U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa | ||||||||||
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Not Hispanic or Latino | ||||||||||
Field | Total | Hispanic or Latino |
American Indian or Alaska Native |
Asianb | Black or African American |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanderb |
White | More than one raceb |
Unknown ethnicity and race |
Temporary visa holders |
All surveyed fields | 291,380 | 20,190 | 1,415 | 17,738 | 23,359 | 585 | 137,274 | 5,067 | 14,995 | 70,757 |
Science and engineering | 245,387 | 16,840 | 1,185 | 14,773 | 18,552 | 479 | 110,721 | 4,191 | 12,213 | 66,433 |
Science | 208,989 | 15,301 | 1,112 | 12,159 | 17,497 | 448 | 100,623 | 3,811 | 11,021 | 47,017 |
Agricultural sciences | 8,334 | 479 | 58 | 240 | 281 | 17 | 5,014 | 135 | 335 | 1,775 |
Biological sciences | 43,479 | 2,771 | 174 | 3,700 | 2,478 | 110 | 21,632 | 727 | 2,077 | 9,810 |
Anatomy | 270 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 145 | 2 | 8 | 55 |
Biochemistry | 2,400 | 140 | 10 | 204 | 82 | 12 | 996 | 30 | 99 | 827 |
Biology | 8,848 | 661 | 29 | 538 | 532 | 15 | 4,534 | 161 | 509 | 1,869 |
Biometry and epidemiology | 5,005 | 253 | 14 | 595 | 375 | 16 | 2,138 | 98 | 219 | 1,297 |
Biophysics | 328 | 16 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 148 | 6 | 9 | 108 |
Botany | 930 | 43 | 7 | 48 | 15 | 2 | 448 | 22 | 37 | 308 |
Cell biology | 3,595 | 202 | 12 | 368 | 132 | 8 | 1,582 | 52 | 153 | 1,086 |
Ecology | 787 | 32 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 549 | 13 | 53 | 99 |
Entomology and parasitology | 618 | 33 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 375 | 8 | 29 | 140 |
Genetics | 1,345 | 80 | 6 | 88 | 48 | 4 | 735 | 25 | 41 | 318 |
Microbiology, immunology, and virology | 2,844 | 198 | 22 | 245 | 154 | 3 | 1,452 | 38 | 107 | 625 |
Nutrition | 4,385 | 257 | 15 | 320 | 224 | 8 | 2,649 | 69 | 198 | 645 |
Pathology | 652 | 38 | 1 | 48 | 41 | 3 | 328 | 12 | 37 | 144 |
Pharmacology | 1,672 | 78 | 6 | 160 | 143 | 8 | 763 | 27 | 37 | 450 |
Physiology | 1,656 | 87 | 6 | 182 | 96 | 3 | 859 | 18 | 40 | 365 |
Zoology | 770 | 31 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 562 | 21 | 54 | 61 |
Biological sciences nec | 7,374 | 603 | 35 | 784 | 573 | 25 | 3,369 | 125 | 447 | 1,413 |
Communication | 7,265 | 552 | 29 | 279 | 653 | 10 | 3,969 | 127 | 321 | 1,325 |
Computer sciences | 14,688 | 367 | 27 | 1,099 | 727 | 9 | 2,621 | 107 | 535 | 9,196 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 7,196 | 406 | 39 | 235 | 156 | 6 | 4,522 | 121 | 372 | 1,339 |
Atmospheric sciences | 501 | 27 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 260 | 2 | 23 | 156 |
Geosciences | 3,674 | 196 | 23 | 105 | 67 | 4 | 2,293 | 65 | 193 | 728 |
Oceanography | 1,525 | 99 | 9 | 46 | 18 | 0 | 1,038 | 30 | 72 | 213 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec | 1,496 | 84 | 6 | 65 | 58 | 2 | 931 | 24 | 84 | 242 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 3,342 | 251 | 20 | 123 | 486 | 5 | 1,883 | 55 | 140 | 379 |
Mathematical sciences | 8,744 | 301 | 9 | 584 | 281 | 5 | 3,129 | 98 | 294 | 4,043 |
Mathematics and applied mathematics | 6,005 | 248 | 8 | 383 | 238 | 4 | 2,554 | 80 | 224 | 2,266 |
Statistics | 2,739 | 53 | 1 | 201 | 43 | 1 | 575 | 18 | 70 | 1,777 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 2,871 | 224 | 17 | 146 | 192 | 9 | 1,451 | 66 | 274 | 492 |
Neuroscience | 2,484 | 165 | 8 | 256 | 93 | 8 | 1,421 | 45 | 113 | 375 |
Physical sciences | 13,018 | 549 | 34 | 811 | 458 | 18 | 5,359 | 182 | 415 | 5,192 |
Astronomy | 422 | 10 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 233 | 12 | 23 | 111 |
Chemistry | 9,369 | 444 | 22 | 620 | 401 | 15 | 3,866 | 122 | 287 | 3,592 |
Physics | 3,009 | 83 | 8 | 149 | 41 | 3 | 1,148 | 42 | 101 | 1,434 |
Physical sciences nec | 218 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 112 | 6 | 4 | 55 |
Psychologyc | 40,570 | 4,410 | 250 | 1,859 | 4,487 | 89 | 23,498 | 881 | 2,830 | 2,266 |
Clinical psychology | 7,693 | 1,051 | 57 | 425 | 568 | 25 | 4,553 | 154 | 588 | 272 |
Psychology, general | 11,378 | 1,067 | 72 | 526 | 1,587 | 23 | 6,424 | 261 | 787 | 631 |
Psychology nec | 21,499 | 2,292 | 121 | 908 | 2,332 | 41 | 12,521 | 466 | 1,455 | 1,363 |
Social sciences | 56,998 | 4,826 | 447 | 2,827 | 7,205 | 162 | 26,124 | 1,267 | 3,315 | 10,825 |
Agricultural economics | 816 | 22 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 0 | 281 | 7 | 25 | 425 |
Anthropology (cultural and social) | 5,260 | 395 | 66 | 170 | 168 | 16 | 3,345 | 151 | 375 | 574 |
Economics (except agricultural) | 5,417 | 163 | 9 | 308 | 153 | 6 | 1,178 | 44 | 153 | 3,403 |
Geography | 2,126 | 110 | 23 | 89 | 69 | 7 | 1,234 | 33 | 150 | 411 |
History and philosophy of science | 194 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 126 | 3 | 8 | 38 |
Linguistics | 2,143 | 136 | 18 | 139 | 53 | 4 | 924 | 52 | 118 | 699 |
Political science | 25,498 | 2,312 | 172 | 1,361 | 4,273 | 79 | 11,692 | 554 | 1,655 | 3,400 |
Sociology | 5,668 | 552 | 29 | 275 | 710 | 5 | 2,929 | 132 | 290 | 746 |
Sociology and anthropology | 157 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 75 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
Social sciences nec | 9,719 | 1,116 | 127 | 439 | 1,711 | 44 | 4,340 | 290 | 528 | 1,124 |
Engineering | 36,398 | 1,539 | 73 | 2,614 | 1,055 | 31 | 10,098 | 380 | 1,192 | 19,416 |
Aerospace engineering | 741 | 50 | 2 | 66 | 15 | 0 | 349 | 12 | 33 | 214 |
Agricultural engineering | 644 | 13 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 164 | 5 | 16 | 396 |
Architecture | 1,001 | 56 | 1 | 68 | 48 | 1 | 427 | 15 | 39 | 346 |
Biomedical engineering | 3,665 | 183 | 5 | 509 | 115 | 6 | 1,404 | 74 | 151 | 1,218 |
Chemical engineering | 3,023 | 102 | 8 | 236 | 79 | 1 | 809 | 22 | 72 | 1,694 |
Civil engineering | 5,881 | 389 | 24 | 368 | 140 | 7 | 2,154 | 74 | 222 | 2,503 |
Electrical engineering | 9,155 | 184 | 7 | 528 | 136 | 3 | 936 | 39 | 177 | 7,145 |
Engineering science | 420 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 133 | 6 | 19 | 219 |
Industrial engineering | 3,642 | 173 | 7 | 202 | 200 | 6 | 993 | 36 | 188 | 1,837 |
Mechanical engineering | 3,636 | 197 | 5 | 270 | 93 | 4 | 1,189 | 51 | 134 | 1,693 |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 2,021 | 70 | 0 | 142 | 49 | 0 | 604 | 19 | 59 | 1,078 |
Mining engineering | 62 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 28 |
Nuclear engineering | 221 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 121 | 7 | 11 | 51 |
Petroleum engineering | 335 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 6 | 247 |
Engineering nec | 1,951 | 87 | 8 | 143 | 139 | 3 | 743 | 20 | 61 | 747 |
Health | 45,993 | 3,350 | 230 | 2,965 | 4,807 | 106 | 26,553 | 876 | 2,782 | 4,324 |
Clinical medicine | 18,795 | 1,533 | 126 | 1,723 | 3,233 | 36 | 8,807 | 447 | 1,179 | 1,711 |
Anesthesiology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cardiology | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Endocrinology | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Oncology and cancer research | 59 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Ophthalmology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Otorhinolaryngology | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pediatrics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Preventive medicine and community health | 17,407 | 1,458 | 122 | 1,545 | 3,096 | 32 | 8,048 | 427 | 1,116 | 1,563 |
Psychiatry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pulmonary disease | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Radiology | 58 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
Surgery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clinical medicine nec | 1,163 | 70 | 4 | 153 | 121 | 3 | 647 | 18 | 53 | 94 |
Other healthc | 27,198 | 1,817 | 104 | 1,242 | 1,574 | 70 | 17,746 | 429 | 1,603 | 2,613 |
Dental sciences | 890 | 46 | 3 | 102 | 29 | 1 | 348 | 15 | 46 | 300 |
Nursing | 4,439 | 247 | 29 | 198 | 467 | 10 | 2,727 | 64 | 409 | 288 |
Pharmaceutical sciences | 2,140 | 85 | 10 | 177 | 143 | 1 | 677 | 11 | 70 | 966 |
Speech pathology and audiology | 13,277 | 967 | 38 | 448 | 503 | 38 | 10,081 | 210 | 670 | 322 |
Veterinary sciences | 1,239 | 51 | 3 | 35 | 50 | 2 | 723 | 13 | 109 | 253 |
Other health nec | 5,213 | 421 | 21 | 282 | 382 | 18 | 3,190 | 116 | 299 | 484 |
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 2008–13 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, 2013. |
Data from survey cycle Fall 2013, as of 8 August 2014. |