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Table 21. Graduate students in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: 2016

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 684,825 45,171 2,147 40,500 36,634 991 272,317 12,023 26,356 248,686
Science and engineering 620,489 39,578 1,860 35,674 30,600 862 237,563 10,514 23,098 240,740
Science 452,046 32,616 1,615 25,772 26,890 747 191,941 8,690 18,439 145,336
Agricultural sciences 18,284 1,132 119 450 563 23 10,987 348 722 3,940
Biological sciences 79,146 5,878 268 7,081 4,261 187 39,535 1,798 3,067 17,071
Anatomy 448 48 1 29 21 2 255 11 9 72
Biochemistry 4,481 343 13 385 151 5 2,107 79 131 1,267
Biology 16,380 1,386 60 979 868 26 8,942 342 623 3,154
Biometry and epidemiology 9,007 490 22 1,083 552 21 3,464 173 343 2,859
Biophysics 941 57 2 95 13 2 466 17 39 250
Botany and plant biology 1,820 97 6 98 33 4 886 47 60 589
Cell and molecular biology 6,535 519 25 651 261 10 2,995 140 231 1,703
Ecology 1,396 46 8 45 20 1 934 21 126 195
Entomology and parasitology 1,171 57 5 42 27 2 715 29 32 262
Genetics 2,404 172 7 177 61 4 1,348 47 74 514
Microbiology, immunology, and virology 4,615 363 21 414 232 7 2,467 138 145 828
Nutrition 5,401 298 17 361 240 8 3,282 112 179 904
Pathology 998 67 1 92 51 1 470 29 57 230
Pharmacology and toxicology 2,873 186 7 300 227 5 1,345 69 65 669
Physiology 4,024 280 11 466 230 6 2,066 87 135 743
Zoology 815 33 2 19 9 1 578 26 42 105
Biosciences nec 15,837 1,436 60 1,845 1,265 82 7,215 431 776 2,727
Communication 12,347 1,064 52 402 1,314 21 6,288 308 632 2,266
Computer sciences 92,650 2,704 85 5,423 3,828 51 17,157 893 2,897 59,612
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 15,015 1,014 65 454 315 39 8,885 321 666 3,256
Atmospheric sciences 1,399 76 3 39 40 1 809 22 31 378
Geosciences 8,610 494 43 233 162 15 5,144 188 395 1,936
Ocean sciences 2,743 179 11 97 36 3 1,775 61 146 435
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec 2,263 265 8 85 77 20 1,157 50 94 507
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 3,750 313 26 125 529 6 2,086 109 115 441
Mathematics and statistics 28,050 1,145 42 1,842 648 24 9,313 364 966 13,706
Mathematics and applied mathematics 20,028 954 32 1,188 494 21 7,387 292 760 8,900
Statistics 8,022 191 10 654 154 3 1,926 72 206 4,806
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 9,251 599 41 592 587 18 4,235 192 402 2,585
Neurobiology and neuroscience 5,226 460 26 519 172 5 2,894 110 187 853
Physical sciences 40,518 2,081 95 2,130 906 35 17,576 602 1,150 15,943
Astronomy and astrophysics 1,353 81 5 77 19 1 730 24 45 371
Chemistry 22,676 1,254 63 1,312 656 24 9,874 361 612 8,520
Physics 15,764 696 26 702 196 8 6,633 208 480 6,815
Physical sciences nec 725 50 1 39 35 2 339 9 13 237
Psychology 47,609 6,844 223 2,283 3,730 91 27,355 1,355 2,628 3,100
Clinical psychology 8,356 1,502 41 459 549 12 4,650 229 593 321
Psychology, general 12,318 1,417 46 649 1,000 25 7,239 352 617 973
Psychology nec 26,935 3,925 136 1,175 2,181 54 15,466 774 1,418 1,806
Social sciences 100,200 9,382 573 4,471 10,037 247 45,630 2,290 5,007 22,563
Agricultural economics 1,756 63 2 51 46 0 670 17 44 863
Anthropology 7,309 638 91 248 232 23 4,381 241 480 975
Economics (except agricultural) 14,488 532 8 630 387 4 3,708 150 499 8,570
Geography 4,315 256 25 130 139 2 2,509 76 241 937
History and philosophy of science 379 10 0 11 6 1 252 10 12 77
Linguistics 3,149 250 31 188 66 3 1,400 76 135 1,000
Political science and government 45,213 4,657 234 2,247 5,660 144 21,700 1,021 2,501 7,049
Sociology 8,023 947 45 367 911 13 3,970 221 341 1,208
Sociology and anthropology 208 24 1 4 42 1 88 1 33 14
Social sciences nec 15,360 2,005 136 595 2,548 56 6,952 477 721 1,870
Engineering 168,443 6,962 245 9,902 3,710 115 45,622 1,824 4,659 95,404
Aerospace engineering 5,416 296 12 390 91 4 2,396 79 149 1,999
Agricultural engineering 1,626 51 5 68 36 1 549 22 24 870
Architecture 1,671 125 8 66 92 0 578 22 48 732
Biomedical engineering 10,208 576 18 1,369 294 7 3,995 209 448 3,292
Chemical engineering 10,187 341 15 731 227 3 3,017 115 246 5,492
Civil engineering 20,569 1,189 40 986 441 23 6,305 255 662 10,668
Electrical engineering 50,062 1,357 35 2,699 806 19 8,013 326 936 35,871
Engineering science, mechanics, and physics 1,756 37 11 94 43 8 501 20 54 988
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 16,200 756 26 713 529 15 4,009 132 579 9,441
Mechanical engineering 27,898 1,273 36 1,430 446 13 8,369 334 938 15,059
Metallurgical and materials engineering 8,106 324 10 501 154 7 2,581 112 153 4,264
Mining engineering 378 15 2 4 7 0 159 6 5 180
Nuclear engineering 1,466 90 2 58 22 0 844 24 51 375
Petroleum engineering 1,862 51 3 84 34 0 312 10 50 1,318
Engineering nec 11,038 481 22 709 488 15 3,994 158 316 4,855
Health 64,336 5,593 287 4,826 6,034 129 34,754 1,509 3,258 7,946
Clinical medicine 27,212 2,483 157 2,851 3,755 67 12,792 757 1,451 2,899
Anesthesiology 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Cardiovascular science 39 1 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 25
Endocrinology 47 5 0 4 5 0 23 0 0 10
Gastroenterology 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
Hematology 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neurology 9 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4
Obstetrics and gynecology 17 2 0 0 1 0 10 1 0 3
Oncology and cancer research 42 3 0 3 5 0 24 0 0 7
Ophthalmology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otorhinolaryngology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pediatrics 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
Preventive medicine and community health 24,670 2,330 152 2,423 3,519 64 11,546 680 1,325 2,631
Psychiatry 71 5 1 7 3 0 38 2 13 2
Pulmonary disease 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Radiology 116 8 0 8 8 0 68 3 2 19
Surgery 14 0 0 1 1 0 8 2 0 2
Clinical medicine nec 2,169 127 4 402 212 3 1,048 69 110 194
Other health 37,124 3,110 130 1,975 2,279 62 21,962 752 1,807 5,047
Communication disorders sciences 15,323 1,487 48 612 602 22 11,087 325 764 376
Dental sciences 1,926 81 1 252 40 3 770 26 120 633
Nursing science 5,492 504 34 300 670 12 3,015 85 442 430
Pharmaceutical sciences 4,081 142 9 311 198 7 1,102 36 111 2,165
Veterinary sciences 1,735 74 8 72 69 1 913 35 89 474
Other health nec 8,567 822 30 428 700 17 5,075 245 281 969
nec = not elsewhere classified.
a Ethnicity and race data are available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2016.