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Table 21. Graduate students in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: 2015

Field Total U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa Temporary visa holders
Hispanic or Latino Not Hispanic or Latino Unknown ethnicity and race
American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White More than one race
All surveyed fields 685,397 43,177 2,306 39,810 37,245 1,048 278,364 11,521 28,485 243,441
Science and engineering 618,008 37,807 2,012 34,762 30,788 935 241,649 10,030 24,651 235,374
Science 448,654 30,891 1,742 25,044 27,019 789 195,761 8,285 19,651 139,472
Agricultural sciences 18,610 1,051 130 464 563 37 11,172 405 644 4,144
Biological sciences 80,096 5,550 293 7,026 4,249 154 40,141 1,614 3,501 17,568
Anatomy 594 56 2 39 28 3 328 16 26 96
Biochemistry 4,793 308 12 384 140 9 2,252 67 168 1,453
Biology 16,612 1,328 66 1,020 876 25 8,965 349 730 3,253
Biometry and epidemiology 8,987 482 18 1,076 554 18 3,528 173 364 2,774
Biophysics 919 50 2 98 15 2 477 19 30 226
Botany and plant biology 1,869 104 7 90 31 4 943 52 37 601
Cell and molecular biology 6,450 463 34 645 250 14 2,948 102 204 1,790
Ecology 1,302 46 10 42 20 2 867 17 122 176
Entomology and parasitology 1,285 69 6 47 28 2 776 27 43 287
Genetics 2,412 139 9 174 67 4 1,356 50 74 539
Microbiology, immunology, and virology 4,571 360 26 410 216 3 2,430 90 137 899
Nutrition 5,705 325 12 389 280 6 3,401 101 245 946
Pathology 1,046 74 2 90 54 3 482 24 52 265
Pharmacology and toxicology 2,817 158 9 282 216 6 1,309 54 74 709
Physiology 3,795 241 16 448 230 5 2,015 64 106 670
Zoology 998 37 3 30 11 3 689 25 57 143
Biosciences nec 15,941 1,310 59 1,762 1,233 45 7,375 384 1,032 2,741
Communication 11,759 1,021 49 343 1,159 20 6,116 300 607 2,144
Computer sciences 86,192 2,258 86 4,996 3,646 84 16,487 778 2,692 55,165
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 15,447 967 72 497 296 10 9,231 303 649 3,422
Atmospheric sciences 1,387 58 4 36 30 0 817 20 47 375
Geosciences 8,876 485 49 249 143 7 5,335 166 380 2,062
Ocean sciences 2,574 156 11 93 32 2 1,685 67 122 406
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec 2,610 268 8 119 91 1 1,394 50 100 579
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 4,134 305 20 144 612 6 2,305 108 155 479
Mathematics and statistics 26,444 1,072 28 1,604 662 32 9,267 351 1,009 12,419
Mathematics and applied mathematics 18,737 913 22 1,089 535 27 7,386 284 714 7,767
Statistics 7,707 159 6 515 127 5 1,881 67 295 4,652
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 8,138 506 42 483 477 16 3,744 162 412 2,296
Neurobiology and neuroscience 5,002 403 19 493 171 3 2,796 103 225 789
Physical sciences 40,386 1,834 94 2,069 934 39 17,680 616 1,243 15,877
Astronomy and astrophysics 1,273 60 4 70 14 0 708 20 45 352
Chemistry 22,840 1,113 51 1,335 698 25 9,985 363 681 8,589
Physics 15,609 625 38 645 196 14 6,695 220 501 6,675
Physical sciences nec 664 36 1 19 26 0 292 13 16 261
Psychology 49,740 6,562 284 2,392 4,035 116 28,987 1,305 2,950 3,109
Clinical psychology 8,779 1,388 53 476 529 12 5,004 230 744 343
Psychology, general 12,716 1,380 65 698 990 22 7,613 336 651 961
Psychology nec 28,245 3,794 166 1,218 2,516 82 16,370 739 1,555 1,805
Social sciences 102,706 9,362 625 4,533 10,215 272 47,835 2,240 5,564 22,060
Agricultural economics 2,056 66 4 60 43 1 850 24 51 957
Anthropology 7,625 593 97 244 230 30 4,680 227 507 1,017
Economics (except agricultural) 14,299 460 12 631 375 6 3,805 155 500 8,355
Geography 4,434 250 32 128 134 5 2,607 66 235 977
History and philosophy of science 379 13 2 8 5 0 247 9 15 80
Linguistics 3,370 201 29 206 76 2 1,533 80 194 1,049
Political science and government 45,781 4,691 247 2,242 5,639 144 22,381 979 2,812 6,646
Sociology 8,272 908 53 378 915 16 4,178 202 424 1,198
Sociology and anthropology 207 26 1 5 43 0 105 5 10 12
Social sciences nec 16,283 2,154 148 631 2,755 68 7,449 493 816 1,769
Engineering 169,354 6,916 270 9,718 3,769 146 45,888 1,745 5,000 95,902
Aerospace engineering 5,345 288 12 349 81 5 2,423 81 179 1,927
Agricultural engineering 1,630 47 11 98 39 0 572 25 31 807
Architecture 1,565 108 6 78 77 0 582 26 53 635
Biomedical engineering 9,761 478 20 1,305 283 5 3,797 194 516 3,163
Chemical engineering 10,008 322 13 698 207 4 3,009 110 241 5,404
Civil engineering 20,978 1,298 45 1,044 473 15 6,639 250 701 10,513
Electrical engineering 52,940 1,382 47 2,679 809 32 8,019 310 1,068 38,594
Engineering science, mechanics, and physics 1,708 42 5 88 34 1 492 23 37 986
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 16,284 877 29 711 649 44 4,155 150 746 8,923
Mechanical engineering 27,314 1,235 43 1,453 405 18 8,401 299 825 14,635
Metallurgical and materials engineering 7,741 272 7 461 173 9 2,566 99 158 3,996
Mining engineering 407 15 3 5 0 0 171 9 15 189
Nuclear engineering 1,449 95 3 56 18 1 831 22 61 362
Petroleum engineering 2,021 46 4 85 39 2 333 4 45 1,463
Engineering nec 10,203 411 22 608 482 10 3,898 143 324 4,305
Health 67,389 5,370 294 5,048 6,457 113 36,715 1,491 3,834 8,067
Clinical medicine 28,606 2,463 139 3,075 3,979 57 13,236 741 1,888 3,028
Anesthesiology 26 0 0 1 0 0 24 1 0 0
Cardiovascular science 36 1 0 2 1 0 11 0 0 21
Endocrinology 47 5 0 4 3 0 21 1 0 13
Gastroenterology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hematology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neurology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Obstetrics and gynecology 16 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 7 2
Oncology and cancer research 32 1 0 1 2 0 23 0 0 5
Ophthalmology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otorhinolaryngology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pediatrics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preventive medicine and community health 25,608 2,270 127 2,575 3,684 54 11,750 659 1,724 2,765
Psychiatry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pulmonary disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radiology 140 3 0 8 6 0 88 3 13 19
Surgery 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0
Clinical medicine nec 2,696 182 12 483 282 3 1,311 77 143 203
Other health 38,783 2,907 155 1,973 2,478 56 23,479 750 1,946 5,039
Communication disorders sciences 15,214 1,333 61 581 629 18 11,165 329 717 381
Dental sciences 1,854 92 2 210 43 5 760 19 124 599
Nursing science 5,388 332 35 269 618 8 3,161 78 475 412
Pharmaceutical sciences 4,464 177 12 348 247 7 1,360 43 156 2,114
Veterinary sciences 2,054 94 8 91 79 0 1,148 24 120 490
Other health nec 9,809 879 37 474 862 18 5,885 257 354 1,043
nec = not elsewhere classified.
a Ethnicity and race data are available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2015.