Data

California Institute of Technology

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   772   777   793   782   724   686   687   700   682   690
    Hispanic or Latino   105   104   99   101   74   68   56   54   53   53
    Not Hispanic or Latino   664   670   688   674   645   608   624   642   623   629
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   1   1   2   2   2   1   1   1   4
      Asian   196   190   179   173   156   136   134   138   144   152
      Black or African American   22   21   19   13   6   8   7   8   8   11
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      White   375   393   433   438   440   422   443   461   445   442
      More than one race   69   64   56   48   41   40   39   34   25   20
    Unknown ethnicity and race   3   3   6   7   5   10   7   4   6   8
  Temporary visa holders   671   662   626   628   615   613   598   577   578   564
  Science and engineering   1,443   1,439   1,419   1,410   1,339   1,299   1,285   1,277   1,260   1,254
    Science   882   860   852   839   790   750   736   721   723   720
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   233   226   220   222   209   202   189   178   119   120
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   11   10   9   6   7   7   8   8   8   9
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   69   79   83   80   79   72   63   59   81   85
      Mathematics and statistics   53   50   44   49   43   45   50   46   50   51
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   37   36   31   36   28   27   26   25   18   44
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   451   430   428   417   400   374   379   382   374   369
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   28   29   37   29   24   23   21   23   28   31
    Engineering   561   579   567   571   549   549   549   556   537   534
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   44   48   62   64   67   69   67   72   72   73
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   124   125   117   115   95   88   82   73   57   52
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   56   63   51   57   50   56   56   55   49   54
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   26   30   32   35   37   35   33   30   40   43
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   92   85   80   78   83   90   92   100   115   109
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   19   17   22   21   20   20   19   19   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   66   69   63   62   67   64   62   61   47   50
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   44   46   50   50   51   45   59   69   65   68
      Other engineering   90   96   90   89   79   82   79   77   92   85
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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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