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Table 5-2. Graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health at HBCUs: 2017

Sex, citizenship, ethnicity, race, and broad field Graduate students Postdoctoral appointees Doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers
All graduate students Master's Doctoral
Total number Percent in HBCUs Total number Percent in HBCUs Total number Percent in HBCUs Total number Percent in HBCUs Total number Percent in HBCUs
All individuals 649,112 1.0 378,587 1.2 270,525 0.7 64,733 0.2 28,180 0.4
Male 356,447 0.8 200,748 0.9 155,699 0.6 38,870 0.2 16,580 0.4
Female 292,665 1.3 177,839 1.6 114,826 0.9 25,863 0.2 11,600 0.3
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 416,481 1.3 251,896 1.5 164,585 0.9 30,110 0.2 na na
Hispanic or Latino 44,621 0.6 29,622 0.6 14,999 0.7 1,659 0.2 na na
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 1,850 1.0 1,136 1.2 714 0.7 125 0.8 na na
Asian 42,045 0.6 26,093 0.5 15,952 0.6 6,045 0.4 na na
Black or African American 32,749 11.6 23,266 11.7 9,483 11.3 1,019 1.5 na na
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 703 0.3 468 0.2 235 0.4 112 0.9 na na
White 257,302 0.3 148,031 0.4 109,271 0.2 17,313 0.1 na na
More than one race 13,539 0.6 8,119 0.8 5,420 0.5 730 0.0 na na
Unknown ethnicity and race 23,672 0.9 15,161 1.1 8,511 0.4 3,107 * na na
Temporary visa holders 232,631 0.5 126,691 0.6 105,940 0.5 34,623 0.2 na na
Science 415,568 1.1 229,169 1.3 186,399 0.7 38,241 0.2 17,268 0.5
Agricultural sciences 9,347 2.7 5,603 4.1 3,744 0.7 1,024 1.5 496 2.4
Biological and biomedical sciences 85,217 1.3 33,926 2.0 51,291 0.9 21,781 0.1 8,203 *
Computer and information sciences 89,909 0.7 75,618 0.7 14,291 0.5 854 0.2 476 0.2
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 12,545 0.6 6,006 0.8 6,539 0.5 2,089 0.1 1,794 2.0
Mathematics and statistics 29,669 0.5 16,568 0.7 13,101 0.3 991 0.6 240 0.0
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 9,854 0.3 6,923 0.3 2,931 0.2 1,131 1.2 806 2.6
Natural resources and conservation 10,879 2.2 7,311 1.6 3,568 3.5 731 0.8 364 1.6
Physical sciences 41,829 0.9 6,368 3.4 35,461 0.4 7,211 0.2 2,871 0.1
Psychology 50,033 1.4 29,638 1.8 20,395 0.8 1,082 0.0 494 0.0
Social sciences 76,286 1.0 41,208 1.3 35,078 0.8 1,347 0.1 1,524 0.0
Engineering 165,581 0.6 96,756 0.6 68,825 0.6 7,839 0.2 3,274 0.3
Health 67,963 2.0 52,662 2.1 15,301 1.7 18,653 0.1 7,638 0.2
Clinical medicineb 29,693 2.2 25,283 1.9 4,410 4.0 16,100 * 6,448 0.1
Other health 38,270 1.8 27,379 2.2 10,891 0.8 2,553 0.9 1,190 0.3
Black or African American individuals
Male 13,384 10.6 9,538 10.0 3,846 11.9 443 1.8 na na
Female 19,365 12.3 13,728 12.8 5,637 10.9 576 1.2 na na
Science 22,557 11.5 15,639 11.7 6,918 11.3 546 1.1 na na
Agricultural sciences 327 40.7 228 50.9 99 17.2 10 0.0 na na
Biological and biomedical sciences 4,672 14.2 2,702 15.3 1,970 12.8 306 1.0 na na
Computer and information sciences 4,444 5.8 4,106 5.6 338 8.3 9 0.0 na na
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 234 17.5 143 18.9 91 15.4 10 0.0 na na
Mathematics and statistics 645 11.6 417 14.1 228 7.0 6 0.0 na na
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 621 0.6 488 0.6 133 0.8 27 3.7 na na
Natural resources and conservation 373 30.6 222 16.2 151 51.7 7 14.3 na na
Physical sciences 954 16.2 314 28.0 640 10.5 75 1.3 na na
Psychology 4,513 12.2 3,101 14.4 1,412 7.4 25 0.0 na na
Social sciences 5,774 10.5 3,918 10.4 1,856 10.9 71 0.0 na na
Engineering 3,842 11.1 2,505 10.9 1,337 11.3 75 6.7 na na
Health 6,350 12.1 5,122 12.2 1,228 11.8 398 1.0 na na
Clinical medicineb 3,871 11.4 3,367 10.5 504 17.1 347 0.6 na na
Other health 2,479 13.2 1,755 15.3 724 8.1 51 3.9 na na
HBCU = historically black college or university.
a Ethnicity and race data are available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
b Clinical medicine includes graduate students in public health and clinical medicine not elsewhere classified (nec). Clinical medicine includes postdoctoral appointees and nonfaculty researchers in anesthesiology, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology and cancer research, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, pediatrics, psychiatry, public health, pulmonary disease, radiology, surgery, and clinical medicine nec.
NOTES: "Field" refers to the field of the unit that reports postdoctoral appointees and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers to the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering. Percentages may not add to total because of rounding.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2017.