Table 26. Black or African American, full-time U.S. citizen and permanent resident graduate students in science, engineering, and health in all institutions and in historically black colleges and universities, by field and sex: 2011–14
Field
Male
Female
2011
2012
2013
2014olda
2014newa
2011
2012
2013
2014olda
2014newa
Black or African American students in all institutions (n)
7,936
7,835
7,881
7,692
7,636
14,491
14,010
13,426
12,878
12,255
Science and engineering
6,978
6,878
6,934
6,759
6,790
11,119
10,666
10,376
9,925
9,549
Science
5,427
5,447
5,497
5,409
5,417
10,389
10,007
9,741
9,249
8,859
Agricultural sciences
136
118
105
114
129
213
182
189
179
194
Biological sciences
897
919
933
940
997
1,828
1,935
1,892
1,835
1,972
Communication
180
148
148
158
174
383
354
328
390
423
Computer sciences
539
589
607
645
695
272
289
289
296
305
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences
112
100
106
91
94
110
106
90
104
110
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences
43
54
62
52
53
249
227
209
253
255
Mathematics and statistics
256
263
265
259
264
178
150
156
150
157
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies
107
76
75
89
104
152
129
113
144
186
Neurobiology and neuroscience
47
56
60
63
63
78
87
86
91
91
Physical sciences
389
396
426
395
396
407
376
352
341
343
Psychologyb
649
641
666
627
502
2,677
2,645
2,624
2,289
1,699
Social sciences
2,072
2,087
2,044
1,976
1,946
3,842
3,527
3,413
3,177
3,124
Engineering
1,551
1,431
1,437
1,350
1,373
730
659
635
676
690
Healthb
958
957
947
933
846
3,372
3,344
3,050
2,953
2,706
Black or African American students in HBCUs (n)
1,166
1,047
1,002
996
1,163
2,286
2,041
1,890
1,830
2,030
Science and engineering
1,086
953
904
883
1,034
1,911
1,661
1,533
1,429
1,601
Science
881
777
721
745
886
1,787
1,560
1,446
1,336
1,495
Agricultural sciences
71
48
33
38
52
112
73
59
56
69
Biological sciences
130
122
119
136
154
379
355
329
310
361
Communication
42
24
13
9
21
76
47
32
26
42
Computer sciences
65
64
60
69
117
54
37
39
45
65
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences
21
17
17
15
17
21
22
13
25
29
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences
4
6
12
7
7
29
39
37
63
63
Mathematics and statistics
36
35
45
33
36
36
27
28
28
30
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies
15
12
7
18
27
11
7
11
34
42
Neurobiology and neuroscience
3
3
3
3
3
9
9
8
4
4
Physical sciences
78
62
71
71
71
98
87
83
70
70
Psychologyb
67
52
40
39
39
192
187
186
134
142
Social sciences
349
332
301
307
342
770
670
621
541
578
Engineering
205
176
183
138
148
124
101
87
93
106
Healthb
80
94
98
113
129
375
380
357
401
429
Black or African American students in HBCUs (%)
14.7
13.4
12.7
12.9
15.2
15.8
14.6
14.1
14.2
16.6
Science and engineering
15.6
13.9
13.0
13.1
15.2
17.2
15.6
14.8
14.4
16.8
Science
16.2
14.3
13.1
13.8
16.4
17.2
15.6
14.8
14.4
16.9
Agricultural sciences
52.2
40.7
31.4
33.3
40.3
52.6
40.1
31.2
31.3
35.6
Biological sciences
14.5
13.3
12.8
14.5
15.4
20.7
18.3
17.4
16.9
18.3
Communication
23.3
16.2
8.8
5.7
12.1
19.8
13.3
9.8
6.7
9.9
Computer sciences
12.1
10.9
9.9
10.7
16.8
19.9
12.8
13.5
15.2
21.3
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences
18.8
17.0
16.0
16.5
18.1
19.1
20.8
14.4
24.0
26.4
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences
9.3
11.1
19.4
13.5
13.2
11.6
17.2
17.7
24.9
24.7
Mathematics and statistics
14.1
13.3
17.0
12.7
13.6
20.2
18.0
17.9
18.7
19.1
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies
14.0
15.8
9.3
20.2
26.0
7.2
5.4
9.7
23.6
22.6
Neurobiology and neuroscience
6.4
5.4
5.0
4.8
4.8
11.5
10.3
9.3
4.4
4.4
Physical sciences
20.1
15.7
16.7
18.0
17.9
24.1
23.1
23.6
20.5
20.4
Psychologyb
10.3
8.1
6.0
6.2
7.8
7.2
7.1
7.1
5.9
8.4
Social sciences
16.8
15.9
14.7
15.5
17.6
20.0
19.0
18.2
17.0
18.5
Engineering
13.2
12.3
12.7
10.2
10.8
17.0
15.3
13.7
13.8
15.4
Healthb
8.4
9.8
10.3
12.1
15.2
11.1
11.4
11.7
13.6
15.9
