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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   447   442   513   553   446   474   409   376   300   327
    Hispanic or Latino   18   18   15   19   25   23   17   15   10   10
    Not Hispanic or Latino   423   421   491   526   416   451   391   357   289   316
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   5   3   4   4   1   1   1   1   2
      Asian   39   26   58   57   34   31   25   36   28   25
      Black or African American   73   68   79   87   41   44   47   31   23   25
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   0
      White   302   310   344   372   330   362   307   283   235   259
      More than one race   8   12   6   6   7   11   11   6   2   5
    Unknown ethnicity and race   6   3   7   8   5   0   1   4   1   1
  Temporary visa holders   305   311   273   293   243   274   292   261   235   228
  Science and engineering   547   529   553   592   453   530   548   503   419   450
    Science   467   463   493   540   396   456   476   431   353   381
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   178   187   229   243   117   173   181   158   85   108
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   28   27   21   31   22   21   33   28   26   32
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   30   25   25   25   22   18   35   29   25   22
      Mathematics and statistics   24   29   26   30   25   32   27   27   23   30
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   3   2   1   4   4   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   90   87   95   94   89   100   105   98   90   87
      Psychology   63   64   57   63   63   56   58   59   59   51
      Social sciences   51   42   39   50   54   56   37   32   31   31
    Engineering   80   66   60   52   57   74   72   72   66   69
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   8   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   11   16   10   7   10   11   12   15   11   10
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   20   19   17   10   11   19   20   16   16   22
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   18   16   18   18   15   17   19   21   19   19
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   19   15   15   17   17   16   14   15   15   17
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   4   0   0   0   4   6   7   5   5   1
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   0   0   0
    Health   205   224   233   254   236   218   153   134   116   105
      Clinical medicine   10   11   27   20   0   6   0   10   0   0
      Other health   195   213   206   234   236   212   153   124   116   105

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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