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Table 1-4c. Ethnicity and race of U.S. citizen and permanent resident graduate students in engineering: 2000–2017

Year Total U.S. citizens and permanent residents
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
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
2000 56,651 3,018 5.3 208 0.4 6,909 12.2 2,977 5.3 305 0.5 39,083 69.0 40 0.1 4,111 7.3
2001 56,890 3,183 5.6 227 0.4 7,769 13.7 2,915 5.1 157 0.3 38,459 67.6 35 0.1 4,145 7.3
2002 61,277 3,461 5.6 244 0.4 9,130 14.9 3,074 5.0 169 0.3 40,559 66.2 54 0.1 4,586 7.5
2003 67,310 3,979 5.9 304 0.5 10,466 15.5 3,212 4.8 221 0.3 43,469 64.6 66 0.1 5,593 8.3
2004 66,379 4,164 6.3 273 0.4 9,563 14.4 3,399 5.1 149 0.2 43,235 65.1 56 0.1 5,540 8.3
2005 66,551 4,090 6.1 273 0.4 9,595 14.4 3,470 5.2 135 0.2 42,868 64.4 74 0.1 6,046 9.1
2006 67,698 4,381 6.5 290 0.4 9,050 13.4 3,572 5.3 129 0.2 43,293 64.0 53 0.1 6,930 10.2
2007olda 70,357 4,517 6.4 286 0.4 9,316 13.2 3,684 5.2 199 0.3 44,751 63.6 86 0.1 7,518 10.7
2007newa 71,299 4,563 6.4 290 0.4 9,436 13.2 3,775 5.3 202 0.3 45,329 63.6 87 0.1 7,617 10.7
2008 74,251 4,716 6.4 346 0.5 9,548 12.9 3,986 5.4 156 0.2 47,586 64.1 172 0.2 7,741 10.4
2009 78,642 5,218 6.6 344 0.4 9,778 12.4 4,172 5.3 149 0.2 50,396 64.1 350 0.4 8,235 10.5
2010 82,295 5,640 6.9 329 0.4 10,270 12.5 4,180 5.1 174 0.2 52,870 64.2 1,002 1.2 7,830 9.5
2011 79,314 5,919 7.5 317 0.4 10,147 12.8 4,068 5.1 166 0.2 50,659 63.9 1,238 1.6 6,800 8.6
2012 77,301 6,035 7.8 278 0.4 9,822 12.7 3,924 5.1 139 0.2 49,457 64.0 1,507 1.9 6,139 7.9
2013 75,662 6,234 8.2 259 0.3 9,809 13.0 3,712 4.9 130 0.2 48,413 64.0 1,440 1.9 5,665 7.5
2014oldb 73,268 6,205 8.5 285 0.4 9,646 13.2 3,631 5.0 118 0.2 46,706 63.7 1,624 2.2 5,053 6.9
2014newb 74,013 6,527 8.8 286 0.4 9,706 13.1 3,714 5.0 118 0.2 46,918 63.4 1,638 2.2 5,106 6.9
2015 73,452 6,916 9.4 270 0.4 9,718 13.2 3,769 5.1 146 0.2 45,888 62.5 1,745 2.4 5,000 6.8
2016 73,039 6,962 9.5 245 0.3 9,902 13.6 3,710 5.1 115 0.2 45,622 62.5 1,824 2.5 4,659 6.4
2017oldc 76,182 7,664 10.1 222 0.3 10,531 13.8 3,941 5.2 84 0.1 47,289 62.1 2,304 3.0 4,147 5.4
2017newc 75,160 7,537 10.0 208 0.3 10,483 13.9 3,842 5.1 86 0.1 46,637 62.1 2,265 3.0 4,102 5.5
Master's students
2017newc 46,470 5,130 11.0 134 0.3 6,416 13.8 2,505 5.4 56 0.1 28,281 60.9 1,422 3.1 2,526 5.4
Doctoral students
2017newc 28,690 2,407 8.4 74 0.3 4,067 14.2 1,337 4.7 30 0.1 18,356 64.0 843 2.9 1,576 5.5
a In 2007, eligible fields were reclassified, newly eligible fields were added, and the survey was redesigned to improve coverage and coding of eligible units. "2007new" presents data as collected in 2007; "2007old" shows data as they would have been collected in prior years. See appendix A in https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10307/ for more detail.
b 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. For more information, see https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2016/nsf16314.
c As part of 2017 GSS redesign, the GSS taxonomy was changed to align with the NCSES Taxonomy of Disciplines (TOD), thus increasing comparability with other NCSES surveys. As a result, some eligible fields were reclassified and a small number of fields became fully or partially ineligible. Comparisons to prior years should use the 2017old estimates and should be limited to broad areas of study—detailed field comparisons are not recommended.
NOTES: Percentages may not add to total because of rounding. Master's and doctoral students were not reported separately until 2017.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering.