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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   188   165   164   156   151   160   163   177   203 i   211 i
    Female   296   295   322   300   281   265   250   325   360 i   332 i
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   362   350   365   340   311   291   275   333   395 i   376 i
    Hispanic or Latino   15   20   25   22   15   4   3   5   5 i   15 i
    Not Hispanic or Latino   329   330   333   311   292   287   272   326   380 i   350 i
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1 i   0 i
      Asian   14   10   13   9   10   12   17   10   12 i   12 i
      Black or African American   279   278   282   258   238   251   230   286   345 i   315 i
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0 i   0 i
      White   13   10   15   22   23   23   25   28   21 i   22 i
      More than one race   23   32   23   21   21   0   0   2   1 i   1 i
    Unknown ethnicity and race   18   0   7   7   4   0   0   2   10 i   11 i
  Temporary visa holders   122   110   121   116   121   134   138   169   168 i   167 i
  Science and engineering   415   392   419   389   364   365   362   440   487 i   476 i
    Science   383   360   384   355   331   330   320   382   439 i   426 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences   69   61   73   77   70   78   104   118   114 i   110 i
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   23   35 i   34 i
      Computer and information sciences   37   38   35   23   32   28   13   0   12 i   13 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   14   14   8   8   9   9   6   9   16 i   23 i
      Mathematics and statistics   17   13   15   19   15   14   12   17   17 i   19 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   17   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Physical sciences   33   30   29   25   24   25   33   33   36 i   42 i
      Psychology   107   113   115   105   70   74   57   73   71 i   56 i
      Social sciences   89   91   109   98   111   102   95   109   138 i   129 i
    Engineering   32   32   35   34   33   35   42   58   48 i   50 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   7   6   6   3   3   8   5   8   5 i   5 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   4   6   10   8   6   7   8   14   9 i   9 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   18   17   14   14   15   11   18   24   27 i   26 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Mechanical engineering   3   3   5   9   9   9   11   12   7 i   10 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
  Health   69   68   67   67   68   60   51   62   76 i   67 i
    Clinical medicine   13   20   24   18   13   4   0   0   0 i   0 i
    Other health   56   48   43   49   55   56   51   62   76 i   67 i

i=imputed

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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