records, school survey
coordinator records, departmental header records, departmental
respondent records, and departmental data records. The data records for
each year are sequenced in ascending order by school identification
number, departmental identification number, and record type; the record
type is in column 17 of every line of the data file. Please note: The
lines and columns listed below are guides to the data file and do not
correspond directly to the survey questionnaire.

### Record Type One---Institution Header Record

The institution header record provides basic identifying data for a
given institution. One record of this type is present for each
institution surveyed; it is the first record for that institution for
any given year. The record format is as follows:

+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| COLUMN    | CONTENTS                  |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| 1--6      | Institution FICE Code     |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| 7--12     | '000000'                  |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| 13--16    | Year                      |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| 17        | Record Type = 1           |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| 18--58    | Institution Name          |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| 59--64    | Not Used                  |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| 65        | Institution Highest       |                              |
|           | Degree                    |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | 1 = Doctorate-granting    |                              |
|           | (at least one S&E         |                              |
|           | doctoral department)      |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | 2 = Master's-granting     |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| 66        | Institution Type of       |                              |
|           | Control                   |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | 1 = Public                |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | 2 = Private               |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| 68--70    | Not Used                  |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| 71--72    | Institution State Code (A |                              |
|           | two-character state       |                              |
|           | abbreviation)             |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | #### AL = Alabama         | MT = Montana                 |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > AK = Alaska             | NE = Nebraska                |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > AZ = Arizona            | NV = Nevada                  |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > AR = Arkansas           | NH = New Hampshire           |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > CA = California         | NJ = New Jersey              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > CO = Colorado           | NM = New Mexico              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > CT = Connecticut        | NY = New York                |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > DE = Delaware           | NC = North Carolina          |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > DC = District of        | ND = North Dakota            |
|           | > Columbia                |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > FL = Florida            | OH = Ohio                    |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > GA = Georgia            | OK = Oklahoma                |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > GU = Guam               | OR = Oregon                  |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > HI = Hawaii             | PA = Pennsylvania            |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > ID = Idaho              | PR = Puerto Rico             |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > IL = Illinois           | RI = Rhode Island            |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > IN = Indiana            | SC = South Carolina          |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > IA = Iowa               | SD = South Dakota            |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > KS = Kansas             | TN = Tennessee               |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > KY = Kentucky           | TX = Texas                   |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > LA = Louisiana          | UT = Utah                    |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > ME = Maine              | VT = Vermont                 |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > MD = Maryland           | VI = Virgin Islands          |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > MA = Massachusetts      | VA = Virginia                |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > MI = Michigan           | WA = Washington              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > MN = Minnesota          | WV = West Virginia           |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > MS = Mississippi        | WI = Wisconsin               |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | > MO = Missouri           | WY = Wyoming                 |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| 73        | Historically Black        |                              |
|           | College Flag              |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | 0 = no                    |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | 1 = yes                   |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| 74        | Land Grant Flag           |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | 0 = no                    |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | 1 = yes                   |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| 75--77    | Carnegie Code             |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | R1---Research             |                              |
|           | Universities I            |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | R2---Research             |                              |
|           | Universities II           |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | D1---Doctoral             |                              |
|           | Universities I            |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | D2---Doctoral             |                              |
|           | Universities II           |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | C1---Master's             |                              |
|           | (Comprehensive)           |                              |
|           | Universities and Colleges |                              |
|           | I                         |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | C2---Master's             |                              |
|           | (Comprehensive)           |                              |
|           | Universities and Colleges |                              |
|           | II                        |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | LA1---Baccalaureate       |                              |
|           | (Liberal Arts) Colleges I |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | LA2---Baccalaureate       |                              |
|           | (Liberal Arts) Colleges   |                              |
|           | II                        |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | 2YR---Associate of Arts   |                              |
|           | Colleges                  |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | ART---Schools of Art,     |                              |
|           | Music, and Design         |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | BUS---Schools of Business |                              |
|           | and Management            |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | ENG---Schools of          |                              |
|           | Engineering and           |                              |
|           | Technology                |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | HLT---Other Separate      |                              |
|           | Health Profession Schools |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | LAW---Schools of Law      |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | MED---Medical Schools and |                              |
|           | Medical Centers           |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | REL---Theological         |                              |
|           | Seminaries, Bible         |                              |
|           | Colleges, and Other       |                              |
|           | Institutions              |                              |
|           |                           |                              |
|           | Offering Degrees in       |                              |
|           | Religion                  |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | TEA---Teachers Colleges   |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | TRI---Tribal Colleges and |                              |
|           | Universities              |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | OTH---Other Specialized   |                              |
|           | Institutions              |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
|           | N/A---Not Classified      |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+
| 78--80    | Not Used                  |                              |
+-----------+---------------------------+------------------------------+

### Record Type Two---School Header Records

The school header record provides basic identifying data for a given
school or reporting unit within an institution. One record of this type
is present for each school surveyed in a given institution; it is the
first record for that school. The record format is as follows:

  ----------- -----------------------------------------------------------
  COLUMN      CONTENTS

  1--6        Institution FICE Code

  7           School Sequence Number

  8--12       '00000'

  13--16      Year

  17          Record Type = 2

  18--58      School Name

  59--79      Not Used

  80          School Type:

              G (Graduate) = Graduate Schools

              M (Medical) = AAMC Member Medical Schools

              N (Nursing) = Schools of Nursing

              O (Osteopathic) = Schools of Osteopathic Medicine

              P (Public) = Schools of Public Health

              D (Dentistry) = Schools of Dentistry

              V (Veterinary) = Schools of Veterinary Medicine

              H (Hospital) = Hospital-Affiliated Medical Research Centers

              A (Allied) = Schools of Professional or Allied Health

              B (Both) = Schools With Programs From Both a Graduate
              School and an AAMC Member Medical School

              U (Unique) = Other Health Sciences Schools
  ----------- -----------------------------------------------------------

### Record Type Three---School Survey Coordinator Records

Each set of school survey coordinator records provides identifying
information on the person who most recently coordinated the collection
of questionnaires at a given school. Seven records of this type are
provided for each school surveyed. The different records in a set are
distinguished by the survey coordinator data line numbers. These records
are the second through the eighth records for each school. Their format
is as follows:

  ----------- -----------------------------------------------------------
  COLUMN      CONTENTS

  1--6        Institution FICE Code

  7           School Sequence Number

  8--12       '00000'

  13--16      Year

  17          Record Type = 3

  18          Survey Coordinator Line Number

              1 = Name

              2 = Title

              3 = Address, Institution

              4 = Address, School or Office

              5 = Address, Building or Street

              6 = Address, City, State, and ZIP

              7 = Telephone in the Format "(999)999-9999ext.9999"

              8 = E-mail Address

  19--79      Survey Coordinator Information

  80          School Type
  ----------- -----------------------------------------------------------

### Record Type Four---Departmental Header Records

The departmental header record provides basic identifying data for a
given science or engineering department. Included among the variables
are the 5-digit DIN, which comprises a 3-digit code for area and
discipline, described in the following list, and a 2-digit departmental
sequence number.

One departmental header record is present for each department in a given
school for each year surveyed; it is the first record for that
department each year. Its format is as follows:

+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| COLUMN    | CONTENTS                                                 |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| 1--6      | Institution FICE Code                                    |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| 7         | School Sequence Number                                   |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| 8--12     | Departmental Identification Number (DIN)                 |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
|           | The DIN is composed of the following two parts:          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
|           | 8--10 Discipline Code                                    |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
|           | 11--12 Departmental Sequence Number                      |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| 13--16    | Year                                                     |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| 17        | Record Type = 4                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| 18--57    | Department Name                                          |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| 58        | Highest Degree Program Offered by Department (may change |
|           | from one year to another)                                |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
|           | 1 = Doctorate or PhD or Equivalent                       |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
|           | 2 = Master's                                             |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
|           | 3 = No PhD or Master's Equivalent (usually postdoctorate |
|           | department)                                              |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| 59--60    | Not Used                                                 |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| 61--65    | Parent DIN (used primarily in medical school units)      |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| 66--79    | Not Used                                                 |
|           |                                                          |
| 80        | School Type                                              |
+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+

Area and Discipline

Discipline Name Code

+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
| E  |    |                                                            |
| ng |    |                                                            |
| in |    |                                                            |
| ee |    |                                                            |
| ri |    |                                                            |
| ng |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 1  | Aerospace Engineering                                      |
|    | 01 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 1  | Agricultural Engineering                                   |
|    | 02 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 1  | Biomedical Engineering                                     |
|    | 03 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 1  | Chemical Engineering                                       |
|    | 04 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 1  | Civil Engineering                                          |
|    | 05 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 1  | Electrical Engineering                                     |
|    | 06 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 1  | Engineering Science and Engineering Physics                |
|    | 07 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 1  | Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering                       |
|    | 08 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 1  | Mechanical Engineering                                     |
|    | 09 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 1  | Metallurgical and Materials Engineering                    |
|    | 10 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 1  | Mining Engineering                                         |
|    | 11 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 1  | Nuclear Engineering                                        |
|    | 12 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 1  | Petroleum Engineering                                      |
|    | 13 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 1  | Engineering, not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.)             |
|    | 14 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
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| Sc |    |                                                            |
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| nc |    |                                                            |
| es |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 2  | Astronomy                                                  |
|    | 01 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 2  | Chemistry                                                  |
|    | 02 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 2  | Physics                                                    |
|    | 03 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 2  | Physical science, n.e.c.^\*^                               |
|    | 04 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
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+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 3  | Atmospheric Sciences                                       |
|    | 01 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 3  | Geosciences                                                |
|    | 02 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 3  | Ocean Sciences                                             |
|    | 03 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 3  | #### Earth, Atmospheric, and Ocean Sciences, n.e.c.        |
|    | 04 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
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+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 4  | Computer Sciences                                          |
|    | 01 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Ma |    |                                                            |
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+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 4  | Mathematics and Applied Mathematics                        |
|    | 02 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 4  | Statistics                                                 |
|    | 03 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Ag |    |                                                            |
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| es |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 5  | Agricultural Sciences                                      |
|    | 01 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Bi |    |                                                            |
| ol |    |                                                            |
| og |    |                                                            |
| ic |    |                                                            |
| al |    |                                                            |
| Sc |    |                                                            |
| ie |    |                                                            |
| nc |    |                                                            |
| es |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Anatomy                                                    |
|    | 01 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Biochemistry                                               |
|    | 02 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Biology                                                    |
|    | 03 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Biometry and Epidemiology                                  |
|    | 04 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Biophysics                                                 |
|    | 05 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Botany                                                     |
|    | 06 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Cell and Molecular Biology                                 |
|    | 07 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Ecology                                                    |
|    | 08 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Entomology and Parasitology                                |
|    | 09 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Genetics                                                   |
|    | 10 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Microbiology, Immunology, and Virology                     |
|    | 11 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Nutrition                                                  |
|    | 12 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Pathology                                                  |
|    | 13 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Pharmacology                                               |
|    | 14 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Physiology                                                 |
|    | 15 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Zoology                                                    |
|    | 16 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 6  | Biological Sciences, n.e.c.                                |
|    | 17 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
| He |    |                                                            |
| al |    |                                                            |
| th |    |                                                            |
| Sc |    |                                                            |
| ie |    |                                                            |
| nc |    |                                                            |
| es |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Anesthesiology                                             |
|    | 01 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Cardiology                                                 |
|    | 02 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Oncology/Cancer Research                                   |
|    | 03 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Endocrinology                                              |
|    | 04 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Gastroenterology                                           |
|    | 05 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Hematology                                                 |
|    | 06 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Neurology                                                  |
|    | 07 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Obstetrics and Gynecology                                  |
|    | 08 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Ophthalmology                                              |
|    | 09 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Otorhinolaryngology                                        |
|    | 10 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Pediatrics                                                 |
|    | 11 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Preventive Medicine and Community Health                   |
|    | 12 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Psychiatry                                                 |
|    | 13 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Pulmonary Disease                                          |
|    | 14 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Radiology                                                  |
|    | 15 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Surgery                                                    |
|    | 16 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Clinical Medicine, n.e.c.                                  |
|    | 17 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Dental Sciences                                            |
|    | 18 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Nursing                                                    |
|    | 19 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Pharmaceutical Sciences                                    |
|    | 20 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Veterinary Sciences                                        |
|    | 21 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Health Related, n.e.c.                                     |
|    | 22 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 7  | Communication Disorders Sciences                           |
|    | 23 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Ps |    |                                                            |
| yc |    |                                                            |
| ho |    |                                                            |
| lo |    |                                                            |
| gy |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 8  | Psychology, Combined                                       |
|    | 01 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 8  | Psychology, Except Clinical                                |
|    | 02 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 8  | Clinical Psychology                                        |
|    | 03 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
| So |    |                                                            |
| ci |    |                                                            |
| al |    |                                                            |
| Sc |    |                                                            |
| ie |    |                                                            |
| nc |    |                                                            |
| es |    |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 9  | Agricultural Economics                                     |
|    | 01 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 9  | Anthropology (Cultural and Social)                         |
|    | 02 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 9  | Economics                                                  |
|    | 03 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 9  | Geography                                                  |
|    | 04 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 9  | History and Philosophy of Science                          |
|    | 05 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 9  | Linguistics                                                |
|    | 06 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 9  | Political Science/Public Administration                    |
|    | 07 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 9  | Sociology                                                  |
|    | 08 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 9  | Sociology/Anthropology                                     |
|    | 09 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+
|    | 9  | Social Sciences, n.e.c.                                    |
|    | 10 |                                                            |
+----+----+------------------------------------------------------------+

In the case of certain medical school departments, such as surgery and
internal medicine, data are collected at the specialty level rather than
at the departmental level. In such cases, a "Parent DIN" is specified on
the departmental header record to permit the aggregation of the detailed
specialty data into the parent departmental unit.

### Record Type Five---Departmental Respondent Records

The departmental respondent record provides identifying information on
the person, if known, who last prepared the survey questionnaire. This
record is the second record for each department each year. Its format is
as follows:

  ----------- -----------------------------------------------------------
  COLUMN      CONTENTS

  1--6        Institution FICE Code

  7           School Sequence Number

  8--12       Departmental Identification Number (DIN)

  13--16      Year

  17          Record Type = 5

  18          Departmental Respondent Line Number

              1 = Name

              2 = Telephone in the Format "(999)999-9999ext.9999"

              3 = E-mail Address

  19--79      Departmental Respondent Information

  80          School Type
  ----------- -----------------------------------------------------------

### Record Type Six---Departmental Data Records

Departmental data records contain the numerical responses to the
questionnaire items. The data records are identified by line numbers,
similar to the line numbers on the questionnaire. Because most
questionnaire lines can have up to 13 columns of data, provision is made
on the data record for 13 columns of responses. A data record is present
for each data line on the questionnaire to which a nonzero response has
been received. For line 6 (full-time graduate S&E enrollment), however,
a data record is present regardless of whether a zero or nonzero
response has been received. An unused numeric field will contain a
right-justified single zero.

Data for 1972--97 are maintained in the line and column format of the
1999 questionnaire to facilitate inter-year comparisons. Associated with
each data column is a Data Status Code, which indicates the source
and/or special treatment of the data. The format of the data records
that include the 1999 survey is as follows:

  ----------- -----------------------------------------------------------
  COLUMN      CONTENTS

  1--6        Institution FICE code

  7           School Sequence Number

  8--12       Departmental Identification Number (DIN)

  13--16      Year

  17          Record Type = 6

  18--19      Line Number (1--18) (Not necessarily the same as on the
              questionnaire)

  20--23      Data Column 1

  24          Status Code for Data Column 1 (Blank = Normal Response)

              N = Data Not Available^\*^

              E = Estimated

              I = Imputed for Nonresponse

  25--28      Data Column 2

  29          Status Code for Data Column 2

  30--33      Data Column 3

  34          Status Code for Data Column 3

  35--38      Data Column 4

  39          Status Code for Data Column 4

  40--43      Data Column 5

  44          Status Code for Data Column 5

  45--48      Data Column 6

  49          Status Code for Data Column 6

  50--53      Data Column 7

  54          Status Code for Data Column 7

  55--58      Data Column 8

  59          Status Code for Data Column 8

  60--63      Data Column 9

  64          Status Code for Data Column 9

  65--68      Data Column 10

  69          Status Code for Data Column 10

  70--73      Data Column 11

  74          Status Code for Data Column 11

  75--78      Data Column 12

  79          Status Code for Data Column 12

  80--83      Data Column 13

  84          Status Code for Data Column 13

  85          School Type
  ----------- -----------------------------------------------------------

^\*^ In most cases, an "N" status code indicates that data were not
collected from this institution in the particular year.

### Public Use Data Files for the Graduate Student Survey

### 

### DATA ELEMENT AVAILABILITY BY YEAR

The lists that follow indicate the valid line and column numbers for
each segment of the survey population in each survey year; this
information covers only those data cells that appear in the file.
Availability is indicated by the appropriate symbol:

D = doctorate institutions.

M = master's institutions only.

A = all doctorate and master's institutions.

S = sampled master's institutions.

\- = not available (in most cases, not collected).

These lists should be used in conjunction with the questionnaire
facsimile.

The lists are meant to be guides only. There are numerous ways in which
a particular institution might deviate from the normal pattern. There
are master's-granting institutions that later became doctorate-granting,
master's-granting institutions that at one time were considered
doctorate-granting, and institutions that could not respond to certain
data cells and for which imputation was not possible. In all cases, the
individual status codes on each data cell should be the primary
indicator of cell validity.

#### Full-Time Graduate Students by Mechanism and Source of Support

+---------------------+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+
|                     | ###  |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |
|                     | ###  |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |
|                     | Fall |    |    |    |    |    |    |     |
+---------------------+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+
| Line                | 72   | 75 | 76 | 78 | 79 | 84 | 85 | 88- |
|                     | --74 |    | -- |    | -- |    | -- | -06 |
|                     | ^\*^ |    | 77 |    | 83 |    | 87 |     |
+---------------------+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+
| 1 Fellowships       | D    | D  | D  | \- | A  | D, | D, | A   |
|                     |      |    |    |    |    | S  | S  |     |
+---------------------+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+
| 2 Traineeships^1^   | \-   | \- | \- | \- | A  | D, | D, | A   |
|                     |      |    |    |    |    | S  | S  |     |
+---------------------+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+
| 3 Research          | D    | D  | D  | \- | A  | D, | D, | A   |
| Assistantships      |      |    |    |    |    | S  | S  |     |
+---------------------+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+
| 4 Teaching          | D    | D  | D  | \- | A  | D, | D, | A   |
| Assistantships      |      |    |    |    |    | S  | S  |     |
+---------------------+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+
| 5 Other Types of    | D    | D  | A^ | \- | A  | D, | D, | A   |
| Support             |      |    | 2^ |    |    | S  | S  |     |
+---------------------+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+
| 6 Full-Time Total   | D    | A  | A  | ## | A  | D, | D, | A   |
|                     |      |    |    | ## |    | S  | S  |     |
|                     |      |    |    |  D |    |    |    |     |
+---------------------+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+
| 7 Full-Time Women   | D    | D  | A  | \- | A  | D, | D, | A   |
|                     |      |    |    |    |    | S  | S  |     |
+---------------------+------+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+

<table>
<colgroup>
<col style="width: 25%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 5%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 5%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 6%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
<col style="width: 8%" />
</colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr class="odd">
<td></td>
<td colspan="10">Fall</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>Column</td>
<td>72–74<sup>*</sup></td>
<td>75</td>
<td>76–77</td>
<td>78</td>
<td>79–83</td>
<td>84</td>
<td>85–87</td>
<td>88–95</td>
<td>96–98</td>
<td>99–06</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>1 Department of Defense</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><p>2 National Institutes of</p>
<p>Health</p></td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>3 Other HHS</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td><p>4 National Science</p>
<p>Foundation</p></td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td><p>5 Department of</p>
<p>Agriculture</p></td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>6 NASA</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>7 DOE</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>8 Other Federal Sources</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>A<sup>3</sup></td>
<td>D<sup>4</sup></td>
<td>A</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>A<sup>7</sup></td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>9 Institutional Support</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>10 Foreign Sources</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>-</td>
<td><h4 id="a">A</h4></td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>11 Other U.S. Sources</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>A<sup>5</sup></td>
<td>D</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td>12 Self-Support</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td>13 Total, All Sources</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>D<sup>6</sup></td>
<td>A</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>D, S</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

^\*^ In 1974, 49 departments in master's-granting institutions were
surveyed.

^1^ Before 1979, fellowships and traineeships were not separately
identified. Their sum is stored as line 1 for these years.

^2^ Data on mechanisms of support were not requested on the short forms
sent to master's-granting institutions in 1976 and 1977. For uniformity
of format, total enrollment is shown on line 5, "other types of
support." NSF recommends that users refrain from adding these numbers to
those shown for doctorate-granting institutions because actual data are
not available for master's-granting institutions.

^3^ For master's-granting institutions, column 8 represents the sum of
all federal sources. For doctorate-granting institutions, column 8
represents "other federal sources."

^4^ This includes Department of Defense sources.

^5^ For doctorate-granting institutions, column 11 represents only
"other U.S. sources." For master's-granting institutions, column 11
includes foreign sources as well.

^6^ This does not include foreign sources.

^7^ Data collected for NASA and DOE are counted in the total.

### 

#### Racial/Ethnic Background by Sex

+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|                             | #  |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             | ## |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             | ## |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             | #  |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             | Fa |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             | ll |     |     |     |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Line                        | 72 | 80- | 82- | 84- | 88- | 94- | 99- |
|                             | -- | -81 | -83 | -87 | -93 | -98 | -06 |
|                             | 79 |     |     |     |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 8 Part-Time Men Students    | \- | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | A   | A   |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 9 Part-Time Women Students  | \- | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | A   | A   |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 10 Part-Time Total Students | \- | A   | A   | D,  | A   | A   | A   |
|                             |    |     |     | S   |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 11 Full-Time Men Students   | \- | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | A   | A   |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 12 Full-Time Women Students | \- | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | A   | A   |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 13 Full-Time Total Students | \- | A   | A   | D,  | A   | A   | A   |
|                             |    |     |     | S   |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|                             | #  |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             | ## |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             | ## |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             | #  |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             |    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             | #  |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             | ## |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             | ## |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             | #  |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             | Fa |     |     |     |     |     |     |
|                             | ll |     |     |     |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Column                      | 72 | 80- | 82- | 84- | 88- | 94- | 99- |
|                             | -- | -81 | -83 | -87 | -93 | -98 | -06 |
|                             | 79 |     |     |     |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 1 Asian/Pacific Islander    | \- | A   | A   | D,  | A   | A   | \-  |
|                             |    |     |     | S   |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 2 Other (U.S.               | \- | A   | A   | D,  | A   | A   | \-  |
| Citizens)^1,\ 2,\ 3^        |    |     |     | S   |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 3 Black                     | \- | A   | A   | D,  | A   | A   | A   |
|                             |    |     |     | S   |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 4 American Indian/Alaskan   | \- | A   | A   | D,  | A   | A   | A   |
|                             |    |     |     | S   |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 5 Asian American            | \- | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | A   |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 6 Native Hawaiian/Pacific   | \- | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | A   |
| Is.                         |    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 7 White                     | \- | A   | A   | D,  | A   | A   | A   |
|                             |    |     |     | S   |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 8 Hispanic, One Race Only   | \- | A   | A   | D,  | A   | A   | A   |
|                             |    |     |     | S   |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 9 Hispanic, More Than One   | \- | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | A   |
| Race                        |    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 10 Non-Hispanic, More Than  | \- | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | A   |
| One Race                    |    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 11 Unknown (U.S.            | \- | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | A   | A   |
| Citizens)^3^                |    |     |     |     |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 12 Foreign^\*,\ 1^          | \- | A   | A   | D,  | A   | A   | A   |
|                             |    |     |     | S   |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 13 Total                    | \- | A   | A   | D,  | A   | A   | A   |
|                             |    |     |     | S   |     |     |     |
+-----------------------------+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

^\*^ Beginning in fall 1992, permanent residents were included with U.S.
citizens; in previous years permanent residents were counted with
foreign students.

^1^ Beginning in 1982, the "foreign, other, or unknown" data cell was
divided into two cells: one comprising U.S. citizens of other or unknown
backgrounds and the second comprising non-U.S. citizens only.

^2^ Prior to fall 1982, this column included "foreign, other, or
unknown." From 1982 to fall 1994, this column included "other and
unknown" citizenships. Beginning in 1994, this column only includes
"other" citizenships.

^3^ Beginning in 1994, the "other or unknown" data cell was divided into
two cells: one comprising U.S. citizens of other backgrounds and the
second comprising U.S. citizens of unknown backgrounds.

#### First-Year Full-Time Graduate Students by Sex and Racial/Ethnic Background 

+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
|                                 | #  |   |   |    |     |    |    |
|                                 | ## |   |   |    |     |    |    |
|                                 | ## |   |   |    |     |    |    |
|                                 | #  |   |   |    |     |    |    |
|                                 | Fa |   |   |    |     |    |    |
|                                 | ll |   |   |    |     |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| Line                            | 73 | 7 | 7 | 80 | 84- | 88 | 99 |
|                                 | -- | 8 | 9 | -- | -87 | -- | -- |
|                                 | 77 |   |   | 83 |     | 89 | 06 |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| 14 First-Time Full-Time         | D  | D | A | A  | D,  | A  | A  |
| Students                        |    |   |   |    | S   |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| 15 First-Time Women             | \- | \ | \ | A  | D,  | A  | A  |
|                                 |    | - | - |    | S   |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
|                                 | #  |   |   |    |     |    |    |
|                                 | ## |   |   |    |     |    |    |
|                                 | ## |   |   |    |     |    |    |
|                                 | #  |   |   |    |     |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
|                                 | #  |   |   |    |     |    |    |
|                                 | ## |   |   |    |     |    |    |
|                                 | ## |   |   |    |     |    |    |
|                                 | #  |   |   |    |     |    |    |
|                                 | Fa |   |   |    |     |    |    |
|                                 | ll |   |   |    |     |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| Column                          | 73 | 7 | 7 | 80 | 84- | 88 | 99 |
|                                 | -- | 8 | 9 | -- | -87 | -- | -- |
|                                 | 77 |   |   | 83 |     | 89 | 06 |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| 1 Black                         | \- | \ | \ | \- | \-  | \- | A  |
|                                 |    | - | - |    |     |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| 2 American Indian               | \- | \ | \ | \- | \-  | \- | A  |
|                                 |    | - | - |    |     |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| 3 Asian American                | \- | \ | \ | \- | \-  | \- | A  |
|                                 |    | - | - |    |     |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| 4 Native Hawaiian/Pacific       | \- | \ | \ | \- | \-  | \- | A  |
| Islander                        |    | - | - |    |     |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| 5 White                         | \- | \ | \ | \- | \-  | \- | A  |
|                                 |    | - | - |    |     |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| 6 One Race Only Hispanic        | \- | \ | \ | \- | \-  | \- | A  |
|                                 |    | - | - |    |     |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| 7 More Than One Race Hispanic   | \- | \ | \ | \- | \-  | \- | A  |
|                                 |    | - | - |    |     |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| 8 More Than One Race            | \- | \ | \ | \- | \-  | \- | A  |
| Non-Hispanic                    |    | - | - |    |     |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| 9 Unknown                       | \- | \ | \ | \- | \-  | \- | A  |
|                                 |    | - | - |    |     |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| 10 Foreign                      | \- | \ | \ | \- | \-  | \- | A  |
|                                 |    | - | - |    |     |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+
| 11 Total                        | D  | D | A | A  | D,  | A  | A  |
|                                 |    |   |   |    | S   |    |    |
+---------------------------------+----+---+---+----+-----+----+----+

#### Postdoctorates and Nonfaculty Doctoral Research Staff Not Changed for 1999

+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
|                                | #  |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                | ## |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                | ## |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                | #  |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                | Fa |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                | ll |   |   |    |    |    |    |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
| Line                           | 72 | 7 | 7 | 79 | 82 | 84 | 88 |
|                                | -- | 7 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
|                                | 76 |   |   | 81 | 83 | 87 | 06 |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
| 16 Total                       | D  | D | \ | A  | A  | D, | A  |
|                                |    |   | - |    |    | S  |    |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
| 17 Women                       | \- | \ | \ | A  | A  | D, | A  |
|                                |    | - | - |    |    | S  |    |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
| 18 With Medical Degrees        | \- | \ | \ | \- | A  | D, | A  |
|                                |    | - | - |    | ^\ | S  |    |
|                                |    |   |   |    | *\ |    |    |
|                                |    |   |   |    | *^ |    |    |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
| (MD, DDS, DVM)                 |    |   |   |    |    |    |    |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
|                                | #  |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                | ## |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                | ## |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                | #  |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                |    |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                | #  |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                | ## |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                | ## |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                | #  |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                | Fa |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                | ll |   |   |    |    |    |    |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
| Column                         | 72 | 7 | 7 | 79 | 82 | 84 | 88 |
|                                | -- | 7 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
|                                | 76 |   |   | 81 | 83 | 87 | 06 |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
| 1 Federal Fellowships          | \- |   | \ | A  | A  | D, | A  |
|                                |    |   | - |    |    | S  |    |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
| 2 Federal Traineeships^1^      | D  | D | \ | A  | A  | D, | A  |
|                                |    |   | - |    |    | S  |    |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
| 3 Federal Research Grants^2^   | D  | D | \ | A  | A  | D, | A  |
|                                |    |   | - |    |    | S  |    |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
| 4 Non-Federal Support          | D  | D | \ | A  | A  | D, | A  |
|                                |    |   | - |    |    | S  |    |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
| 5 Total, All Sources of        | ## | D | \ | A  | A  | D, | A  |
| Support                        | ## |   | - |    |    | S  |    |
|                                | ## |   |   |    |    |    |    |
|                                |  D |   |   |    |    |    |    |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
| 6 Foreign (subset of column 5) | \- | D | \ | A  | A  | D, | A  |
|                                | ^\ |   | - |    |    | S  |    |
|                                | *^ |   |   |    |    |    |    |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+
| 7 Other Nonfaculty Doctoral    | \- | \ | \ | A  | A  | D, | A  |
| Researchers                    |    | - | - |    |    | S  |    |
+--------------------------------+----+---+---+----+----+----+----+

^\*^ Foreign postdoctorate data are not available for these years.

^\*\*^ Data for 1982 were collected on an optional basis only.

^1^ Fellowships and traineeships have been separately identified for
postdoctoral appointees since 1979, whereas previously they were
combined.

^2^ These were called "Research Associates" prior to 1979.

### DATA AVAILABILITY BY YEAR

Graduate student data are available annually for the years 1972--2006.

### DATA IMPUTATION

Data imputation is an automated procedure that estimates data for
totally and partially nonrespondent institutions. The imputation logic
involves the determination of inflator/deflator factors for key
variables, including total full-time students, total part-time students,
total postdoctoral appointees, and total nonfaculty doctoral
researchers. These factors are calculated on the basis of fully
responding departments in both the current and previous years' surveys
for each combination of degree level and discipline. For nonrespondent
schools, these key variables are estimated by applying the appropriate
inflator/deflator to the previous year's data values for that school.
The key variables are then distributed among the various subtotal and
detail fields by using the same relative percentages that were last
reported by that institution.

Imputation rates for all survey data cells are calculated annually for
various combinations of institutions and departments as determined by
discipline, highest degree granted, and level of department. At the
grand total level (that is, all departments at all graduate
institutions), the 2006 imputation rates for the key survey variables
ranged from 1.9 percent for total full-time students to 2.6 percent for
total part-time students.

The Data Status Code indicates whether the data for each item were
provided by the institution (blank), were not available (N), were
estimated by NSF (e), or were imputed by computer (i).

### CONFIDENTIALITY

Data from the Graduate Student Survey are not confidential.

### QUESTIONNAIRE FACSIMILES

Copies of survey questionnaires for fall 1992 through fall 2006 are
available. Data users requiring questionnaires for years in which
different data elements were collected (fall 1989, and fall 1981 and
earlier) can request copies.

In addition to reviewing the instructions and definitions provided in
the questionnaire, data analysts are advised that during each survey
cycle, institutions are given the opportunity to revise data that they
had provided in prior years. The most recent versions of the data for
all years should be used in historical analyses.