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Table 22. Female graduate students in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: 2012

		U.S. citizens and permanent residents^a
			Not Hispanic or Latino
Field	Total	Hispanic or Latino	American Indian or Alaska Native	Asian^b	Black or African American	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander^b	White	More than one race^b	Unknown ethnicity and race	Temporary visa holders
All surveyed fields	291,056	19,440	1,440	17,916	24,401	677	140,494	4,760	15,669	66,259
Science and engineering	242,548	16,133	1,212	14,796	19,009	471	112,255	3,865	12,766	62,041
Science	207,997	14,617	1,132	12,171	17,880	440	102,266	3,471	11,525	44,495
Agricultural sciences	8,229	452	63	227	281	16	4,976	104	337	1,773
Biological sciences	43,206	2,642	172	3,765	2,495	91	21,648	620	1,991	9,782
Anatomy	353	23	2	22	23	0	192	4	21	66
Biochemistry	2,574	130	11	233	106	6	1,004	32	130	922
Biology	9,096	654	33	600	561	15	4,736	147	436	1,914
Biometry and epidemiology	4,549	212	12	595	342	19	1,963	97	218	1,091
Biophysics	344	16	1	35	9	0	153	5	9	116
Botany	913	41	4	45	10	1	429	20	31	332
Cell biology	3,702	212	9	353	150	11	1,627	55	152	1,133
Ecology	913	44	6	29	6	2	639	12	66	109
Entomology and parasitology	571	24	3	21	7	0	352	10	24	130
Genetics	1,356	65	11	100	58	5	741	8	45	323
Microbiology, immunology, and virology	2,826	202	23	244	154	0	1,480	36	111	576
Nutrition	4,348	252	14	346	225	6	2,643	59	168	635
Pathology	722	39	2	48	42	2	401	3	29	156
Pharmacology	1,733	84	5	166	153	7	753	19	62	484
Physiology	1,515	77	6	156	95	3	747	22	49	360
Zoology	654	16	2	21	9	2	482	16	40	66
Biological sciences nec	7,037	551	28	751	545	12	3,306	75	400	1,369
Communication	7,168	491	28	244	732	17	3,882	154	346	1,274
Computer sciences	13,223	372	34	1,020	748	14	3,040	118	568	7,309
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	7,386	381	38	224	147	9	4,714	140	407	1,326
Atmospheric sciences	509	28	2	12	10	0	290	3	13	151
Geosciences	3,679	169	27	93	54	3	2,329	88	200	716
Oceanography	1,481	101	4	50	15	1	1,014	24	70	202
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec	1,717	83	5	69	68	5	1,081	25	124	257
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences	3,385	235	13	118	525	11	1,981	54	99	349
Mathematical sciences	8,618	294	5	630	277	12	3,253	76	340	3,731
Mathematics and applied mathematics	6,028	246	5	404	225	10	2,653	65	260	2,160
Statistics	2,590	48	0	226	52	2	600	11	80	1,571
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies	3,067	258	28	136	255	8	1,571	61	272	478
Neuroscience	2,371	167	9	210	94	4	1,361	38	114	374
Physical sciences	13,216	532	35	801	495	14	5,385	165	490	5,299
Astronomy	423	6	1	24	2	0	244	9	28	109
Chemistry	9,575	448	25	629	424	10	3,878	121	347	3,693
Physics	2,992	69	7	140	49	4	1,146	29	105	1,443
Physical sciences nec	226	9	2	8	20	0	117	6	10	54
Psychology^c	40,585	4,111	260	1,900	4,491	87	23,710	762	3,003	2,261
Clinical psychology	7,792	1,010	58	476	596	26	4,570	114	686	256
Psychology, general	12,338	1,084	82	571	1,738	20	6,975	292	915	661
Psychology nec	20,455	2,017	120	853	2,157	41	12,165	356	1,402	1,344
Social sciences	57,543	4,682	447	2,896	7,340	157	26,745	1,179	3,558	10,539
Agricultural economics	888	28	2	52	24	1	308	11	28	434
Anthropology (cultural and social)	5,287	381	73	168	159	11	3,345	156	435	559
Economics (except agricultural)	5,560	126	8	292	171	6	1,305	52	188	3,412
Geography	2,150	101	22	82	71	2	1,316	35	127	394
History and philosophy of science	243	11	1	3	6	2	159	4	14	43
Linguistics	1,974	139	17	140	46	0	842	31	120	639
Political science	25,811	2,220	167	1,451	4,389	68	11,888	494	1,838	3,296
Sociology	5,634	544	38	253	731	10	2,918	145	259	736
Sociology and anthropology	185	19	1	3	50	0	90	1	17	4
Social sciences nec	9,811	1,113	118	452	1,693	57	4,574	250	532	1,022
Engineering	34,551	1,516	80	2,625	1,129	31	9,989	394	1,241	17,546
Aerospace engineering	705	54	2	64	16	2	332	12	41	182
Agricultural engineering	590	12	1	16	14	1	165	7	11	363
Architecture	1,116	59	5	58	60	1	493	19	45	376
Biomedical engineering	3,503	169	7	511	126	2	1,325	52	136	1,175
Chemical engineering	2,937	101	7	223	69	2	797	22	78	1,638
Civil engineering	5,805	391	18	375	166	5	2,203	108	228	2,311
Electrical engineering	7,773	166	15	528	129	5	865	35	199	5,831
Engineering science	452	16	0	25	8	1	131	6	42	223
Industrial engineering	3,699	174	9	216	230	2	990	29	209	1,840
Mechanical engineering	3,465	180	5	276	98	4	1,178	58	124	1,542
Metallurgical and materials engineering	1,977	79	3	145	47	5	575	18	55	1,050
Mining engineering	61	0	0	0	0	0	23	2	4	32
Nuclear engineering	225	7	0	15	7	0	126	6	12	52
Petroleum engineering	287	7	0	14	9	0	32	0	2	223
Engineering nec	1,956	101	8	159	150	1	754	20	55	708
Health	48,508	3,307	228	3,120	5,392	206	28,239	895	2,903	4,218
Clinical medicine	18,838	1,442	115	1,716	3,493	56	8,748	397	1,227	1,644
Anesthesiology	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cardiology	17	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	9
Endocrinology	31	3	0	2	6	1	11	0	2	6
Gastroenterology	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Hematology	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Neurology	89	5	0	11	6	1	49	0	4	13
Obstetrics and gynecology	70	2	1	13	6	0	35	0	1	12
Oncology and cancer research	142	3	1	8	9	0	77	3	6	35
Ophthalmology	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Otorhinolaryngology	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pediatrics	75	3	0	2	2	0	39	2	7	20
Preventive medicine and community health	17,084	1,355	109	1,516	3,319	52	7,826	374	1,134	1,399
Psychiatry	87	2	0	7	37	0	35	0	0	6
Pulmonary disease	5	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0
Radiology	105	2	0	8	2	0	59	2	1	31
Surgery	7	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	1
Clinical medicine nec	1,119	67	4	147	103	2	601	16	71	108
Other health^c	29,670	1,865	113	1,404	1,899	150	19,491	498	1,676	2,574
Dental sciences	802	42	2	101	20	3	317	5	39	273
Nursing	6,666	334	46	329	730	31	4,277	172	499	248
Pharmaceutical sciences	2,302	87	12	199	145	2	807	5	68	977
Speech pathology and audiology	13,059	917	31	434	494	82	9,884	182	712	323
Veterinary sciences	1,129	39	3	33	50	2	671	13	66	252
Other health nec	5,712	446	19	308	460	30	3,535	121	292	501

nec = not elsewhere classified.

^a Ethnicity and race data are available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.

^b Reporting of ethnicity and race in 2008–12 has been affected by changes in the reporting of ethnicity and race in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Starting in 2008, IPEDS respondents were asked to use a new classification that included a category for two or more races (see http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/reic/resource.asp) and separate reporting of Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders from Asians. The new classification was optional in 2008 and 2009 IPEDS but mandatory beginning in 2010 and may have contributed to a significant increase in the reporting of Not Hispanic or Latino, More than one race.

^c Beginning with 2008, more rigorous follow-up was done with institutions regarding the exclusion of practitioner-oriented graduate degree programs in Psychology and in Other health (a subfield of health). This change may affect interpretation of trends in these fields.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2012.

Data from survey cycle Fall 2012, as of December 2013.