Data

Carnegie Mellon 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   1,884   1,770   1,790   1,866   1,571   1,496   1,514   1,463   1,347   1,254
    Hispanic or Latino   145   131   124   122   102   92   90   75   44   38
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,476   1,391   1,412   1,469   1,230   1,191   1,203   1,172   1,196   1,066
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   3   2   3   1   1   1   1   0   1
      Asian   624   558   491   488   351   340   348   305   280   229
      Black or African American   113   91   102   116   98   93   93   69   55   35
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   2   2   2   2   2   1   0   0   1
      White   634   653   740   785   723   707   720   747   846   783
      More than one race   103   84   75   75   55   48   40   50   15   17
    Unknown ethnicity and race   263   248   254   275   239   213   221   216   107   150
  Temporary visa holders   4,392   4,280   4,620   3,897   3,027   3,764   3,610   3,706   3,442   3,120
  Science and engineering   6,276   6,050   6,410   5,763   4,598   5,260   5,124   5,169   4,789   4,374
    Science   3,610   3,385   3,599   3,189   2,443   2,819   2,822   2,875   2,558   2,274
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   325   290   270   211   190   192   185   195   180   167
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   11
      Computer and information sciences   2,293   2,112   2,369   2,082   1,485   1,854   1,806   1,791   1,666   1,495
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   250   257   183   178   175   140   144   144   122   112
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   372   273   273   192   154   170   157   164   136   130
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   316   294   312   307   270   311   277   293   158   163
      Psychology   13   8   8   16   17   17   27   25   28   24
      Social sciences   41   151   184   203   152   135   226   263   240   156
    Engineering   2,666   2,665   2,811   2,574   2,155   2,441   2,302   2,294   2,231   2,100
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   219   205   215   180   137   131   121   98   107   110
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   135   148   141   146   145   202   189   190   177   167
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   138   142   186   190   172   213   221   244   227   215
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   1,082   1,113   1,116   1,039   839   936   837   891   748   716
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   20   21   25   23   22   25   26   27   19   24
      Mechanical engineering   843   780   829   785   669   684   649   602   583   566
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   127   132
      Other engineering   229   256   299   211   171   250   259   242   243   170
      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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