Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering 2021

Published by National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics | National Science Foundation | Metadata Last Checked: June 26, 2025 | Last Modified: 2023-02-07

The Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering survey is an annual census of all U.S. academic institutions granting research-based master's degrees or doctorates in science, engineering, and selected health fields as of fall of the survey year. The survey, sponsored by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation and by the National Institutes of Health, collects the total number of master's and doctoral students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-level nonfaculty researchers by demographic and other characteristics such as source of financial support. Results are used to assess shifts in graduate enrollment and postdoc appointments and trends in financial support. This dataset includes GSS assets for 2021.

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Complete Metadata

bureauCode	[ "422:00:00" ]
dataQuality	true
identifier	NCSES-GSS2021
isPartOf	NCSES-GSS
issued	2023-01-17
language	[ "English" ]
programCode	[ "422:006" ]
spatial	United States
temporal	1975/2021
theme	[ "Education,\"Science and Engineering Workforce\"" ]