Data

Texas State U.

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   852   649   684   792   728   671   638   587   683   681
    Hispanic or Latino   271   201   218   247   176   176   177   142   175   162
    Not Hispanic or Latino   543   431   445   512   537   493   457   440   499   501
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   1   0   1   0   0   1   2   3   3
      Asian   28   23   20   20   26   29   16   17   23   21
      Black or African American   36   34   34   49   39   27   34   31   38   41
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      White   445   344   371   420   441   415   385   370   408   414
      More than one race   34   28   19   22   31   22   21   20   27   22
    Unknown ethnicity and race   38   17   21   33   15   2   4   5   9   18
  Temporary visa holders   440   375   302   205   172   204   192   183   179   180
  Science and engineering   1,114   881   812   814   759   738   706   664   756   761
    Science   958   758   715   741   683   638   615   581   670   702
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   24   24   14   23   15   22   13   0   38   28
      Biological and biomedical sciences   80   75   103   100   97   84   80   81   115   136
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   31   31
      Computer and information sciences   214   191   180   129   99   99   84   80   71   94
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   21   31
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   49   26   19   33   24   15   13   11   13   9
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   28   8   12   21   21   28   24   36   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   62   49   28   26   29   28   31   37   0   0
      Physical sciences   27   25   29   24   24   19   31   26   28   29
      Psychology   292   213   188   223   215   180   172   160   157   157
      Social sciences   182   147   142   162   159   163   167   150   196   187
    Engineering   156   123   97   73   76   100   91   83   86   59
      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   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   0   0   0   1   7   9   7   6   7   6
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   66   59   33   34   36   40   38   32   30   28
      Other engineering   87   64   64   38   33   51   46   45   49   25
    Health   178   143   174   183   141   137   124   106   106   100
      Clinical medicine   56   20   26   22   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   122   123   148   161   141   137   124   106   106   100

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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