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Table 22. Female 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 309,256 24,676 1,230 19,296 22,280 538 134,436 6,600 12,912 87,288
Science and engineering 261,575 20,457 1,005 15,856 17,630 450 107,640 5,451 10,426 82,660
Science 220,220 18,677 934 13,044 16,561 426 97,326 4,929 9,398 58,925
Agricultural sciences 9,560 651 62 284 326 15 5,775 197 396 1,854
Biological sciences 45,218 3,447 168 3,968 2,850 117 22,243 1,090 1,729 9,606
Anatomy 246 28 1 16 13 0 143 3 2 40
Biochemistry 2,184 170 9 205 84 2 945 33 62 674
Biology 9,330 809 38 541 551 15 5,032 227 346 1,771
Biometry and epidemiology 5,345 327 11 615 381 17 2,081 113 191 1,609
Biophysics 323 19 0 33 10 0 151 10 13 87
Botany and plant biology 906 53 2 45 19 3 416 27 31 310
Cell and molecular biology 3,577 269 19 356 170 7 1,564 86 115 991
Ecology 782 27 6 30 15 1 520 12 75 96
Entomology and parasitology 581 29 3 22 19 1 347 13 17 130
Genetics 1,418 97 5 105 44 3 804 30 40 290
Microbiology, immunology, and virology 2,644 226 14 233 156 5 1,363 81 93 473
Nutrition 4,387 241 14 296 194 8 2,720 90 149 675
Pathology 586 36 0 50 34 1 288 14 42 121
Pharmacology and toxicology 1,595 109 4 182 145 4 697 33 30 391
Physiology 2,055 134 9 234 148 3 1,015 51 65 396
Zoology 466 27 2 12 7 0 328 18 21 51
Biosciences nec 8,793 846 31 993 860 47 3,829 249 437 1,501
Communication 8,200 707 34 290 952 13 4,051 215 388 1,550
Computer sciences 26,921 646 31 1,652 1,316 16 3,595 243 867 18,555
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6,916 540 32 253 157 15 4,102 170 321 1,326
Atmospheric sciences 533 34 1 27 21 1 282 8 13 146
Geosciences 3,554 227 19 123 75 7 2,124 94 161 724
Ocean sciences 1,603 120 8 60 18 1 1,068 37 90 201
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec 1,226 159 4 43 43 6 628 31 57 255
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 3,120 277 21 100 441 3 1,747 91 96 344
Mathematics and statistics 10,191 364 10 716 258 9 2,931 121 283 5,499
Mathematics and applied mathematics 6,727 302 7 417 203 9 2,310 101 229 3,149
Statistics 3,464 62 3 299 55 0 621 20 54 2,350
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 4,497 335 27 310 356 11 2,114 109 231 1,004
Neurobiology and neuroscience 2,791 264 13 290 104 2 1,535 64 93 426
Physical sciences 13,240 740 26 807 413 14 5,349 199 363 5,329
Astronomy and astrophysics 482 27 3 33 8 1 260 11 15 124
Chemistry 9,277 563 19 586 343 11 3,799 142 243 3,571
Physics 3,204 127 3 175 47 2 1,167 44 98 1,541
Physical sciences nec 277 23 1 13 15 0 123 2 7 93
Psychology 35,492 5,206 162 1,758 2,880 68 20,107 1,050 1,968 2,293
Clinical psychology 6,473 1,164 31 360 423 12 3,586 191 447 259
Psychology, general 8,633 1,037 34 472 751 18 4,957 252 422 690
Psychology nec 20,386 3,005 97 926 1,706 38 11,564 607 1,099 1,344
Social sciences 54,074 5,500 348 2,616 6,508 143 23,777 1,380 2,663 11,139
Agricultural economics 770 30 1 25 20 0 260 8 18 408
Anthropology 4,806 405 56 158 170 11 2,918 176 328 584
Economics (except agricultural) 5,313 163 3 272 141 0 1,018 59 154 3,503
Geography 1,924 137 17 71 71 1 1,053 38 104 432
History and philosophy of science 185 4 0 7 4 1 123 3 4 39
Linguistics 1,914 163 15 135 52 1 808 45 75 620
Political science and government 24,392 2,654 139 1,331 3,660 83 10,922 588 1,316 3,699
Sociology 5,048 601 29 241 612 10 2,485 146 212 712
Sociology and anthropology 145 16 1 4 29 1 60 1 24 9
Social sciences nec 9,577 1,327 87 372 1,749 35 4,130 316 428 1,133
Engineering 41,355 1,780 71 2,812 1,069 24 10,314 522 1,028 23,735
Aerospace engineering 794 38 1 62 17 1 331 9 15 320
Agricultural engineering 649 20 4 28 23 0 199 9 11 355
Architecture 804 54 3 46 42 0 274 4 21 360
Biomedical engineering 4,207 247 7 554 134 3 1,573 91 163 1,435
Chemical engineering 3,273 110 5 281 81 0 818 36 81 1,861
Civil engineering 6,200 394 13 338 130 4 2,000 102 193 3,026
Electrical engineering 10,880 187 6 551 144 0 973 53 149 8,817
Engineering science, mechanics, and physics 407 11 4 23 13 1 132 7 9 207
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 4,125 266 10 206 176 4 917 43 134 2,369
Mechanical engineering 4,128 200 4 301 91 3 1,246 80 127 2,076
Metallurgical and materials engineering 2,479 104 3 191 54 4 752 36 38 1,297
Mining engineering 74 2 1 1 0 0 37 2 2 29
Nuclear engineering 242 17 1 10 12 0 116 6 6 74
Petroleum engineering 366 12 1 8 4 0 39 1 8 293
Engineering nec 2,727 118 8 212 148 4 907 43 71 1,216
Health 47,681 4,219 225 3,440 4,650 88 26,796 1,149 2,486 4,628
Clinical medicine 19,644 1,848 120 2,016 2,877 39 9,337 570 1,043 1,794
Anesthesiology 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Cardiovascular science 19 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 10
Endocrinology 32 3 0 2 4 0 19 0 0 4
Gastroenterology 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Hematology 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neurology 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Obstetrics and gynecology 12 1 0 0 1 0 9 1 0 0
Oncology and cancer research 26 3 0 3 3 0 14 0 0 3
Ophthalmology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otorhinolaryngology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pediatrics 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Preventive medicine and community health 18,132 1,760 116 1,759 2,706 37 8,587 524 983 1,660
Psychiatry 64 5 1 7 3 0 34 2 10 2
Pulmonary disease 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Radiology 40 2 0 2 1 0 23 1 1 10
Surgery 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Clinical medicine nec 1,300 72 3 241 158 2 631 42 49 102
Other health 28,037 2,371 105 1,424 1,773 49 17,459 579 1,443 2,834
Communication disorders sciences 14,388 1,362 45 557 556 21 10,510 303 710 324
Dental sciences 953 41 1 152 22 1 348 14 57 317
Nursing science 4,837 402 31 266 609 9 2,715 74 380 351
Pharmaceutical sciences 2,113 81 6 174 133 3 531 21 62 1,102
Veterinary sciences 1,161 47 5 45 48 1 660 29 75 251
Other health nec 4,585 438 17 230 405 14 2,695 138 159 489
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.