U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa | ||||||||||
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Not Hispanic or Latino | ||||||||||
Field | Total | Hispanic or Latino |
American Indian or Alaska Native |
Asian | Black or African American |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
White | More than one race |
Unknown ethnicity and race |
Temporary visa holders |
All surveyed fields | 61,942 | 1,490 | 121 | 5,440 | 1,132 | 77 | 17,348 | 263 | 3,675 | 32,396 |
Science and engineering | 43,395 | 961 | 71 | 3,526 | 667 | 50 | 11,953 | 165 | 2,864 | 23,138 |
Science | 36,289 | 845 | 68 | 2,898 | 607 | 46 | 10,640 | 147 | 2,300 | 18,738 |
Agricultural sciences | 1,319 | 34 | 0 | 125 | 21 | 3 | 428 | 9 | 117 | 582 |
Biological sciences | 19,330 | 467 | 41 | 1,689 | 332 | 23 | 5,213 | 58 | 1,161 | 10,346 |
Anatomy | 258 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 2 | 139 |
Biochemistry | 2,097 | 53 | 1 | 191 | 29 | 1 | 512 | 4 | 98 | 1,208 |
Biology | 2,141 | 61 | 15 | 159 | 37 | 0 | 690 | 10 | 133 | 1,036 |
Biometry and epidemiology | 638 | 14 | 2 | 57 | 23 | 3 | 207 | 3 | 23 | 306 |
Biophysics | 164 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 17 | 99 |
Botany | 614 | 22 | 0 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 152 | 1 | 88 | 282 |
Cell biology | 2,387 | 46 | 1 | 185 | 25 | 11 | 506 | 6 | 322 | 1,285 |
Ecology | 107 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 15 | 40 |
Entomology and parasitology | 258 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 2 | 17 | 116 |
Genetics | 1,394 | 30 | 4 | 132 | 14 | 0 | 370 | 3 | 94 | 747 |
Microbiology, immunology, and virology | 2,188 | 54 | 2 | 212 | 53 | 1 | 647 | 9 | 109 | 1,101 |
Nutrition | 214 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 18 | 89 |
Pathology | 1,505 | 27 | 5 | 145 | 28 | 0 | 344 | 5 | 45 | 906 |
Pharmacology | 1,284 | 38 | 4 | 129 | 31 | 2 | 387 | 4 | 38 | 651 |
Physiology | 1,412 | 36 | 3 | 122 | 34 | 0 | 415 | 3 | 34 | 765 |
Zoology | 94 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 14 | 18 |
Biological sciences nec | 2,575 | 62 | 3 | 195 | 40 | 3 | 614 | 6 | 94 | 1,558 |
Communication | 76 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
Computer sciences | 765 | 17 | 1 | 68 | 17 | 0 | 153 | 2 | 44 | 463 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2,032 | 42 | 2 | 123 | 17 | 3 | 800 | 24 | 133 | 888 |
Atmospheric sciences | 209 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 5 | 13 | 120 |
Geosciences | 730 | 11 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 245 | 9 | 53 | 372 |
Oceanography | 423 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 7 | 20 | 163 |
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec | 670 | 22 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 302 | 3 | 47 | 233 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 90 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
Mathematical sciences | 932 | 18 | 0 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 305 | 8 | 94 | 444 |
Mathematics and applied mathematics | 787 | 16 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 275 | 8 | 68 | 370 |
Statistics | 145 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 74 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 891 | 20 | 1 | 75 | 17 | 2 | 339 | 5 | 45 | 387 |
Neuroscience | 1,696 | 52 | 3 | 138 | 13 | 1 | 475 | 8 | 142 | 864 |
Physical sciences | 7,197 | 111 | 14 | 489 | 86 | 8 | 1,894 | 23 | 391 | 4,181 |
Astronomy | 407 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 0 | 42 | 190 |
Chemistry | 3,850 | 66 | 2 | 295 | 73 | 2 | 897 | 13 | 128 | 2,374 |
Physics | 2,682 | 39 | 10 | 165 | 11 | 3 | 731 | 9 | 218 | 1,496 |
Physical sciences nec | 258 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 115 | 1 | 3 | 121 |
Psychology | 1,023 | 30 | 1 | 58 | 34 | 1 | 592 | 5 | 64 | 238 |
Clinical psychology | 104 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Psychology, general | 568 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 320 | 3 | 47 | 143 |
Psychology nec | 351 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 193 | 2 | 15 | 88 |
Social sciences | 938 | 50 | 5 | 65 | 50 | 4 | 376 | 4 | 91 | 293 |
Agricultural economics | 61 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 23 |
Anthropology (cultural and social) | 118 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 8 | 24 |
Economics (except agricultural) | 62 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
Geography | 89 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 40 |
History and philosophy of science | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Linguistics | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
Political science | 239 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 27 | 70 |
Sociology | 93 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 8 | 23 |
Sociology and anthropology | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Social sciences nec | 226 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 19 | 65 |
Engineering | 7,106 | 116 | 3 | 628 | 60 | 4 | 1,313 | 18 | 564 | 4,400 |
Aerospace engineering | 202 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 15 | 124 |
Agricultural engineering | 152 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 101 |
Architecture | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Biomedical engineering | 1,103 | 23 | 1 | 130 | 17 | 1 | 260 | 0 | 87 | 584 |
Chemical engineering | 1,230 | 25 | 0 | 117 | 8 | 0 | 232 | 5 | 53 | 790 |
Civil engineering | 587 | 9 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 140 | 3 | 50 | 324 |
Electrical engineering | 1,180 | 14 | 1 | 80 | 9 | 0 | 174 | 3 | 152 | 747 |
Engineering science | 240 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 167 |
Industrial engineering | 133 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 71 |
Mechanical engineering | 1,034 | 21 | 0 | 93 | 7 | 0 | 173 | 2 | 77 | 661 |
Metallurgical and materials engineering | 809 | 12 | 1 | 63 | 8 | 1 | 117 | 1 | 75 | 531 |
Mining engineering | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Nuclear engineering | 105 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 73 |
Petroleum engineering | 49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 43 |
Engineering nec | 258 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 25 | 172 |
Health | 18,547 | 529 | 50 | 1,914 | 465 | 27 | 5,395 | 98 | 811 | 9,258 |
Clinical medicine | 15,831 | 436 | 46 | 1,645 | 397 | 26 | 4,543 | 92 | 702 | 7,944 |
Anesthesiology | 439 | 8 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 16 | 260 |
Cardiology | 777 | 14 | 2 | 77 | 16 | 0 | 174 | 1 | 46 | 447 |
Endocrinology | 441 | 18 | 6 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 131 | 6 | 9 | 231 |
Gastroenterology | 317 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 69 | 3 | 10 | 198 |
Hematology | 348 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 83 | 3 | 9 | 199 |
Neurology | 941 | 25 | 6 | 58 | 19 | 9 | 249 | 7 | 32 | 536 |
Obstetrics and gynecology | 301 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 94 | 4 | 12 | 151 |
Oncology and cancer research | 1,859 | 54 | 2 | 196 | 39 | 1 | 453 | 4 | 36 | 1,074 |
Ophthalmology | 528 | 13 | 3 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 106 | 3 | 34 | 318 |
Otorhinolaryngology | 160 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 83 |
Pediatrics | 1,584 | 49 | 4 | 197 | 50 | 5 | 565 | 4 | 62 | 648 |
Preventive medicine and community health | 703 | 32 | 1 | 64 | 43 | 1 | 250 | 8 | 36 | 268 |
Psychiatry | 1,008 | 38 | 1 | 78 | 29 | 0 | 498 | 3 | 93 | 268 |
Pulmonary disease | 288 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 129 | 0 | 2 | 104 |
Radiology | 921 | 17 | 4 | 93 | 14 | 1 | 186 | 6 | 27 | 573 |
Surgery | 1,297 | 41 | 1 | 123 | 29 | 2 | 346 | 5 | 34 | 716 |
Clinical medicine nec | 3,919 | 95 | 11 | 510 | 106 | 4 | 1,048 | 34 | 241 | 1,870 |
Other health | 2,716 | 93 | 4 | 269 | 68 | 1 | 852 | 6 | 109 | 1,314 |
Dental sciences | 303 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 15 | 172 |
Nursing | 77 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
Pharmaceutical sciences | 995 | 17 | 2 | 112 | 22 | 1 | 251 | 4 | 28 | 558 |
Speech pathology and audiology | 49 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Veterinary sciences | 564 | 26 | 0 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 241 | 0 | 39 | 202 |
Other health nec | 728 | 42 | 1 | 63 | 19 | 0 | 226 | 1 | 20 | 356 |
nec = not elsewhere classified. |
a Ethnicity and race data are available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents. |
NOTE: "Field" refers to the field of the unit that reports postdocs to the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering. |
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. |