Data

U. Alabama, The, Birmingham

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   928   840   619   602   540   551   596   515   518   566
    Female   908   910   806   759   697   643   694   659   651   578
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   832   880   915   937   865   800   953   905   896   879
    Hispanic or Latino   44   25   25   44   45   32   43   36   44   36
    Not Hispanic or Latino   747   749   830   869   797   743   844   824   810   806
      American Indian or Alaska Native   3   2   3   5   2   1   0   0   1   2
      Asian   70   60   78   60   54   37   65   62   51   39
      Black or African American   152   159   184   194   163   105   138   137   127   120
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   4
      White   485   496   540   581   553   568   605   589   602   612
      More than one race   37   32   25   29   25   32   36   35   29   29
    Unknown ethnicity and race   41   106   60   24   23   25   66   45   42   37
  Temporary visa holders   1,004   870   510   424   372   394   337   269   273   265
  Science and engineering   1,622   1,495   1,123   1,101   1,023   892   916   769   791   828
    Science   1,389   1,287   973   953   873   715   748   642   679   706
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   633   608   528   556   522   333   324   276   311   320
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   503   429   189   86   91   79   65   31   32   51
      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   29   26   28   31   35   33   35   26   28   32
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   10   7   13   70   21   59   59   51   65   61
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   83   85   81   85   80   70   70   61   68   66
      Psychology   105   99   93   90   81   78   87   86   76   69
      Social sciences   26   33   41   35   43   63   108   79   66   70
    Engineering   233   208   150   148   150   177   168   127   112   122
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   44   40   39   32   33   26   31   25   26   34
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   33   28   22   9   19   19   15   15   21   24
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   60   39   26   34   35   26   18   18   15   10
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   27   28   12   12   15   26   22   20   7   8
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   17   19   13   20   24   29   30   26   19   25
      Other engineering   52   54   38   41   24   51   52   23   24   21
  Health   214   255   302   260   214   302   374   405   378   316
    Clinical medicine   193   236   279   244   214   222   297   299   273   231
    Other health   21   19   23   16   0   80   77   106   105   85

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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