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Table 5-2. Graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health at HBCUs: 2018

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 668,307 1.0 391,211 1.2 277,096 0.7 64,783 0.3 29,284 0.3
Male 359,333 0.8 201,314 0.9 158,019 0.6 38,661 0.3 17,468 0.3
Female 308,974 1.3 189,897 1.5 119,077 0.9 26,122 0.3 11,816 0.2
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa 438,581 1.3 271,290 1.5 167,291 0.9 29,622 0.5 na na
Hispanic or Latino 49,084 0.4 32,923 0.4 16,161 0.3 1,856 0.3 na na
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 1,932 0.9 1,219 0.9 713 0.8 81 0.0 na na
Asian 45,307 0.4 28,557 0.4 16,750 0.5 6,020 0.5 na na
Black or African American 35,943 11.4 25,878 11.6 10,065 11.0 1,104 5.4 na na
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 730 0.1 497 0.0 233 0.4 55 0.0 na na
White 265,735 0.3 156,010 0.4 109,725 0.2 17,232 0.3 na na
More than one race 14,864 0.7 9,120 0.9 5,744 0.5 506 0.0 na na
Unknown ethnicity and race 24,986 1.2 17,086 1.4 7,900 0.6 2,768 0.0 na na
Temporary visa holders 229,726 0.5 119,921 0.5 109,805 0.4 35,161 0.1 na na
Science 432,255 1.1 241,327 1.3 190,928 0.7 37,564 0.3 18,278 0.3
Agricultural sciences 9,538 3.1 5,658 4.3 3,880 1.3 1,072 1.1 565 0.4
Biological and biomedical sciences 87,933 1.2 35,306 1.7 52,627 0.9 21,533 0.2 8,250 0.2
Computer and information sciences 93,478 0.8 77,351 0.9 16,127 0.6 879 4.3 515 0.4
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 12,333 0.7 5,629 0.9 6,704 0.4 1,726 0.2 2,106 1.2
Mathematics and statistics 31,461 0.5 18,073 0.7 13,388 0.3 982 0.1 266 0.0
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 10,338 0.2 7,414 0.2 2,924 0.3 980 0.6 832 0.0
Natural resources and conservation 11,407 1.9 7,691 1.3 3,716 3.1 764 0.5 580 1.7
Physical sciences 42,075 0.8 6,075 3.3 36,000 0.4 6,976 0.2 3,056 0.1
Psychology 55,707 1.4 35,404 1.6 20,303 1.1 1,145 0.0 507 0.0
Social sciences 77,985 1.1 42,726 1.4 35,259 0.8 1,507 0.0 1,601 0.4
Engineering 163,301 0.5 93,064 0.5 70,237 0.6 7,914 0.3 3,570 *
Health 72,751 1.6 56,820 1.9 15,931 0.9 19,305 0.2 7,436 0.2
Clinical medicineb 32,002 1.7 27,494 1.7 4,508 2.0 16,563 0.2 6,159 0.1
Other health 40,749 1.6 29,326 2.0 11,423 0.5 2,742 0.5 1,277 0.8
Black or African American individuals
Male 14,279 10.3 10,257 10.2 4,022 10.5 440 3.6 na na
Female 21,664 12.2 15,621 12.5 6,043 11.4 664 6.6 na na
Science 24,844 11.7 17,560 11.7 7,284 12.0 549 3.5 na na
Agricultural sciences 354 42.9 248 51.6 106 22.6 12 0.0 na na
Biological and biomedical sciences 4,923 13.3 2,827 13.9 2,096 12.6 297 1.0 na na
Computer and information sciences 4,946 8.0 4,558 7.9 388 9.0 22 63.6 na na
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 240 14.2 140 17.9 100 9.0 20 0.0 na na
Mathematics and statistics 676 14.3 461 16.7 215 9.3 11 0.0 na na
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 709 1.4 554 0.9 155 3.2 28 0.0 na na
Natural resources and conservation 364 28.6 219 13.7 145 51.0 5 0.0 na na
Physical sciences 1,007 15.5 327 28.4 680 9.3 60 3.3 na na
Psychology 5,431 11.2 3,989 11.6 1,442 10.3 21 0.0 na na
Social sciences 6,194 11.3 4,237 11.2 1,957 11.7 73 0.0 na na
Engineering 4,035 9.8 2,618 10.2 1,417 9.0 77 11.7 na na
Health 7,064 11.2 5,700 12.0 1,364 8.1 478 6.7 na na
Clinical medicineb 4,238 11.1 3,727 10.6 511 15.1 416 7.2 na na
Other health 2,826 11.4 1,973 14.6 853 4.0 62 3.2 na na
* = value < 0.05%; na = not applicable.
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 Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2018.