Data

Arizona State U.

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   3,605   3,198   3,101   3,070   2,896   2,368   2,333   2,152   2,205   2,027
    Hispanic or Latino   712   593   532   521   486   382   364   360   348   274
    Not Hispanic or Latino   2,777   2,512   2,503   2,482   2,349   1,938   1,928   1,762   1,822   1,720
      American Indian or Alaska Native   51   44   45   49   39   43   27   38   33   41
      Asian   414   353   318   276   239   180   181   168   155   142
      Black or African American   258   210   188   189   159   123   122   90   98   94
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   15   12   14   11   11   5   3   4   3   3
      White   1,835   1,731   1,780   1,823   1,775   1,478   1,498   1,391   1,453   1,367
      More than one race   204   162   158   134   126   109   97   71   80   73
    Unknown ethnicity and race   116   93   66   67   61   48   41   30   35   33
  Temporary visa holders   4,733   4,719   4,892   3,431   2,415   2,837   2,800   2,686   2,703   2,770
  Science and engineering   8,164   7,773   7,854   6,371   5,188   5,084   5,018   4,735   4,790   4,674
    Science   5,657   5,172   4,933   4,119   3,271   2,943   2,809   2,492   2,857   2,680
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   162   140
      Biological and biomedical sciences   728   539   499   443   405   380   372   362   333   316
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   93   91
      Computer and information sciences   1,909   2,317   2,143   1,412   839   888   738   646   864   816
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   10
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   66   62   73   78   65   77   88   78   73   75
      Mathematics and statistics   247   196   206   223   213   155   173   146   147   167
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   752   357   303   226   145   108   78   57   45   47
      Natural resources and conservation   107   107   113   148   171   155   171   156   0   0
      Physical sciences   214   215   221   221   214   203   212   199   198   213
      Psychology   1,065   929   864   820   735   518   426   299   277   231
      Social sciences   569   450   511   548   484   459   551   549   637   550
    Engineering   2,507   2,601   2,921   2,252   1,917   2,141   2,209   2,243   1,933   1,994
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   96   88   101   61   59   60   53   42   45   56
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   118   129   130   141   119   139   135   138   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   75   97   120   110   76   75   57   70   88   75
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   233   206   187   186   192   190   227   221   213   213
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   991   1,027   1,298   907   771   1,048   1,089   1,087   790   796
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   234   260   238   190   158   177   204   220   182   199
      Mechanical engineering   512   562   608   431   326   264   281   284   296   320
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   124   131   113   111   105   113   94   107   108   109
      Other engineering   124   101   126   115   111   75   69   74   211   226
    Health   174   144   139   130   123   121   115   103   118   123
      Clinical medicine   44   10   6   1   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   130   134   133   129   123   121   115   103   118   123

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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