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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   195   204   200   203   183   193   212   203   279   310
    Hispanic or Latino   9   5   4   4   5   9   12   9   4   5
    Not Hispanic or Latino   185   195   195   197   177   182   197   192   274   304
      American Indian or Alaska Native   5   5   7   8   5   5   6   8   3   4
      Asian   4   8   7   7   0   2   10   8   2   5
      Black or African American   1   1   4   3   8   5   5   6   6   5
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   1   2   1   1   1   1   3   2
      White   173   179   172   172   156   161   171   164   259   286
      More than one race   2   2   4   5   7   8   4   5   1   2
    Unknown ethnicity and race   1   4   1   2   1   2   3   2   1   1
  Temporary visa holders   300   258   241   214   197   229   277   276   430   398
  Science and engineering   483   448   430   410   373   413   474   479   672   676
    Science   352   340   338   326   301   333   392   376   501   542
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   108   98   98   105   84   87   106   84   179   201
      Biological and biomedical sciences   57   57   54   58   66   81   89   92   112   102
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5
      Computer and information sciences   25   14   13   8   9   8   37   39   25   55
      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   13   12
      Mathematics and statistics   36   40   45   46   47   37   27   31   70   49
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   22
      Natural resources and conservation   45   40   27   21   20   16   23   27   0   0
      Physical sciences   11   9   16   16   18   29   29   33   51   49
      Psychology   36   45   53   45   27   39   43   38   1   0
      Social sciences   32   31   32   27   30   36   38   32   48   47
    Engineering   131   108   92   84   72   80   82   103   171   134
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      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   38   27   29   20   19   25   22   30   46   39
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   20   17   20   24   19   23   23   31   67   51
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   32   29   23   19   20   16   23   22   38   44
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   41   35   20   21   14   16   14   20   20   0
    Health   12   14   11   7   7   9   15   0   37   32
      Clinical medicine   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   0   5   4
      Other health   12   14   9   7   7   9   15   0   32   28

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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