Data

Wake Forest U.

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   521   410   405   395   431   411   410   379   389   383
    Hispanic or Latino   48   29   32   22   25   16   19   11   9   10
    Not Hispanic or Latino   457   370   362   363   390   358   354   340   365   356
      American Indian or Alaska Native   4   8   1   0   0   2   2   1   1   0
      Asian   56   38   29   24   38   29   26   17   22   16
      Black or African American   74   48   35   40   39   41   39   43   44   38
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   1   0   0   1   0   0   1   2   2
      White   320   269   278   285   294   279   278   272   291   298
      More than one race   2   6   19   14   18   7   9   6   5   2
    Unknown ethnicity and race   16   11   11   10   16   37   37   28   15   17
  Temporary visa holders   113   114   106   93   80   90   86   75   80   79
  Science and engineering   600   485   472   449   455   461   458   413   439   433
    Science   503   415   404   376   388   395   395   365   394   388
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   363   272   269   250   255   264   264   237   184   196
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   31   27
      Computer and information sciences   15   9   11   8   8   10   10   11   11   10
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   40   37   32   35   37   36   33   34   37   27
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   61   70   69   59   63   60   62   56   64   66
      Psychology   24   27   23   24   25   25   26   27   29   25
      Social sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   97   70   68   73   67   66   63   48   45   45
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   97   70   68   73   67   66   63   48   45   45
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   34   39   39   39   56   40   38   41   30   29
      Clinical medicine   19   17   13   15   32   13   13   13   12   12
      Other health   15   22   26   24   24   27   25   28   18   17

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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