Data

U. Minnesota

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   3,412   3,333   3,461   3,565   3,470   3,363   3,419   3,399   3,286   3,186
    Hispanic or Latino   267   265   260   257   211   199   204   172   143   116
    Not Hispanic or Latino   3,094   3,018   3,151   3,257   3,210   3,110   3,138   3,152   3,058   2,971
      American Indian or Alaska Native   16   19   18   24   23   43   36   41   21   21
      Asian   374   335   335   325   304   280   260   252   234   213
      Black or African American   177   157   167   179   135   107   103   101   93   84
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   4   4   4   4   3   2   1   1   1   3
      White   2,346   2,312   2,456   2,559   2,595   2,534   2,607   2,635   2,593   2,565
      More than one race   177   191   171   166   150   144   131   122   116   85
    Unknown ethnicity and race   51   50   50   51   49   54   77   75   85   99
  Temporary visa holders   2,050   2,000   1,919   1,793   1,788   2,010   2,027   2,051   2,018   1,997
  Science and engineering   4,852   4,692   4,726   4,723   4,606   4,727   4,774   4,810   4,813   4,657
    Science   3,650   3,538   3,549   3,577   3,476   3,489   3,506   3,464   3,455   3,390
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   204   210   213   203   215   172   175   179   288   253
      Biological and biomedical sciences   1,113   1,088   1,111   1,083   1,019   1,028   1,000   940   851   848
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   29   84
      Computer and information sciences   323   332   315   359   352   361   363   345   299   397
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   50
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   123   115   115   120   105   56   58   56   63   59
      Mathematics and statistics   384   282   235   265   256   303   322   311   309   243
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   65   73   68   32   24   24   25   31   10   3
      Natural resources and conservation   73   87   92   92   77   90   98   108   0   0
      Physical sciences   434   435   415   451   445   432   441   458   453   464
      Psychology   458   433   456   449   436   401   389   372   352   355
      Social sciences   473   483   529   523   547   622   635   664   750   581
    Engineering   1,202   1,154   1,177   1,146   1,130   1,238   1,268   1,346   1,358   1,267
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   76   75   75   70   77   90   85   86   77   82
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   185   152   161   151   152   144   142   169   160   143
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   145   143   141   155   150   150   141   148   132   215
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   94   91   83   86   98   104   121   124   123   95
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   276   273   287   249   249   313   348   416   449   405
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   51   49   55   49   46   45   46   43   50   50
      Mechanical engineering   221   234   241   230   219   252   254   221   224   227
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   98   89   84   74   81   77   66   64   73   0
      Other engineering   56   48   50   82   58   63   65   75   70   50
    Health   610   641   654   635   652   646   672   640   491   526
      Clinical medicine   278   286   313   336   333   300   309   301   178   151
      Other health   332   355   341   299   319   346   363   339   313   375

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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