Data

U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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   3,885   3,581   3,594   3,637   3,324   3,057   2,737   2,701   2,780   2,769
    Hispanic or Latino   441   377   391   404   370   314   265   241   218   218
    Not Hispanic or Latino   3,316   3,091   3,050   3,092   2,869   2,666   2,440   2,423   2,518   2,506
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   2   1   1   1   3   4   3   5   10
      Asian   988   823   728   726   560   490   499   476   429   401
      Black or African American   172   152   160   150   150   124   99   90   91   91
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   3   3   1   0   2   1   2   2   4
      White   1,989   1,953   1,999   2,074   2,025   1,932   1,731   1,750   1,886   1,908
      More than one race   165   158   159   140   133   115   106   102   105   92
    Unknown ethnicity and race   128   113   153   141   85   77   32   37   44   45
  Temporary visa holders   5,460   4,996   5,136   4,595   3,956   4,366   4,192   3,925   3,607   3,317
  Science and engineering   9,118   8,390   8,527   8,028   7,091   7,182   6,689   6,390   6,144   5,826
    Science   6,207   5,676   5,867   5,354   4,697   4,640   4,086   3,692   3,538   3,381
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   408   366   357   315   313   266   268   270   370   367
      Biological and biomedical sciences   604   580   601   579   540   534   517   524   493   474
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   92   101
      Computer and information sciences   2,923   2,486   2,668   2,320   1,765   1,602   1,120   886   612   526
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   87   88   89   77   88   75   75   83   78   79
      Mathematics and statistics   646   661   719   613   534   669   598   393   391   355
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   108   97   36   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   98   102   96   99   99   89   89   86   0   0
      Physical sciences   661   626   604   611   631   598   602   608   607   597
      Psychology   155   146   137   148   149   194   200   198   186   196
      Social sciences   517   524   560   592   578   613   617   644   632   616
    Engineering   2,911   2,714   2,660   2,674   2,394   2,542   2,603   2,698   2,606   2,445
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   242   229   239   209   154   129   141   167   169   140
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   183   165   132   129   126   131   117   110   95   87
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   155   132   130   135   127   116   104   98   96   88
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   490   465   479   517   468   519   581   654   669   657
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   715   641   634   660   590   671   635   600   573   495
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   195   206   210   181   176   215   242   250   215   207
      Mechanical engineering   452   406   383   407   363   361   382   418   362   400
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   215   217   213   208   191   182   177   177   189   187
      Other engineering   264   253   240   228   199   218   224   224   238   184
    Health   227   187   203   204   189   241   240   236   243   260
      Clinical medicine   79   61   66   66   59   51   64   60   52   55
      Other health   148   126   137   138   130   190   176   176   191   205

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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