Data

Arizona State U.

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male   4,709   4,799   3,759   3,066   3,200   3,208   3,082   3,081   3,045   3,122
    Female   3,208   3,194   2,742   2,245   2,005   1,925   1,756   1,827   1,752   1,661
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   3,198   3,101   3,070   2,896   2,368   2,333   2,152   2,205   2,027   1,941
    Hispanic or Latino   593   532   521   486   382   364   360   348   274   246
    Not Hispanic or Latino   2,512   2,503   2,482   2,349   1,938   1,928   1,762   1,822   1,720   1,667
      American Indian or Alaska Native   44   45   49   39   43   27   38   33   41   35
      Asian   353   318   276   239   180   181   168   155   142   135
      Black or African American   210   188   189   159   123   122   90   98   94   84
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   12   14   11   11   5   3   4   3   3   2
      White   1,731   1,780   1,823   1,775   1,478   1,498   1,391   1,453   1,367   1,353
      More than one race   162   158   134   126   109   97   71   80   73   58
    Unknown ethnicity and race   93   66   67   61   48   41   30   35   33   28
  Temporary visa holders   4,719   4,892   3,431   2,415   2,837   2,800   2,686   2,703   2,770   2,842
  Science and engineering   7,773   7,854   6,371   5,188   5,084   5,018   4,735   4,790   4,674   4,672
    Science   5,172   4,933   4,119   3,271   2,943   2,809   2,492   2,857   2,680   2,516
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   162   140   114
      Biological and biomedical sciences   539   499   443   405   380   372   362   333   316   314
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   27   24   25
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   93   91   102
      Computer and information sciences   2,317   2,143   1,412   839   888   738   646   864   816   730
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   10   18
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   62   73   78   65   77   88   78   73   75   73
      Mathematics and statistics   196   206   223   213   155   173   146   147   167   165
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   357   303   226   145   108   78   57   45   47   48
      Natural resources and conservation   107   113   148   171   155   171   156   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   215   221   221   214   203   212   199   198   213   247
      Psychology   929   864   820   735   518   426   299   277   231   230
      Social sciences   450   511   548   484   459   551   549   637   550   450
    Engineering   2,601   2,921   2,252   1,917   2,141   2,209   2,243   1,933   1,994   2,156
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   88   101   61   59   60   53   42   45   56   67
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   129   130   141   119   139   135   138   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   97   120   110   76   75   57   70   88   75   70
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   206   187   186   192   190   227   221   213   213   188
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   1,027   1,298   907   771   1,048   1,089   1,087   790   796   953
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   260   238   190   158   177   204   220   182   199   221
      Mechanical engineering   562   608   431   326   264   281   284   296   320   326
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   131   113   111   105   113   94   107   108   109   110
      Other engineering   101   126   115   111   75   69   74   211   226   221
    Health   144   139   130   123   121   115   103   118   123   111
      Clinical medicine   10   6   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   134   133   129   123   121   115   103   118   123   111

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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