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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   594   570   669 i   666 i   681   676   662   654   661   681
    Female   271   258   245 i   246 i   250   249   248   294   272   236
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   448   467   470 i   465 i   475   472   465   465   479   507
    Hispanic or Latino   27   44   20 i   20 i   20   20   20   15   22   29
    Not Hispanic or Latino   406   414   437 i   432 i   442   439   432   431   441   458
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   1   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Asian   68   73   39 i   39 i   40   39   39   44   39   39
      Black or African American   20   20   19 i   18 i   19   19   18   18   21   18
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      White   288   286   357 i   353 i   361   359   353   349   363   385
      More than one race   29   34   22 i   22 i   22   22   22   20   18   16
    Unknown ethnicity and race   15   9   13 i   13 i   13   13   13   19   16   20
  Temporary visa holders   417   361   444 i   447 i   456   453   445   483   454   410
  Science and engineering   865   828   914 i   912 i   931   925   910   948   933   917
    Science   338   337   406 i   415 i   421   417   408   466   455   406
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   38   43   45 i   46 i   46   45   44   39   45   41
      Communication   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   15   13   13
      Computer and information sciences   126   125   151 i   155 i   158   151   144   123   133   137
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   11   11   13 i   12 i   12   13   13   15   16   12
      Mathematics and statistics   60   55   81 i   83 i   88   92   94   109   84   51
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   29   35   31 i   33 i   31   31   30   84   77   56
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   73   66   85 i   86 i   86   85   83   80   85   92
      Psychology   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   1   2   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   1   2   4
    Engineering   527   491   508 i   497 i   510   508   502   482   478   511
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   57   49   49 i   48 i   50   49   48   34   34   30
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   72   72   63 i   63 i   65   63   60   50   47   53
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   75   75   66 i   68 i   68   66   65   65   61   69
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   45   43   33 i   33 i   34   33   34   25   30   31
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   95   85   90 i   89 i   92   90   91   89   88   93
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   20   10   25 i   23 i   24   25   25   2   1   16
      Mechanical engineering   99   94   100 i   94 i   98   100   98   89   85   92
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   40   39   52 i   51 i   51   52   50   43   48   58
      Other engineering   24   24   30 i   28 i   28   30   31   85   84   69
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Other health   0   0   0 i   0 i   0   0   0   0   0   0

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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