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| 2 | master's students, doctoral students, and postdoctoral appointees in science, engineering, and health fields, by broad field: 2017-19 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | broad field | master's |  |  |  | doctoral |  |  |  | postdocs |  |  |  |
| 4 |  | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | percent change 2017-19 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | percent change 2017-19 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | percent change 2017-19 |
| 5 | all surveyed fields | 378587 | 391211 | 408228 | 7.8 | 270525 | 277096 | 281889 | 4.2 | 64733 | 64783 | 66247 | 2.3 |
| 6 | science and engineering | 325925 | 334391 | 351734 | 7.9 | 255224 | 261165 | 265961 | 4.2 | 46080 | 45478 | 46769 | 1.5 |
| 7 | science | 229169 | 241327 | 259795 | 13.4 | 186399 | 190928 | 193896 | 4 | 38241 | 37564 | 38503 | 0.7 |
| 8 | agricultural sciences | 5603 | 5658 | 5629 | 0.5 | 3744 | 3880 | 3889 | 3.9 | 1024 | 1072 | 1079 | 5.4 |
| 9 | biological and biomedical sciences | 33926 | 35306 | 38078 | 12.2 | 51291 | 52627 | 53915 | 5.1 | 21781 | 21533 | 21847 | 0.3 |
| 10 | computer and information sciences | 75618 | 77351 | 84092 | 11.2 | 14291 | 16127 | 17192 | 20.3 | 854 | 879 | 878 | 2.8 |
| 11 | geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 6006 | 5629 | 5327 | -11.3 | 6539 | 6704 | 6551 | 0.2 | 2089 | 1726 | 1778 | -14.9 |
| 12 | mathematics and statistics | 16568 | 18073 | 19594 | 18.3 | 13101 | 13388 | 13565 | 3.5 | 991 | 982 | 1070 | 8 |
| 13 | multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 6923 | 7414 | 8203 | 18.5 | 2931 | 2924 | 2978 | 1.6 | 1131 | 980 | 972 | -14.1 |
| 14 | natural resources and conservation | 7311 | 7691 | 8066 | 10.3 | 3568 | 3716 | 3677 | 3.1 | 731 | 764 | 806 | 10.3 |
| 15 | physical sciences | 6368 | 6075 | 6361 | -0.1 | 35461 | 36000 | 36506 | 2.9 | 7211 | 6976 | 7159 | -0.7 |
| 16 | psychology | 29638 | 35404 | 40838 | 37.8 | 20395 | 20303 | 20231 | -0.8 | 1082 | 1145 | 1152 | 6.5 |
| 17 | social sciences | 41208 | 42726 | 43607 | 5.8 | 35078 | 35259 | 35392 | 0.9 | 1347 | 1507 | 1762 | 30.8 |
| 18 | engineering | 96756 | 93064 | 91939 | -5 | 68825 | 70237 | 72065 | 4.7 | 7839 | 7914 | 8266 | 5.4 |
| 19 | bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 4037 | 4202 | 4335 | 7.4 | 6845 | 7278 | 7715 | 12.7 | 1398 | 1433 | 1515 | 8.4 |
| 20 | chemical engineering | 3292 | 3061 | 2632 | -20 | 6874 | 6950 | 7057 | 2.7 | 1197 | 1142 | 1157 | -3.3 |
| 21 | civil engineering | 13506 | 12729 | 11873 | -12.1 | 7626 | 7732 | 7752 | 1.7 | 804 | 739 | 865 | 7.6 |
| 22 | electrical, electronics, and communications engineering | 29816 | 28108 | 28177 | -5.5 | 17936 | 18119 | 18577 | 3.6 | 1170 | 1197 | 1305 | 11.5 |
| 23 | engineering science, mechanics, and physics | 679 | 729 | 852 | 25.5 | 1457 | 1428 | 1447 | -0.7 | 316 | 354 | 180 | -43 |
| 24 | industrial and manufacturing engineering | 12272 | 12389 | 11912 | -2.9 | 3633 | 3598 | 3762 | 3.6 | 127 | 156 | 167 | 31.5 |
| 25 | mechanical engineering | 16279 | 15434 | 14861 | -8.7 | 11149 | 11159 | 11247 | 0.9 | 1089 | 1069 | 1142 | 4.9 |
| 26 | metallurgical and materials engineering | 2115 | 2079 | 1974 | -6.7 | 4426 | 4610 | 4616 | 4.3 | 550 | 549 | 642 | 16.7 |
| 27 | other engineeringa | 14760 | 14333 | 15323 | 3.8 | 8879 | 9363 | 9892 | 11.4 | 1188 | 1275 | 1293 | 8.8 |
| 28 | health | 52662 | 56820 | 56494 | 7.3 | 15301 | 15931 | 15928 | 4.1 | 18653 | 19305 | 19478 | 4.4 |
| 29 | clinical medicine | 25283 | 27494 | 26251 | 3.8 | 4410 | 4508 | 4571 | 3.7 | 16100 | 16563 | 16650 | 3.4 |
| 30 | other health | 27379 | 29326 | 30243 | 10.5 | 10891 | 11423 | 11357 | 4.3 | 2553 | 2742 | 2828 | 10.8 |

Question: in engineering, how many percentage points did master's enrollments decline by?
Answer: 5

Question: in engineering, how many percentage points did doctoral's enrollments increase by?
Answer: 4.7

Question: in engineering, how many percentage points did postdocs' enrollments increase by?
Answer: 5.4

Question: which broad field led the top five fields of growth among master's science students in enrollment?
Answer: psychology

Question: how many percentage points of increase in doctoral enrollment in the sciences?
Answer: 4

Question: how many percent of increase in computer and information sciences students in doctoral enrollment?
Answer: 20.3

Question: biological and biomedical sciences, the single largest field of study among doctoral students, how many percentage points of students grew between 2017 and 2019?
Answer: 5.1

Question: biological and biomedical sciences, the single largest field of study among doctoral students, how many students grew between 2017 and 2019?
Answer: 53915

Question: which education of students had the large percentage increase in social sciences?
Answer: social sciences