Data

U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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   1,338   1,243   1,347   1,365   1,394   1,208   1,187   1,171   1,153   1,164
    Hispanic or Latino   153   130   146   140   137   110   106   98   92   90
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,123   1,049   1,128   1,159   1,189   1,032   1,009   998   970   986
      American Indian or Alaska Native   2   2   2   2   1   1   2   1   2   1
      Asian   172   157   141   131   125   91   94   82   72   94
      Black or African American   86   87   94   94   89   73   64   58   51   50
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   1
      White   797   739   834   872   912   820   806   804   802   802
      More than one race   66   64   57   60   62   47   43   52   42   38
    Unknown ethnicity and race   62   64   73   66   68   66   72   75   91   88
  Temporary visa holders   1,552   1,570   1,462   1,370   1,136   1,262   1,207   1,178   978   915
  Science and engineering   2,737   2,665   2,657   2,574   2,358   2,351   2,266   2,217   1,945   1,903
    Science   2,197   2,134   2,093   2,002   1,894   1,853   1,742   1,689   1,408   1,373
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   104   97   99   98   93   90   90   85   165   161
      Biological and biomedical sciences   345   358   367   364   361   336   318   317   260   255
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   45   47
      Computer and information sciences   742   742   645   589   497   551   499   465   211   190
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   34   26   29   32   41   38   46   44   41   44
      Mathematics and statistics   151   152   124   127   128   108   79   88   78   68
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   66   42   45   25   8   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   56   54   74   65   56   56   57   73   0   0
      Physical sciences   249   253   246   238   233   235   216   211   213   198
      Psychology   71   72   79   82   86   87   82   84   86   87
      Social sciences   379   338   385   382   391   352   355   322   278   294
    Engineering   540   531   564   572   464   498   524   528   537   530
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   52   25   21   16   10   9   3   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   125   143   157   155   145   150   136   142   54   55
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   87   89   84   72   80   75   91   94   100   104
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   162   178   195   212   132   161   185   189   208   196
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   29   23   18   16   16   26   29   27   20   14
      Mechanical engineering   74   69   89   101   81   77   80   76   68   68
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   11   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   87   93
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   153   148   152   161   172   119   128   132   186   176
      Clinical medicine   80   74   81   88   93   42   49   56   110   97
      Other health   73   74   71   73   79   77   79   76   76   79

NOTES:
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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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