| U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 24,357 | 768 | 71 | 2,418 | 619 | 54 | 7,827 | 124 | 1,447 | 11,029 |
| Science and engineering | 15,537 | 458 | 40 | 1,431 | 327 | 39 | 4,877 | 70 | 1,023 | 7,272 |
| Science | 13,949 | 423 | 40 | 1,287 | 311 | 36 | 4,551 | 65 | 866 | 6,370 |
| Agricultural sciences | 542 | 16 | 0 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 184 | 5 | 52 | 221 |
| Biological sciences | 8,445 | 255 | 25 | 814 | 179 | 22 | 2,538 | 34 | 496 | 4,082 |
| Anatomy | 126 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 55 |
| Biochemistry | 789 | 32 | 1 | 87 | 16 | 1 | 219 | 2 | 50 | 381 |
| Biology | 931 | 31 | 7 | 88 | 16 | 0 | 305 | 5 | 69 | 410 |
| Biometry and epidemiology | 275 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 114 | 2 | 13 | 97 |
| Biophysics | 53 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 29 |
| Botany | 237 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 34 | 106 |
| Cell biology | 1,053 | 27 | 0 | 103 | 15 | 10 | 262 | 3 | 126 | 507 |
| Ecology | 47 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| Entomology and parasitology | 121 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 8 | 54 |
| Genetics | 596 | 9 | 1 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 183 | 2 | 34 | 296 |
| Microbiology, immunology, and virology | 1,026 | 35 | 2 | 96 | 32 | 1 | 341 | 7 | 51 | 461 |
| Nutrition | 147 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 10 | 56 |
| Pathology | 678 | 15 | 4 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 176 | 3 | 21 | 382 |
| Pharmacology | 563 | 19 | 4 | 59 | 13 | 2 | 188 | 2 | 17 | 259 |
| Physiology | 634 | 17 | 2 | 62 | 19 | 0 | 197 | 2 | 16 | 319 |
| Zoology | 40 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Biological sciences nec | 1,129 | 36 | 2 | 99 | 18 | 3 | 294 | 2 | 28 | 647 |
| Communication | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Computer sciences | 140 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 67 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 765 | 19 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 327 | 7 | 40 | 304 |
| Atmospheric sciences | 61 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 33 |
| Geosciences | 265 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 4 | 18 | 114 |
| Oceanography | 193 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 2 | 7 | 66 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec | 246 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 8 | 91 |
| Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 62 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Mathematical sciences | 187 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 22 | 81 |
| Mathematics and applied mathematics | 155 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 15 | 72 |
| Statistics | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 328 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 149 | 0 | 18 | 113 |
| Neuroscience | 730 | 32 | 3 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 215 | 4 | 50 | 360 |
| Physical sciences | 1,655 | 35 | 6 | 136 | 29 | 5 | 453 | 6 | 99 | 886 |
| Astronomy | 115 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 9 | 47 |
| Chemistry | 974 | 19 | 2 | 89 | 25 | 1 | 270 | 4 | 34 | 530 |
| Physics | 503 | 15 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 112 | 2 | 55 | 274 |
| Physical sciences nec | 63 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| Psychology | 601 | 21 | 1 | 43 | 25 | 1 | 365 | 3 | 33 | 109 |
| Clinical psychology | 74 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Psychology, general | 323 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 190 | 2 | 21 | 70 |
| Psychology nec | 204 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 118 | 1 | 10 | 38 |
| Social sciences | 463 | 28 | 3 | 36 | 35 | 3 | 189 | 2 | 42 | 125 |
| Agricultural economics | 29 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| Anthropology (cultural and social) | 71 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| Economics (except agricultural) | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Geography | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| History and philosophy of science | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Linguistics | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Political science | 111 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 12 | 26 |
| Sociology | 58 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Sociology and anthropology | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Social sciences nec | 113 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 30 |
| Engineering | 1,588 | 35 | 0 | 144 | 16 | 3 | 326 | 5 | 157 | 902 |
| Aerospace engineering | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| Agricultural engineering | 40 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Architecture | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Biomedical engineering | 352 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 43 | 170 |
| Chemical engineering | 306 | 11 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 13 | 186 |
| Civil engineering | 161 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 16 | 82 |
| Electrical engineering | 187 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 34 | 108 |
| Engineering science | 46 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Industrial engineering | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Mechanical engineering | 166 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 101 |
| Metallurgical and materials engineering | 174 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 110 |
| Mining engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nuclear engineering | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Petroleum engineering | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Engineering nec | 67 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 42 |
| Health | 8,820 | 310 | 31 | 987 | 292 | 15 | 2,950 | 54 | 424 | 3,757 |
| Clinical medicine | 7,533 | 250 | 29 | 846 | 250 | 15 | 2,475 | 52 | 366 | 3,250 |
| Anesthesiology | 169 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 6 | 97 |
| Cardiology | 318 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 25 | 169 |
| Endocrinology | 224 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 5 | 104 |
| Gastroenterology | 150 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 88 |
| Hematology | 179 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 94 |
| Neurology | 438 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 130 | 4 | 17 | 226 |
| Obstetrics and gynecology | 183 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 74 | 2 | 6 | 73 |
| Oncology and cancer research | 822 | 24 | 1 | 94 | 26 | 0 | 225 | 3 | 15 | 434 |
| Ophthalmology | 235 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 12 | 140 |
| Otorhinolaryngology | 73 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| Pediatrics | 924 | 36 | 2 | 117 | 37 | 4 | 381 | 4 | 43 | 300 |
| Preventive medicine and community health | 412 | 21 | 1 | 34 | 32 | 0 | 160 | 5 | 21 | 138 |
| Psychiatry | 654 | 25 | 1 | 58 | 21 | 0 | 342 | 3 | 62 | 142 |
| Pulmonary disease | 136 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| Radiology | 312 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 65 | 2 | 12 | 183 |
| Surgery | 478 | 22 | 1 | 46 | 14 | 0 | 143 | 2 | 20 | 230 |
| Clinical medicine nec | 1,826 | 54 | 8 | 272 | 60 | 3 | 546 | 16 | 110 | 757 |
| Other health | 1,287 | 60 | 2 | 141 | 42 | 0 | 475 | 2 | 58 | 507 |
| Dental sciences | 138 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 71 |
| Nursing | 67 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| Pharmaceutical sciences | 372 | 10 | 1 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 108 | 1 | 11 | 180 |
| Speech pathology and audiology | 30 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Veterinary sciences | 300 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 25 | 80 |
| Other health nec | 380 | 29 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 133 | 1 | 10 | 158 |
| 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. |
