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Table 21. Graduate students in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: 2014

Field Total U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa Temporary visa holders
Hispanic or Latino Not Hispanic or Latino Unknown ethnicity and race
American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White More than one race
All surveyed fields 666,586 39,881 2,385 38,264 36,280 1,022 281,285 10,649 29,543 227,277
Science and engineering 601,883 35,132 2,112 33,745 30,482 902 245,103 9,335 25,701 219,371
Science 437,395 28,605 1,826 24,039 26,768 784 198,185 7,697 20,595 128,896
Agricultural sciences 17,505 931 119 405 551 33 10,610 319 636 3,901
Biological sciences 78,490 5,001 307 6,606 4,021 191 39,605 1,496 3,737 17,526
Anatomy 554 41 2 34 31 1 293 5 32 115
Biochemistry 5,025 280 17 420 142 14 2,366 70 174 1,542
Biology 16,697 1,254 58 1,033 896 27 8,890 310 886 3,343
Biometry and epidemiology 8,326 414 20 931 507 28 3,365 165 370 2,526
Biophysics 877 41 2 71 19 2 447 14 28 253
Botany and plant biology 1,877 92 16 93 28 5 956 48 60 579
Cell and molecular biology 6,214 380 27 641 206 15 2,853 115 214 1,763
Ecology 1,416 54 8 34 18 4 975 31 117 175
Entomology and parasitology 1,304 71 3 57 26 0 799 19 50 279
Genetics 2,411 131 8 175 74 5 1,322 48 83 565
Microbiology, immunology, and virology 4,670 326 30 418 219 7 2,464 77 173 956
Nutrition 5,868 353 26 404 300 9 3,537 103 269 867
Pathology 1,036 73 3 74 51 8 503 27 37 260
Pharmacology and toxicology 2,916 150 10 254 206 10 1,358 66 66 796
Physiology 3,415 186 17 375 215 2 1,815 45 99 661
Zoology 1,093 40 2 28 11 4 790 30 67 121
Biosciences nec 14,791 1,115 58 1,564 1,072 50 6,872 323 1,012 2,725
Communication 11,942 928 48 381 1,126 19 6,486 227 512 2,215
Computer sciences 76,546 2,147 103 4,360 3,517 68 16,295 707 2,433 46,916
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 15,710 913 83 495 299 8 9,550 276 768 3,318
Atmospheric sciences 1,466 70 2 47 25 0 857 14 59 392
Geosciences 8,821 438 52 246 142 7 5,410 157 435 1,934
Ocean sciences 2,666 162 13 81 28 1 1,735 67 135 444
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec 2,757 243 16 121 104 0 1,548 38 139 548
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 4,302 318 21 160 661 8 2,371 84 213 466
Mathematics and statistics 25,874 1,057 44 1,645 735 26 9,552 327 1,054 11,434
Mathematics and applied mathematics 18,863 901 37 1,129 615 24 7,728 251 803 7,375
Statistics 7,011 156 7 516 120 2 1,824 76 251 4,059
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 7,196 459 35 421 503 14 3,508 140 465 1,651
Neurobiology and neuroscience 4,923 346 20 467 163 6 2,806 111 205 799
Physical sciences 40,332 1,707 88 2,049 966 37 17,881 575 1,373 15,656
Astronomy and astrophysics 1,241 44 5 68 11 0 724 21 42 326
Chemistry 22,936 1,033 48 1,358 733 19 10,094 348 715 8,588
Physics 15,564 588 35 604 199 17 6,787 189 601 6,544
Physical sciences nec 591 42 0 19 23 1 276 17 15 198
Psychologyb 48,833 5,765 287 2,400 3,841 100 28,840 1,201 3,434 2,965
Clinical psychology 8,781 1,230 45 449 516 18 5,006 184 1,003 330
Psychology, general 12,643 1,289 70 669 842 26 7,849 308 668 922
Psychology nec 27,409 3,246 172 1,282 2,483 56 15,985 709 1,763 1,713
Social sciences 105,742 9,033 671 4,650 10,385 274 50,681 2,234 5,765 22,049
Agricultural economics 1,931 58 5 50 41 0 779 15 57 926
Anthropology 7,955 577 106 240 233 33 4,983 225 555 1,003
Economics (except agricultural) 14,604 510 20 662 426 3 3,992 181 490 8,320
Geography 4,810 250 27 146 137 4 2,931 81 264 970
History and philosophy of science 371 11 3 4 6 0 252 3 15 77
Linguistics 3,489 194 33 212 72 3 1,622 75 193 1,085
Political science and government 47,370 4,446 276 2,287 5,809 152 23,875 981 2,879 6,665
Sociology 8,637 960 56 380 954 11 4,412 219 416 1,229
Sociology and anthropology 197 25 0 6 38 1 101 3 14 9
Social sciences nec 16,378 2,002 145 663 2,669 67 7,734 451 882 1,765
Engineering 164,488 6,527 286 9,706 3,714 118 46,918 1,638 5,106 90,475
Aerospace engineering 5,116 291 10 340 69 6 2,379 79 215 1,727
Agricultural engineering 1,740 58 6 80 34 0 557 19 31 955
Architecture 1,817 107 5 90 88 2 769 26 74 656
Biomedical engineering 9,510 458 16 1,289 254 14 3,755 235 458 3,031
Chemical engineering 9,870 320 24 747 215 3 3,043 102 271 5,145
Civil engineering 20,789 1,281 50 1,046 475 15 7,112 222 728 9,860
Electrical engineering 51,909 1,305 49 2,659 805 22 8,204 292 1,118 37,455
Engineering science, mechanics, and physics 2,162 47 5 109 35 2 728 36 67 1,133
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 14,845 769 35 729 579 17 4,338 124 781 7,473
Mechanical engineering 25,651 1,137 46 1,474 434 11 8,563 272 759 12,955
Metallurgical and materials engineering 7,518 246 5 440 166 6 2,520 91 159 3,885
Mining engineering 396 15 1 4 2 0 144 4 15 211
Nuclear engineering 1,467 73 2 45 15 1 888 20 86 337
Petroleum engineering 2,056 53 6 92 63 0 315 3 25 1,499
Engineering nec 9,642 367 26 562 480 19 3,603 113 319 4,153
Healthb 64,703 4,749 273 4,519 5,798 120 36,182 1,314 3,842 7,906
Clinical medicine 27,048 2,180 119 2,682 3,657 57 12,873 658 1,911 2,911
Anesthesiology 17 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 1 0
Cardiovascular science 28 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 20
Endocrinology 45 3 0 3 3 0 19 1 1 15
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 18 2 0 2 0 0 7 1 3 3
Oncology and cancer research 51 2 0 1 2 0 38 0 0 8
Ophthalmology 36 0 0 6 2 0 18 0 6 4
Otorhinolaryngology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pediatrics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preventive medicine and community health 24,369 1,993 105 2,310 3,399 55 11,521 605 1,777 2,604
Psychiatry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pulmonary disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radiology 149 8 0 6 7 0 83 16 12 17
Surgery 5 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0
Clinical medicine nec 2,330 172 14 352 242 2 1,162 35 111 240
Other healthb 37,655 2,569 154 1,837 2,141 63 23,309 656 1,931 4,995
Communication disorders sciences 14,826 1,192 58 555 524 6 11,060 297 733 401
Dental sciences 1,877 82 3 201 39 9 862 24 89 568
Nursing science 4,824 328 33 210 520 18 2,850 69 415 381
Pharmaceutical sciences 4,419 151 12 347 225 8 1,379 35 122 2,140
Veterinary sciences 1,979 78 7 71 85 2 1,057 18 173 488
Other health nec 9,730 738 41 453 748 20 6,101 213 399 1,017
nec = not elsewhere classified.
a Ethnicity and race data are available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
b Beginning in 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.
NOTES: In 2014, the survey frame was updated following a comprehensive frame evaluation study. The study identified potentially eligible but not previously surveyed academic institutions in the United States with master's- or doctorate-granting programs in science, engineering, or health. A total of 151 newly eligible institutions were added, and two private for-profit institutions offering mostly practitioner-based graduate degrees were determined to be ineligible.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2014.