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Table 22. Female 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 300,745 21,463 1,322 18,205 22,044 529 137,244 5,787 14,569 79,582
Science and engineering 253,493 17,930 1,121 15,008 17,645 454 109,713 4,816 11,720 75,086
Science 213,803 16,245 1,049 12,414 16,549 426 99,627 4,376 10,627 52,490
Agricultural sciences 8,968 532 67 253 314 22 5,380 199 344 1,857
Biological sciences 44,593 2,939 184 3,710 2,690 102 22,161 912 2,078 9,817
Anatomy 280 24 1 16 20 0 145 3 15 56
Biochemistry 2,423 150 10 196 82 4 1,030 37 99 815
Biology 9,340 719 37 588 593 14 4,839 188 474 1,888
Biometry and epidemiology 4,915 273 13 538 348 19 2,006 110 217 1,391
Biophysics 306 12 0 23 8 1 151 11 9 91
Botany and plant biology 938 54 5 42 17 3 456 30 31 300
Cell and molecular biology 3,389 204 16 364 127 9 1,495 66 103 1,005
Ecology 756 35 2 20 13 1 526 16 54 89
Entomology and parasitology 651 37 2 23 18 0 398 12 23 138
Genetics 1,425 80 4 109 50 3 795 34 40 310
Microbiology, immunology, and virology 2,658 197 21 245 146 2 1,326 44 104 573
Nutrition 4,730 291 22 328 240 8 2,903 86 210 642
Pathology 612 42 1 45 33 3 298 13 25 152
Pharmacology and toxicology 1,619 77 7 144 141 7 726 35 31 451
Physiology 1,766 109 9 183 130 1 896 21 47 370
Zoology 693 32 1 22 8 2 505 19 38 66
Biosciences nec 8,092 603 33 824 716 25 3,666 187 558 1,480
Communication 7,804 587 35 295 804 12 4,087 149 316 1,519
Computer sciences 21,038 491 24 1,327 1,208 11 3,296 197 680 13,804
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7,144 487 43 256 143 2 4,370 144 354 1,345
Atmospheric sciences 538 24 1 29 9 0 272 4 26 173
Geosciences 3,630 232 22 112 58 2 2,233 78 177 716
Ocean sciences 1,528 95 10 52 20 0 1,033 44 81 193
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec 1,448 136 10 63 56 0 832 18 70 263
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 3,568 275 16 132 547 4 1,978 70 169 377
Mathematics and statistics 9,234 321 14 627 281 7 3,045 110 314 4,515
Mathematics and applied mathematics 6,176 268 10 394 233 7 2,441 86 234 2,503
Statistics 3,058 53 4 233 48 0 604 24 80 2,012
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 3,445 252 20 228 319 10 1,667 81 242 626
Neurobiology and neuroscience 2,566 202 11 271 95 3 1,423 60 94 407
Physical sciences 13,118 612 28 788 453 13 5,389 217 416 5,202
Astronomy and astrophysics 427 13 3 30 2 0 241 11 18 109
Chemistry 9,352 471 19 616 394 9 3,865 157 289 3,532
Physics 3,128 109 6 136 45 4 1,180 44 107 1,497
Physical sciences nec 211 19 0 6 12 0 103 5 2 64
Psychologyb 36,243 4,352 207 1,829 3,040 83 21,007 916 2,607 2,202
Clinical psychology 6,783 969 33 364 418 17 3,789 141 787 265
Psychology, general 8,710 913 38 488 638 19 5,297 228 456 633
Psychology nec 20,750 2,470 136 977 1,984 47 11,921 547 1,364 1,304
Social sciences 56,082 5,195 400 2,698 6,655 157 25,824 1,321 3,013 10,819
Agricultural economics 822 26 1 23 15 0 310 4 17 426
Anthropology 5,126 374 55 162 164 17 3,259 156 359 580
Economics (except agricultural) 5,267 164 11 279 143 0 1,079 68 146 3,377
Geography 2,133 116 19 85 68 2 1,258 37 120 428
History and philosophy of science 189 6 2 4 4 0 123 2 6 42
Linguistics 2,136 131 16 146 54 1 936 53 114 685
Political science and government 24,877 2,463 160 1,338 3,721 88 11,582 556 1,453 3,516
Sociology 5,402 584 29 247 657 4 2,762 139 262 718
Sociology and anthropology 132 14 0 4 27 1 70 2 9 5
Social sciences nec 9,998 1,317 107 410 1,802 44 4,445 304 527 1,042
Engineering 39,690 1,685 72 2,594 1,096 28 10,086 440 1,093 22,596
Aerospace engineering 775 55 2 62 13 2 324 11 29 277
Agricultural engineering 704 16 6 39 17 0 208 6 13 399
Architecture 888 47 1 57 42 2 360 11 39 329
Biomedical engineering 3,810 190 4 502 114 4 1,413 94 174 1,315
Chemical engineering 3,107 103 10 257 92 0 787 36 79 1,743
Civil engineering 6,093 419 14 338 141 7 2,124 67 220 2,763
Electrical engineering 10,961 185 9 514 149 4 934 48 152 8,966
Engineering science, mechanics, and physics 429 12 0 24 5 0 119 7 17 245
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,824 258 8 190 203 2 941 40 163 2,019
Mechanical engineering 3,772 208 7 287 98 0 1,202 55 102 1,813
Metallurgical and materials engineering 2,181 71 1 135 67 4 665 29 36 1,173
Mining engineering 76 5 0 0 0 0 32 2 4 33
Nuclear engineering 221 10 0 5 8 0 124 5 5 64
Petroleum engineering 414 13 0 18 8 0 49 0 3 323
Engineering nec 2,435 93 10 166 139 3 804 29 57 1,134
Healthb 47,252 3,533 201 3,197 4,399 75 27,531 971 2,849 4,496
Clinical medicine 19,125 1,581 85 1,851 2,734 33 9,276 471 1,333 1,761
Anesthesiology 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Cardiovascular science 12 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 7
Endocrinology 30 2 0 2 2 0 15 1 1 7
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 17 1 0 2 0 0 7 1 3 3
Oncology and cancer research 31 0 0 1 1 0 22 0 0 7
Ophthalmology 19 0 0 5 1 0 9 0 1 3
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 17,644 1,477 72 1,652 2,560 32 8,516 450 1,270 1,615
Psychiatry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pulmonary disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radiology 43 2 0 1 2 0 30 2 4 2
Surgery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinical medicine nec 1,324 99 13 188 167 1 668 17 54 117
Other healthb 28,127 1,952 116 1,346 1,665 42 18,255 500 1,516 2,735
Communication disorders sciences 13,957 1,098 55 510 494 6 10,496 270 690 338
Dental sciences 879 33 2 113 22 4 371 9 45 280
Nursing science 4,286 272 27 185 481 14 2,565 58 365 319
Pharmaceutical sciences 2,329 95 9 206 153 5 728 20 64 1,049
Veterinary sciences 1,291 45 5 41 63 1 747 14 124 251
Other health nec 5,385 409 18 291 452 12 3,348 129 228 498
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.