Data

Rochester Institute of Technology

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   563   469   464   513   490   430   406   361   351   342
    Hispanic or Latino   56   32   34   52   41   30   28   15   14   26
    Not Hispanic or Latino   493   426   419   453   443   393   374   336   314   287
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   1   1   1   2   2   1   1   2   2
      Asian   73   55   47   52   49   34   34   21   21   16
      Black or African American   20   20   17   21   16   13   8   12   14   18
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      White   386   326   335   360   369   334   319   290   270   247
      More than one race   14   23   18   19   7   10   12   12   7   4
    Unknown ethnicity and race   14   11   11   8   6   7   4   10   23   29
  Temporary visa holders   895   951   869   835   849   1,010   1,049   1,083   1,126   1,098
  Science and engineering   1,458   1,419   1,332   1,347   1,336   1,440   1,454   1,444   1,477   1,440
    Science   1,090   1,067   1,008   1,022   978   989   980   965   905   917
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   19   10   7   5   13   13   8   11   25   27
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   17
      Computer and information sciences   789   804   719   715   673   684   692   685   656   670
      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   61   47   63   71   67   59   61   71   51   51
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   17   16   10   11   17   14   9   11   0   0
      Physical sciences   172   158   160   172   166   174   166   144   125   111
      Psychology   15   20   27   36   27   30   30   29   26   33
      Social sciences   13   12   22   12   15   15   14   14   8   8
    Engineering   368   352   324   325   358   451   474   479   572   523
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   41   28   17   5   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   4   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   151   154   132   126   136   200   218   229   293   278
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   18   25   30   35   40   57   36   45   61   60
      Mechanical engineering   118   91   89   69   64   84   112   108   119   111
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13   8
      Other engineering   36   54   56   90   118   110   108   97   86   66
    Health   0   1   1   1   3   0   1   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   0   1   1   1   3   0   1   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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