Table 10. Female graduate students in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field: 2009–14

Field 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014olda 2014newa
All surveyed fields 303,120 297,171 291,550 291,056 291,380 294,727 300,745
Science and engineering 237,749 240,481 242,732 242,548 245,387 248,221 253,493
Science 204,431 206,028 208,991 207,997 208,989 209,264 213,803
Agricultural sciences 7,485 7,819 8,026 8,229 8,334 8,665 8,968
Biological sciences 41,818 42,571 42,833 43,206 43,479 43,054 44,593
Anatomy 428 432 380 353 270 272 280
Biochemistry 2,615 2,655 2,550 2,574 2,400 2,423 2,423
Biology 9,494 9,582 9,474 9,096 8,848 9,002 9,340
Biometry and epidemiology 3,395 3,747 3,927 4,549 5,005 4,851 4,915
Biophysics 377 376 366 344 328 306 306
Botany and plant biology 971 979 985 913 930 938 938
Cell and molecular biology 3,950 3,823 3,743 3,702 3,595 3,359 3,389
Ecology 960 1,009 958 913 787 756 756
Entomology and parasitology 512 550 539 571 618 651 651
Genetics 1,351 1,373 1,401 1,356 1,345 1,397 1,425
Microbiology, immunology, and virology 2,911 2,849 2,905 2,826 2,844 2,645 2,658
Nutrition 4,300 4,479 4,400 4,348 4,385 4,466 4,730
Pathology 910 835 801 722 652 612 612
Pharmacology and toxicology 1,772 1,755 1,709 1,733 1,672 1,619 1,619
Physiology 1,425 1,466 1,490 1,515 1,656 1,702 1,766
Zoology 476 508 634 654 770 651 693
Biosciences nec 5,971 6,153 6,571 7,037 7,374 7,404 8,092
Communication 6,029 6,353 7,041 7,168 7,265 7,463 7,804
Computer sciences 13,053 12,807 12,607 13,223 14,688 18,705 21,038
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6,815 7,200 7,175 7,386 7,196 6,965 7,144
Atmospheric sciences 447 484 477 509 501 533 538
Geosciences 3,195 3,493 3,461 3,679 3,674 3,626 3,630
Ocean sciences 1,431 1,423 1,494 1,481 1,525 1,423 1,528
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec 1,742 1,800 1,743 1,717 1,496 1,383 1,448
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 3,203 3,461 3,721 3,385 3,342 3,456 3,568
Mathematics and statistics 7,979 8,127 8,360 8,618 8,744 9,074 9,234
Mathematics and applied mathematics 5,787 5,768 5,899 6,028 6,005 6,053 6,176
Statistics 2,192 2,359 2,461 2,590 2,739 3,021 3,058
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 3,809 4,493 3,431 3,067 2,871 3,083 3,445
Neurobiology and neuroscience 1,264 1,474 2,199 2,371 2,484 2,566 2,566
Physical sciences 12,691 12,826 13,112 13,216 13,018 13,078 13,118
Astronomy and astrophysics 431 423 423 423 422 427 427
Chemistry 9,222 9,261 9,441 9,575 9,369 9,336 9,352
Physics 2,846 2,899 2,979 2,992 3,009 3,112 3,128
Physical sciences nec 192 243 269 226 218 203 211
Psychologyb 42,536 40,238 40,921 40,585 40,570 37,900 36,243
Clinical psychology 10,205 9,455 8,210 7,792 7,693 7,105 6,783
Psychology, general 10,867 9,992 12,533 12,338 11,378 10,969 8,710
Psychology nec 21,464 20,791 20,178 20,455 21,499 19,826 20,750
Social sciences 57,749 58,659 59,565 57,543 56,998 55,255 56,082
Agricultural economics 949 927 908 888 816 822 822
Anthropology 5,337 5,490 5,357 5,287 5,260 5,096 5,126
Economics (except agricultural) 5,120 5,214 5,544 5,560 5,417 5,217 5,267
Geography 2,071 2,172 2,195 2,150 2,126 2,131 2,133
History and philosophy of science 409 316 266 243 194 186 189
Linguistics 1,940 1,888 1,940 1,974 2,143 2,136 2,136
Political science and government 23,379 23,970 26,163 25,811 25,498 24,911 24,877
Sociology 6,159 6,326 6,185 5,634 5,668 5,345 5,402
Sociology and anthropology 371 218 204 185 157 132 132
Social sciences nec 12,014 12,138 10,803 9,811 9,719 9,279 9,998
Engineering 33,318 34,453 33,741 34,551 36,398 38,957 39,690
Aerospace engineering 734 784 782 705 741 775 775
Agricultural engineering 437 509 618 590 644 698 704
Architecture 2,997 3,044 1,443 1,116 1,001 886 888
Biomedical engineering 2,979 3,133 3,459 3,503 3,665 3,810 3,810
Chemical engineering 2,616 2,722 2,850 2,937 3,023 3,102 3,107
Civil engineering 5,301 5,571 5,589 5,805 5,881 6,064 6,093
Electrical engineering 7,174 7,193 7,430 7,773 9,155 10,389 10,961
Engineering science, mechanics, and physics 478 438 434 452 420 426 429
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,800 3,684 3,610 3,699 3,642 3,751 3,824
Mechanical engineering 2,990 3,186 3,163 3,465 3,636 3,758 3,772
Metallurgical and materials engineering 1,589 1,754 1,876 1,977 2,021 2,160 2,181
Mining engineering 55 77 93 61 62 76 76
Nuclear engineering 198 228 225 225 221 221 221
Petroleum engineering 209 235 229 287 335 414 414
Engineering nec 1,761 1,895 1,940 1,956 1,951 2,427 2,435
Healthb 65,371 56,690 48,818 48,508 45,993 46,506 47,252
Clinical medicine 16,445 17,857 18,788 18,838 18,795 19,087 19,125
Anesthesiology 249 193 2 1 3 5 5
Cardiovascular science 20 22 27 17 14 12 12
Endocrinology 33 31 33 31 27 30 30
Gastroenterology 8 3 1 1 0 0 0
Hematology 6 3 1 3 0 0 0
Neurology 676 552 107 89 0 0 0
Obstetrics and gynecology 69 61 72 70 55 17 17
Oncology and cancer research 156 136 147 142 59 31 31
Ophthalmology 0 1 0 1 0 19 19
Otorhinolaryngology 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
Pediatrics 141 161 86 75 0 0 0
Preventive medicine and community health 13,452 14,865 16,741 17,084 17,407 17,627 17,644
Psychiatry 182 207 72 87 0 0 0
Pulmonary disease 9 8 9 5 8 0 0
Radiology 115 124 100 105 58 27 43
Surgery 18 29 6 7 0 0 0
Clinical medicine nec 1,309 1,459 1,383 1,119 1,163 1,319 1,324
Other healthb 48,926 38,833 30,030 29,670 27,198 27,419 28,127
Communication disorders sciences 13,590 13,531 13,357 13,059 13,277 13,491 13,957
Dental sciences 751 744 746 802 890 879 879
Nursing science 19,462 10,932 6,505 6,666 4,439 4,257 4,286
Pharmaceutical sciences 2,298 2,227 2,150 2,302 2,140 2,253 2,329
Veterinary sciences 1,362 1,415 1,187 1,129 1,239 1,291 1,291
Other health nec 11,463 9,984 6,085 5,712 5,213 5,248 5,385