,2018,2017,2016,2015,2014,2013,2012,2011,2010,2009,2008,2007,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,2001,2000,1999,1998,1997,1996,1995,1994,1993,1992,1991,1990,1989,1988,1987,1986,1985,1984,1983,1982,1981,1980,1979,1978,1977,1976,1975,1974,1973,1972,1971,1970,1969,1968,1967,1966,1965,1964,1963,1962,1961,1960,1959,1958
Total,"42,227","41,294","41,234","41,178","40,633","39,031","37,846","36,332","34,997","35,313","34,717","33,758","31,584","29,578","27,794","26,713","26,088","26,896","27,378","27,147","28,592","28,486","28,405","27,663","27,304","26,449","25,616","24,894","23,689","22,565","21,675","20,558","20,064","19,504","19,285","19,117","18,736","18,713","18,169","18,213","17,952","18,298","18,821","19,210","19,137","19,808","19,752","19,869","18,458","16,574","14,824","13,274","11,732","10,706","9,462","8,422","7,612","6,872","6,388","6,043","5,751"
Agricultural sciences and natural resources,"1,445","1,494","1,378","1,434","1,338","1,324","1,255","1,206","1,100","1,283","1,198","1,321","1,146","1,160","1,155","1,178","1,129","1,132","1,179","1,216","1,266","1,212","1,289","1,293","1,301","1,174","1,261","1,277","1,371","1,320","1,229","1,144","1,191","1,300","1,201","1,223","1,183","1,205","1,112","1,062","1,058",982,"1,011","1,144","1,057","1,089","1,039","1,073",918,815,684,606,576,576,517,466,470,438,414,342,339
Biological and biomedical sciences,"8,801","8,566","8,861","8,783","8,868","8,354","8,322","8,152","8,046","8,025","7,797","7,238","6,652","6,367","5,940","5,696","5,695","5,697","5,853","5,581","5,846","5,788","5,724","5,376","5,203","5,092","4,799","4,649","4,328","4,116","4,111","3,839","3,807","3,793","3,880","3,741","3,893","3,803","3,803","3,646","3,516","3,484","3,573","3,497","3,484","3,648","3,600","3,654","3,361","3,092","2,827","2,360","2,135","1,963","1,702","1,510","1,397","1,244","1,246","1,140","1,201"
Health sciences,"2,534","2,495","2,297","2,276","2,278","2,529","2,387","2,177","2,173","2,095","2,091","2,143","1,905","1,783","1,718","1,632","1,654","1,540","1,590","1,407","1,499","1,421","1,324","1,329","1,296","1,197","1,112","1,041",956,974,882,800,769,729,722,639,686,657,586,568,512,511,503,462,476,486,467,541,414,297,196,177,174,145,142,107,108,101,69,99,82
Chemistry,"2,810","2,701","2,703","2,667","2,673","2,484","2,416","2,432","2,304","2,391","2,246","2,318","2,364","2,126","1,986","2,041","1,922","1,981","1,989","2,132","2,216","2,148","2,149","2,162","2,257","2,137","2,213","2,194","2,100","1,970","2,014","1,975","1,903","1,836","1,765","1,758","1,680","1,612","1,538","1,566","1,544","1,571","1,624","1,776","1,797","1,855","2,019","2,211","2,238","1,967","1,803","1,773","1,594","1,444","1,351","1,288","1,138","1,150","1,078","1,054",965
"Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences","1,185","1,169","1,227","1,057","1,098",989,941,852,862,877,865,875,757,714,686,682,689,660,693,723,766,803,724,726,791,721,767,801,719,672,670,599,554,575,569,587,604,529,588,593,578,640,584,557,576,579,582,552,510,507,443,418,404,375,310,322,249,246,253,232,190
Physics and astronomy,"2,340","2,214","2,321","2,193","2,139","2,111","2,062","1,987","1,829","1,892","1,835","1,763","1,565","1,519","1,351","1,248","1,264","1,383","1,389","1,430","1,584","1,599","1,677","1,652","1,692","1,544","1,537","1,411","1,393","1,274","1,302","1,237","1,187","1,080","1,080","1,043","1,014","1,015",983,"1,108","1,067","1,150","1,237","1,300","1,339","1,589","1,634","1,738","1,655","1,461","1,436","1,312","1,061","1,046",866,817,710,597,530,516,497
Computer and information sciences,"2,004","1,998","2,082","2,003","1,988","1,843","1,793","1,667","1,633","1,610","1,787","1,654","1,453","1,129",948,866,809,830,860,856,927,909,920,997,903,880,869,800,705,612,515,450,399,310,295,286,220,232,218,210,121,31,-,-,-,1,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-
Mathematics and statistics,"2,026","1,844","1,872","1,815","1,874","1,817","1,703","1,606","1,590","1,553","1,400","1,388","1,325","1,205","1,076",993,920,"1,010","1,050","1,083","1,177","1,123","1,122","1,190","1,118","1,146","1,058","1,038",892,859,749,739,729,688,698,701,720,728,744,769,838,933,"1,003","1,147","1,211","1,232","1,281","1,238","1,225","1,070",971,830,769,685,588,483,388,332,291,289,238
Psychology,"3,837","3,926","3,910","3,775","3,724","3,592","3,599","3,576","3,420","3,472","3,357","3,276","3,260","3,322","3,327","3,277","3,207","3,400","3,616","3,668","3,673","3,557","3,494","3,429","3,379","3,420","3,262","3,250","3,281","3,208","3,074","3,172","3,126","3,117","3,255","3,346","3,158","3,358","3,098","3,091","3,055","2,990","2,883","2,751","2,598","2,458","2,279","2,145","1,890","1,766","1,464","1,295","1,139",954,"1,013",890,856,820,772,786,743
Anthropology,424,446,460,492,523,550,547,553,507,503,483,512,472,456,531,472,496,411,446,462,425,434,397,375,384,342,320,341,324,325,325,352,381,353,335,373,333,369,370,383,399,385,428,386,379,326,260,239,217,181,138,147,97,82,83,82,81,55,69,58,53
Economics,"1,247","1,239","1,235","1,255","1,196","1,183","1,243","1,121","1,073","1,118","1,091","1,004","1,029","1,061",959,932,908,927,948,926,"1,001","1,030","1,008",979,939,930,910,885,862,898,852,821,859,811,793,813,761,824,767,802,800,837,885,895,851,942,893,820,853,708,747,691,627,560,527,450,418,413,352,327,332
Political science and government,734,743,745,859,777,803,724,685,728,682,628,588,616,618,587,661,606,658,669,655,662,665,622,599,589,507,513,434,462,430,392,404,414,406,419,397,459,445,505,522,603,614,668,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-
Sociology,669,683,613,742,679,636,633,657,639,662,601,576,579,536,580,597,547,566,617,544,549,577,517,540,525,513,495,465,428,436,449,423,491,461,515,525,568,605,600,632,610,725,734,680,645,599,639,587,505,413,370,331,260,239,201,211,184,167,162,180,158
Other social sciences,"1,988","1,999","2,072","1,952","1,852","1,816","1,752","1,629","1,515","1,508","1,475","1,353","1,275","1,156","1,174","1,159","1,161","1,189","1,156","1,134","1,079","1,106","1,129","1,008","1,107","1,148","1,062","1,095",974,928,925,891,879,879,846,904,811,803,778,771,828,802,854,"1,613","1,577","1,640","1,556","1,573","1,238","1,032",890,730,595,563,498,439,397,369,358,321,324
"Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering",383,379,370,361,386,348,307,262,252,297,266,267,238,219,201,200,209,203,214,206,241,273,287,252,230,228,234,206,192,178,150,142,118,124,119,106,86,97,81,81,103,115,122,141,148,167,181,198,204,197,166,142,109,82,70,66,53,40,23,24,32
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering,"1,134","1,032","1,089","1,125","1,046","1,039",943,898,824,834,762,637,525,417,369,281,246,233,251,245,208,211,220,189,173,171,147,149,129,115,114,75,67,69,70,74,59,64,68,69,79,75,73,76,62,71,77,71,45,37,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-
Chemical engineering,981,931,921,"1,002",973,824,840,823,822,807,873,817,799,774,638,568,607,636,619,576,670,662,681,602,630,624,607,621,561,625,623,527,476,440,361,349,306,296,285,287,261,306,314,370,388,408,385,391,445,411,368,327,367,369,276,243,240,187,181,148,133
Civil engineering,677,713,564,632,617,542,495,634,643,707,713,703,655,622,547,551,540,501,480,506,587,592,600,572,601,563,540,509,505,498,488,441,387,358,351,354,308,287,240,236,236,269,314,290,324,357,362,379,311,309,301,270,237,209,193,127,125,91,62,53,52
"Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering","1,951","1,880","1,822","1,997","1,952","1,897","1,938","1,886","1,778","1,693","1,888","1,967","1,786","1,547","1,389","1,237","1,212","1,346","1,330","1,236","1,345","1,460","1,501","1,513","1,438","1,354","1,278","1,206","1,110",995,886,691,705,629,587,436,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-
Industrial and manufacturing engineering,272,249,256,243,298,241,226,258,215,251,279,279,234,221,217,214,230,206,176,211,229,246,259,284,228,236,196,165,151,162,127,120,101,92,84,86,79,66,77,82,51,73,67,92,92,109,142,134,117,111,74,61,46,56,28,22,21,21,14,12,12
Materials science engineering,995,937,984,871,832,815,743,662,670,625,636,646,583,493,475,437,364,448,404,393,482,483,472,476,433,416,365,361,307,257,252,238,187,188,168,157,147,113,143,125,125,125,117,132,116,132,88,52,35,22,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-
Mechanical engineering,"1,504","1,399","1,297","1,466","1,331","1,277","1,220","1,084",983,"1,095","1,082","1,071","1,045",892,754,752,771,878,807,786,936,929,947,917,883,902,855,762,773,650,610,544,442,424,336,311,334,282,293,281,282,270,304,325,377,364,408,398,400,403,369,316,271,249,183,154,148,100,98,80,72
Other engineering,"2,286","2,257","2,155","2,178","2,191","2,017","1,757","1,525","1,391","1,333","1,364","1,362","1,321","1,241","1,186","1,039",902,"1,061","1,042","1,171","1,224","1,258","1,342","1,203","1,204","1,204","1,216","1,234","1,166","1,063",936,934,892,842,836,908,"1,327","1,323","1,292","1,329","1,286","1,410","1,523","1,576","1,640","1,756","1,860","1,875","1,877","1,775","1,577","1,488","1,271","1,109",914,745,629,501,416,382,328
Total,"12,968","13,265","13,564","13,711","13,356","13,672","13,097","12,578","13,031","14,239","14,059","14,374","14,036","13,807","14,328","14,049","13,943","13,848","13,991","13,953","14,044","14,053","14,032","14,084","13,730","13,351","13,270","12,636","12,376","11,760","11,822","11,807","11,833","11,791","12,049","12,163","12,372","12,642","12,850","13,025","12,923","13,418","14,125","13,742","13,910","13,947","13,289","11,998","11,040","9,169","8,113","7,129","6,217","5,634","4,863","4,306","3,888","3,541","3,345","3,170","3,022"
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