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Table 22. Female 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 309,101 23,485 1,291 19,168 22,910 548 137,217 6,239 14,102 84,141
Science and engineering 259,585 19,483 1,063 15,607 17,948 470 109,079 5,148 11,240 79,547
Science 219,076 17,757 986 12,843 16,767 441 99,163 4,663 10,155 56,301
Agricultural sciences 9,618 600 64 282 316 19 5,768 235 346 1,988
Biological sciences 45,481 3,221 167 3,914 2,846 93 22,459 984 1,975 9,822
Anatomy 307 32 2 18 19 0 169 8 11 48
Biochemistry 2,309 150 7 185 83 2 1,002 28 82 770
Biology 9,355 754 40 580 571 13 4,941 222 398 1,836
Biometry and epidemiology 5,340 307 12 627 386 12 2,125 117 210 1,544
Biophysics 305 19 0 31 8 0 150 11 8 78
Botany and plant biology 921 55 3 41 19 2 446 29 20 306
Cell and molecular biology 3,523 251 23 358 156 8 1,524 70 107 1,026
Ecology 707 27 4 27 15 1 483 11 55 84
Entomology and parasitology 636 34 1 23 21 1 373 14 25 144
Genetics 1,419 79 6 104 45 2 814 31 44 294
Microbiology, immunology, and virology 2,589 220 19 230 143 1 1,299 55 79 543
Nutrition 4,692 271 9 323 231 6 2,863 80 208 701
Pathology 622 43 1 50 32 3 291 14 40 148
Pharmacology and toxicology 1,548 82 5 159 140 4 697 29 38 394
Physiology 1,892 122 6 211 141 3 958 34 52 365
Zoology 593 29 3 21 8 1 417 13 29 72
Biosciences nec 8,723 746 26 926 828 34 3,907 218 569 1,469
Communication 7,710 674 34 261 821 15 3,887 198 370 1,450
Computer sciences 24,115 515 22 1,541 1,261 14 3,222 211 775 16,554
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7,068 512 39 265 147 4 4,249 164 305 1,383
Atmospheric sciences 523 18 1 25 17 0 277 7 18 160
Geosciences 3,667 245 23 115 61 2 2,212 86 162 761
Ocean sciences 1,473 93 10 59 18 1 1,002 41 69 180
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec 1,405 156 5 66 51 1 758 30 56 282
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 3,425 264 17 115 519 2 1,925 89 121 373
Mathematics and statistics 9,641 357 4 608 258 8 2,960 116 362 4,968
Mathematics and applied mathematics 6,212 296 2 366 210 8 2,321 97 228 2,684
Statistics 3,429 61 2 242 48 0 639 19 134 2,284
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 3,922 273 26 271 286 10 1,872 85 213 886
Neurobiology and neuroscience 2,632 240 9 281 101 2 1,433 54 105 407
Physical sciences 13,131 660 27 794 428 16 5,339 206 387 5,274
Astronomy and astrophysics 446 19 2 32 3 0 245 11 15 119
Chemistry 9,302 515 17 607 372 12 3,830 145 271 3,533
Physics 3,139 111 8 149 42 4 1,160 43 96 1,526
Physical sciences nec 244 15 0 6 11 0 104 7 5 96
Psychology 37,007 4,998 204 1,816 3,145 99 21,237 991 2,220 2,297
Clinical psychology 6,857 1,098 40 381 412 12 3,879 185 575 275
Psychology, general 8,779 987 38 509 722 17 5,144 243 452 667
Psychology nec 21,371 2,913 126 926 2,011 70 12,214 563 1,193 1,355
Social sciences 55,326 5,443 373 2,695 6,639 159 24,812 1,330 2,976 10,899
Agricultural economics 894 32 2 32 22 1 337 9 18 441
Anthropology 4,952 373 50 164 163 20 3,085 160 332 605
Economics (except agricultural) 5,251 147 6 264 133 1 1,074 53 143 3,430
Geography 1,996 128 17 75 69 3 1,121 34 114 435
History and philosophy of science 195 5 2 6 3 0 124 6 4 45
Linguistics 2,049 128 12 148 57 1 884 51 112 656
Political science and government 24,628 2,649 153 1,361 3,664 78 11,166 556 1,494 3,507
Sociology 5,199 574 29 256 620 10 2,603 132 270 705
Sociology and anthropology 144 17 1 5 31 0 76 3 5 6
Social sciences nec 10,018 1,390 101 384 1,877 45 4,342 326 484 1,069
Engineering 40,509 1,726 77 2,764 1,181 29 9,916 485 1,085 23,246
Aerospace engineering 811 46 2 67 15 2 326 12 21 320
Agricultural engineering 661 19 9 53 20 0 218 12 15 315
Architecture 730 35 3 49 32 0 267 8 25 311
Biomedical engineering 3,911 190 8 501 136 1 1,423 77 184 1,391
Chemical engineering 3,172 105 4 253 80 0 799 38 92 1,801
Civil engineering 6,171 414 17 364 167 4 2,043 84 203 2,875
Electrical engineering 11,227 215 7 564 160 3 911 44 163 9,160
Engineering science, mechanics, and physics 354 6 0 26 7 0 97 9 8 201
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 4,076 275 8 215 252 7 910 49 149 2,211
Mechanical engineering 3,962 201 5 301 91 3 1,200 73 119 1,969
Metallurgical and materials engineering 2,275 84 2 166 63 5 704 29 36 1,186
Mining engineering 74 3 1 1 0 0 37 3 3 26
Nuclear engineering 236 17 1 9 6 0 119 4 6 74
Petroleum engineering 399 11 1 13 4 0 46 1 8 315
Engineering nec 2,450 105 9 182 148 4 816 42 53 1,091
Health 49,516 4,002 228 3,561 4,962 78 28,138 1,091 2,862 4,594
Clinical medicine 20,346 1,792 106 2,140 3,026 39 9,563 540 1,349 1,791
Anesthesiology 10 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0
Cardiovascular science 16 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 8
Endocrinology 32 3 0 4 2 0 16 1 0 6
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 14 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 7 2
Oncology and cancer research 21 1 0 1 1 0 14 0 0 4
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 18,633 1,691 96 1,849 2,832 37 8,707 490 1,258 1,673
Psychiatry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pulmonary disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radiology 48 1 0 2 2 0 32 0 7 4
Surgery 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Clinical medicine nec 1,571 94 10 283 188 2 776 48 76 94
Other health 29,170 2,210 122 1,421 1,936 39 18,575 551 1,513 2,803
Communication disorders sciences 14,300 1,227 55 530 593 14 10,590 300 668 323
Dental sciences 878 45 2 124 22 3 323 9 54 296
Nursing science 4,758 275 33 233 561 5 2,835 69 411 336
Pharmaceutical sciences 2,396 110 8 198 169 4 745 21 89 1,052
Veterinary sciences 1,375 54 6 56 54 0 831 18 96 260
Other health nec 5,463 499 18 280 537 13 3,251 134 195 536
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.