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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   677   615   650   574   584   599   701   684   653 i   704 i
    Female   499   549   472   508   519   457   457   474   436 i   452 i
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   664   671   656   673   652   631   818   714   670 i   777 i
    Hispanic or Latino   28   28   25   30   30   21   26   30   20 i   19 i
    Not Hispanic or Latino   636   642   628   640   595   608   769   683   647 i   743 i
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   1   0   0   1   3   4   2   3 i   1 i
      Asian   42   22   18   20   21   16   73   23   16 i   32 i
      Black or African American   71   84   68   78   58   68   70   72   66 i   75 i
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   3   0   0   0   1   2 i   3 i
      White   504   520   531   528   506   513   608   578   547 i   623 i
      More than one race   18   15   11   11   9   8   14   7   13 i   9 i
    Unknown ethnicity and race   0   1   3   3   27   2   23   1   3 i   15 i
  Temporary visa holders   512   493   466   409   451   425   340   444   419 i   379 i
  Science and engineering   1,122   1,120   1,076   1,037   1,032   983   1,069   1,076   996 i   1,104 i
    Science   785   852   775   765   757   717   768   784   661 i   724 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   126   124   136   128   91   85   108   208   165 i   177 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences   78   121   91   100   116   126   126   155   122 i   137 i
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Computer and information sciences   85   64   65   73   65   64   76   66   50 i   50 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   15   12 i   14 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   66   58   67   64   59   66   68   61   53 i   55 i
      Mathematics and statistics   34   47   42   35   62   40   40   38   35 i   40 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   0   0 i   0 i
      Natural resources and conservation   99   113   101   90   83   92   97   0   0 i   0 i
      Physical sciences   125   125   115   96   99   99   87   85   71 i   74 i
      Psychology   138   117   72   68   78   54   57   67   62 i   65 i
      Social sciences   34   83   86   111   104   91   98   89   91 i   112 i
    Engineering   337   268   301   272   275   266   301   292   335 i   380 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   38   22   26   30   36   37   68   51   50 i   24 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   25   21   33   17   18   22   30   28   31 i   28 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   10   16   16   17   22   16   13   14   45 i   42 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   10   20   20   19   25   19   19   14   26 i   35 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   68   60   76   62   56   50   60   53   48 i   59 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   35   37   30   39   39   32   33   25   27 i   62 i
      Mechanical engineering   77   68   82   63   52   65   48   80   79 i   85 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Other engineering   74   24   18   25   27   25   30   27   29 i   45 i
  Health   54   44   46   45   71   73   89   82   93 i   52 i
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
    Other health   54   44   46   45   71   73   89   82   93 i   52 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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