National Science Foundation - Where Discoveries Begin

  • Contact
  • Help
Skip to main content
    Home
  • Home ✕
  • Research Areas
      • Biological Sciences (BIO)
      • Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
      • Education and Human Resources (EHR)
      • Engineering (ENG)
      • Environmental Research and Education (ERE)
      • Geosciences (GEO)
      • Integrative Activities (OIA)
      • International Science and Engineering (OISE)
      • Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
      • Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)
      • Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP)
      • Related Links
      • Interdisciplinary Research
      • NSF Organization List
      • Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research
      • Staff Directory
      • Understanding NSF Research
  • Funding
      • About Funding
      • Archived Funding Search
      • Due Dates
      • Find Funding
      • Merit Review
      • Policies and Procedures
      • Preparing Proposals
      • Recent Opportunities
      • Transformative Research
      • Related Links
      • Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
      • Research.gov
      • FastLane
      • Funding Opportunities For
      • Graduate Students
      • K-12 Educators
      • Postdoctoral Fellows
      • Undergraduate Students
      • Small Business
  • Awards
      • About Awards
      • Award Statistics (Budget Internet Info System)
      • Award Conditions
      • Managing Awards
      • Policies and Procedures
      • Presidential and Honorary Awards
      • Search Awards
      • Related Links
      • Research.gov
      • FastLane
      • Public Access Initiative
  • Document Library
      • All Documents
      • National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
      • Obtaining Documents
      • Search Documents
  • News
      • All News
      • For News Media
      • Multimedia Gallery
      • News Archive
      • Search News
      • Special Reports
      • Speeches and Lectures
      • Related Links
      • About NSF Logo
      • Events
  • About NSF
      • About NSF
      • Broadening Participation/Diversity
      • Budget and Performance
      • Career Opportunities
      • Contracting Opportunities
      • History
      • National Science Board (NSB)
      • NSF and Congress
      • NSF Toolkit
      • Office of Equity and Civil Rights
      • Organization List
      • Partners
      • Remote Participant Support
      • Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research
      • Staff Directory
      • Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research
      • Transparency and Accountability
      • Visit NSF
  • Academic
    Institution Profiles

  • Academic Institution Profiles Home
  • List of institutions
  • Search by institution name
  • Institution rankings most recent year
  • Institution rankings by
    • Earned doctorates
    • Full-time graduate students
    • Total R&D expenditures
    • Research Space
  • Release notes
  • Technical notes
  • Errata
  • TableBuilder
  • NCSES Home
  • Contact NCSES
  1. NCSES Home
  2. Academic Institution Profiles
  3. Academic Institution Profiles
  4. U. Maine
  5. Data
Email Print

Data

U. Maine

Download in Excel Format View Excel.
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   337   414   392   365   336   309   321   355   345   351
    Female   379   438   445   396   346   321   331   322   309   309
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   484   657   641   566   682   554   468   500   485   522
    Hispanic or Latino   27   29   25   22   33   23   13   13   9   8
    Not Hispanic or Latino   422   582   551   491   564   470   420   443   423   465
      American Indian or Alaska Native   16   9   9   9   8   10   7   7   9   11
      Asian   13   29   25   19   107   84   16   15   14   10
      Black or African American   9   17   14   11   15   10   4   3   2   1
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0
      White   382   523   503   452   433   366   393   418   396   441
      More than one race   2   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2
    Unknown ethnicity and race   35   46   65   53   85   61   35   44   53   49
  Temporary visa holders   232   195   196   195   0   76   184   177   169   138
  Science and engineering   677   815   803   717   647   599   620   645   621   628
    Science   502   635   650   537   511   467   487   534   515   519
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   63   65   50   43   47   44   48   53   48   53
      Biological and biomedical sciences   78   93   102   126   98   156   164   180   183   187
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   18   18   20
      Computer and information sciences   44   104   58   38   27   14   24   36   33   33
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   64   55   99   101   89   86   87   105   85   88
      Mathematics and statistics   9   12   11   9   10   11   12   10   12   13
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   28   23   41   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   102   147   156   60   128   47   39   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   41   55   60   63   63   61   59   90   80   77
      Psychology   29   30   32   29   26   22   26   25   33   31
      Social sciences   44   51   41   68   23   26   28   17   23   17
    Engineering   175   180   153   180   136   132   133   111   106   109
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   10   21   19   71   21   22   11   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   19   0   3   11   13   13   17   18   12   17
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   47   47   41   41   38   44   47   37   35   41
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   41   63   30   10   14   12   17   21   27   22
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   45   49   58   46   44   38   37   29   26   25
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   13   0   2   1   6   3   4   6   6   4
  Health   39   37   34   44   35   31   32   32   33   32
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Other health   39   37   34   44   35   31   32   32   33   32

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

Open printer friendly view

Back to Top of page.

Research.gov
News
  • Media Inquiries
  • Multimedia Gallery
Funding & Awards
  • Find Funding
  • Award Search
  • Proposal & Award Policies Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
  • Recently Announced Funding Opportunities
  • Upcoming Funding Opportunity Due Dates
Document Library &
About NSF
  • Document Library
  • About NSF
  • Careers
  • Staff Directory
About Services
  • ACM$ (Award Cash Management Service)
  • Notifications & Requests
  • Project Reports
  • Proposal Status
  • Public Access
  • User Management
NSF Award Highlights
  • Research Spending & Results
Contact
  • Contact Help Desk
Feedback
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
See all NSF social media
  • Website Policies
  • Budget and Performance
  • Inspector General
  • Privacy
  • FOIA
  • No FEAR Act
  • USA.gov
  • Accessibility
  • Plain Language
  • Contact
  • Research.gov

National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, USA Tel: (703) 292-5111, FIRS: (800) 877-8339 | TDD: (800) 281-8749 | NSF NCSES