Table 10. Female graduate students in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field: 2010–15

Field 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014olda 2014newa 2015
All surveyed fields 297,171 291,550 291,056 291,380 294,727 300,745 309,101
Science and engineering 240,481 242,732 242,548 245,387 248,221 253,493 259,585
Science 206,028 208,991 207,997 208,989 209,264 213,803 219,076
Agricultural sciences 7,819 8,026 8,229 8,334 8,665 8,968 9,618
Biological sciences 42,571 42,833 43,206 43,479 43,054 44,593 45,481
Anatomy 432 380 353 270 272 280 307
Biochemistry 2,655 2,550 2,574 2,400 2,423 2,423 2,309
Biology 9,582 9,474 9,096 8,848 9,002 9,340 9,355
Biometry and epidemiology 3,747 3,927 4,549 5,005 4,851 4,915 5,340
Biophysics 376 366 344 328 306 306 305
Botany and plant biology 979 985 913 930 938 938 921
Cell and molecular biology 3,823 3,743 3,702 3,595 3,359 3,389 3,523
Ecology 1,009 958 913 787 756 756 707
Entomology and parasitology 550 539 571 618 651 651 636
Genetics 1,373 1,401 1,356 1,345 1,397 1,425 1,419
Microbiology, immunology, and virology 2,849 2,905 2,826 2,844 2,645 2,658 2,589
Nutrition 4,479 4,400 4,348 4,385 4,466 4,730 4,692
Pathology 835 801 722 652 612 612 622
Pharmacology and toxicology 1,755 1,709 1,733 1,672 1,619 1,619 1,548
Physiology 1,466 1,490 1,515 1,656 1,702 1,766 1,892
Zoology 508 634 654 770 651 693 593
Biosciences nec 6,153 6,571 7,037 7,374 7,404 8,092 8,723
Communication 6,353 7,041 7,168 7,265 7,463 7,804 7,710
Computer sciences 12,807 12,607 13,223 14,688 18,705 21,038 24,115
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7,200 7,175 7,386 7,196 6,965 7,144 7,068
Atmospheric sciences 484 477 509 501 533 538 523
Geosciences 3,493 3,461 3,679 3,674 3,626 3,630 3,667
Ocean sciences 1,423 1,494 1,481 1,525 1,423 1,528 1,473
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec 1,800 1,743 1,717 1,496 1,383 1,448 1,405
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 3,461 3,721 3,385 3,342 3,456 3,568 3,425
Mathematics and statistics 8,127 8,360 8,618 8,744 9,074 9,234 9,641
Mathematics and applied mathematics 5,768 5,899 6,028 6,005 6,053 6,176 6,212
Statistics 2,359 2,461 2,590 2,739 3,021 3,058 3,429
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 4,493 3,431 3,067 2,871 3,083 3,445 3,922
Neurobiology and neuroscience 1,474 2,199 2,371 2,484 2,566 2,566 2,632
Physical sciences 12,826 13,112 13,216 13,018 13,078 13,118 13,131
Astronomy and astrophysics 423 423 423 422 427 427 446
Chemistry 9,261 9,441 9,575 9,369 9,336 9,352 9,302
Physics 2,899 2,979 2,992 3,009 3,112 3,128 3,139
Physical sciences nec 243 269 226 218 203 211 244
Psychology 40,238 40,921 40,585 40,570 37,900 36,243 37,007
Clinical psychology 9,455 8,210 7,792 7,693 7,105 6,783 6,857
Psychology, general 9,992 12,533 12,338 11,378 10,969 8,710 8,779
Psychology nec 20,791 20,178 20,455 21,499 19,826 20,750 21,371
Social sciences 58,659 59,565 57,543 56,998 55,255 56,082 55,326
Agricultural economics 927 908 888 816 822 822 894
Anthropology 5,490 5,357 5,287 5,260 5,096 5,126 4,952
Economics (except agricultural) 5,214 5,544 5,560 5,417 5,217 5,267 5,251
Geography 2,172 2,195 2,150 2,126 2,131 2,133 1,996
History and philosophy of science 316 266 243 194 186 189 195
Linguistics 1,888 1,940 1,974 2,143 2,136 2,136 2,049
Political science and government 23,970 26,163 25,811 25,498 24,911 24,877 24,628
Sociology 6,326 6,185 5,634 5,668 5,345 5,402 5,199
Sociology and anthropology 218 204 185 157 132 132 144
Social sciences nec 12,138 10,803 9,811 9,719 9,279 9,998 10,018
Engineering 34,453 33,741 34,551 36,398 38,957 39,690 40,509
Aerospace engineering 784 782 705 741 775 775 811
Agricultural engineering 509 618 590 644 698 704 661
Architecture 3,044 1,443 1,116 1,001 886 888 730
Biomedical engineering 3,133 3,459 3,503 3,665 3,810 3,810 3,911
Chemical engineering 2,722 2,850 2,937 3,023 3,102 3,107 3,172
Civil engineering 5,571 5,589 5,805 5,881 6,064 6,093 6,171
Electrical engineering 7,193 7,430 7,773 9,155 10,389 10,961 11,227
Engineering science, mechanics, and physics 438 434 452 420 426 429 354
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,684 3,610 3,699 3,642 3,751 3,824 4,076
Mechanical engineering 3,186 3,163 3,465 3,636 3,758 3,772 3,962
Metallurgical and materials engineering 1,754 1,876 1,977 2,021 2,160 2,181 2,275
Mining engineering 77 93 61 62 76 76 74
Nuclear engineering 228 225 225 221 221 221 236
Petroleum engineering 235 229 287 335 414 414 399
Engineering nec 1,895 1,940 1,956 1,951 2,427 2,435 2,450
Health 56,690 48,818 48,508 45,993 46,506 47,252 49,516
Clinical medicine 17,857 18,788 18,838 18,795 19,087 19,125 20,346
Anesthesiology 193 2 1 3 5 5 10
Cardiovascular science 22 27 17 14 12 12 16
Endocrinology 31 33 31 27 30 30 32
Gastroenterology 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
Hematology 3 1 3 0 0 0 0
Neurology 552 107 89 0 0 0 0
Obstetrics and gynecology 61 72 70 55 17 17 14
Oncology and cancer research 136 147 142 59 31 31 21
Ophthalmology 1 0 1 0 19 19 0
Otorhinolaryngology 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
Pediatrics 161 86 75 0 0 0 0
Preventive medicine and community health 14,865 16,741 17,084 17,407 17,627 17,644 18,633
Psychiatry 207 72 87 0 0 0 0
Pulmonary disease 8 9 5 8 0 0 0
Radiology 124 100 105 58 27 43 48
Surgery 29 6 7 0 0 0 1
Clinical medicine nec 1,459 1,383 1,119 1,163 1,319 1,324 1,571
Other health 38,833 30,030 29,670 27,198 27,419 28,127 29,170
Communication disorders sciences 13,531 13,357 13,059 13,277 13,491 13,957 14,300
Dental sciences 744 746 802 890 879 879 878
Nursing science 10,932 6,505 6,666 4,439 4,257 4,286 4,758
Pharmaceutical sciences 2,227 2,150 2,302 2,140 2,253 2,329 2,396
Veterinary sciences 1,415 1,187 1,129 1,239 1,291 1,291 1,375
Other health nec 9,984 6,085 5,712 5,213 5,248 5,385 5,463