Data

Naval Postgraduate School

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   829   763   731   839   889   896   858   737   921   1,368
    Hispanic or Latino   83   85   73   71   80   68   74   47   53   108
    Not Hispanic or Latino   739   666   645   748   794   807   749   649   823   1,232
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   5   12
      Asian   59   57   52   53   55   64   80   74   80   49
      Black or African American   34   34   33   44   53   55   43   39   41   69
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   1   2   1   4   4   0   0   0   49
      White   624   551   539   621   655   663   617   533   697   1,047
      More than one race   21   22   18   28   26   21   9   0   0   6
    Unknown ethnicity and race   7   12   13   20   15   21   35   41   45   28
  Temporary visa holders   104   108   93   77   74   95   107   122   157   243
  Science and engineering   933   871   824   916   963   991   965   859   1,078   1,611
    Science   529   525   448   492   539   515   534   472   699   1,089
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   224   227   188   191   209   129   134   86   244   425
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   5   6   10   7   10   46   49   46   46   63
      Mathematics and statistics   9   9   8   7   13   18   12   11   16   14
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   38   37   35   37   35   4   1   7   86   115
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   253   246   207   250   272   318   338   322   307   472
    Engineering   404   346   376   424   424   476   431   387   379   522
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   14   44   37   41   41   64   53   47   46   71
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   66   62   61   77   81   85   74   71   77   88
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   225   190   230   262   253   236   209   179   198   276
      Mechanical engineering   67   45   45   42   47   47   46   52   58   87
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   32   5   3   2   2   44   49   38   0   0
      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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