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Table 1-4d. Ethnicity and race of U.S. citizen and permanent resident graduate students in health: 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 74,243 4,124 5.6 419 0.6 4,820 6.5 5,094 6.9 372 0.5 55,543 74.8 81 0.1 3,790 5.1
2001 74,129 4,355 5.9 453 0.6 5,061 6.8 5,616 7.6 390 0.5 54,353 73.3 87 0.1 3,814 5.1
2002 78,297 4,648 5.9 505 0.6 5,335 6.8 6,047 7.7 354 0.5 56,890 72.7 83 0.1 4,435 5.7
2003 84,924 5,443 6.4 520 0.6 6,010 7.1 7,068 8.3 359 0.4 60,567 71.3 70 0.1 4,887 5.8
2004 91,196 5,819 6.4 506 0.6 6,514 7.1 7,872 8.6 576 0.6 63,724 69.9 76 0.1 6,109 6.7
2005 96,217 5,922 6.2 527 0.5 6,885 7.2 8,299 8.6 305 0.3 66,500 69.1 101 0.1 7,678 8.0
2006 103,022 6,370 6.2 577 0.6 7,403 7.2 9,202 8.9 281 0.3 71,282 69.2 107 0.1 7,800 7.6
2007olda 97,109 6,078 6.3 609 0.6 6,790 7.0 8,369 8.6 327 0.3 66,874 68.9 119 0.1 7,943 8.2
2007newa 95,203 5,961 6.3 600 0.6 6,600 6.9 8,286 8.7 285 0.3 65,797 69.1 116 0.1 7,558 7.9
2008 93,669 5,550 5.9 668 0.7 6,223 6.6 8,367 8.9 305 0.3 64,366 68.7 237 0.3 7,953 8.5
2009 77,306 5,071 6.6 493 0.6 5,556 7.2 7,376 9.5 225 0.3 52,234 67.6 345 0.4 6,006 7.8
2010 68,089 4,766 7.0 384 0.6 5,043 7.4 7,105 10.4 266 0.4 44,737 65.7 827 1.2 4,961 7.3
2011 58,363 4,220 7.2 349 0.6 4,369 7.5 6,705 11.5 310 0.5 37,544 64.3 796 1.4 4,070 7.0
2012 58,354 4,452 7.6 319 0.5 4,419 7.6 7,002 12.0 256 0.4 37,003 63.4 1,136 1.9 3,767 6.5
2013 55,071 4,464 8.1 319 0.6 4,220 7.7 6,286 11.4 155 0.3 34,836 63.3 1,145 2.1 3,646 6.6
2014oldb 55,755 4,600 8.3 272 0.5 4,472 8.0 6,399 11.5 121 0.2 35,094 62.9 1,304 2.3 3,493 6.3
2014newb 56,797 4,749 8.4 273 0.5 4,519 8.0 5,798 10.2 120 0.2 36,182 63.7 1,314 2.3 3,842 6.8
2015 59,322 5,370 9.1 294 0.5 5,048 8.5 6,457 10.9 113 0.2 36,715 61.9 1,491 2.5 3,834 6.5
2016 56,390 5,593 9.9 287 0.5 4,826 8.6 6,034 10.7 129 0.2 34,754 61.6 1,509 2.7 3,258 5.8
2017oldc 59,521 6,628 11.1 284 0.5 5,313 8.9 6,362 10.7 120 0.2 35,541 59.7 1,792 3.0 3,481 5.8
2017newc 60,264 6,701 11.1 295 0.5 5,534 9.2 6,350 10.5 130 0.2 35,864 59.5 1,840 3.1 3,550 5.9
Master's students
2017newc 48,595 5,764 11.9 225 0.5 4,593 9.5 5,122 10.5 107 0.2 28,239 58.1 1,495 3.1 3,050 6.3
Doctoral students
2017newc 11,669 937 8.0 70 0.6 941 8.1 1,228 10.5 23 0.2 7,625 65.3 345 3.0 500 4.3
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.