Data

U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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   1,512   1,506   1,475   1,392   1,393   1,370   1,292   1,113   1,105   1,070
    Female   1,301   1,303   1,260   1,138   1,077   1,024   1,057   1,018   974   863
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   1,243   1,347   1,365   1,394   1,208   1,187   1,171   1,153   1,164   1,102
    Hispanic or Latino   130   146   140   137   110   106   98   92   90   76
    Not Hispanic or Latino   1,049   1,128   1,159   1,189   1,032   1,009   998   970   986   929
      American Indian or Alaska Native   2   2   2   1   1   2   1   2   1   3
      Asian   157   141   131   125   91   94   82   72   94   79
      Black or African American   87   94   94   89   73   64   58   51   50   45
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   1   0
      White   739   834   872   912   820   806   804   802   802   770
      More than one race   64   57   60   62   47   43   52   42   38   32
    Unknown ethnicity and race   64   73   66   68   66   72   75   91   88   97
  Temporary visa holders   1,570   1,462   1,370   1,136   1,262   1,207   1,178   978   915   831
  Science and engineering   2,665   2,657   2,574   2,358   2,351   2,266   2,217   1,945   1,903   1,762
    Science   2,134   2,093   2,002   1,894   1,853   1,742   1,689   1,408   1,373   1,250
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   97   99   98   93   90   90   85   165   161   126
      Biological and biomedical sciences   358   367   364   361   336   318   317   260   255   218
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   45   47   41
      Computer and information sciences   742   645   589   497   551   499   465   211   190   179
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   26   29   32   41   38   46   44   41   44   45
      Mathematics and statistics   152   124   127   128   108   79   88   78   68   60
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   42   45   25   8   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   54   74   65   56   56   57   73   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   253   246   238   233   235   216   211   213   198   216
      Psychology   72   79   82   86   87   82   84   86   87   74
      Social sciences   338   385   382   391   352   355   322   278   294   265
    Engineering   531   564   572   464   498   524   528   537   530   512
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   25   21   16   10   9   3   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   143   157   155   145   150   136   142   54   55   54
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   89   84   72   80   75   91   94   100   104   105
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   178   195   212   132   161   185   189   208   196   182
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   23   18   16   16   26   29   27   20   14   13
      Mechanical engineering   69   89   101   81   77   80   76   68   68   66
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   87   93   92
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
  Health   148   152   161   172   119   128   132   186   176   171
    Clinical medicine   74   81   88   93   42   49   56   110   97   92
    Other health   74   71   73   79   77   79   76   76   79   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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