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Part-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   557   561   572   499   513   499   506   458   473 i   401 i
    Female   340   351   338   312   281   276   321   277   301 i   285 i
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   824   843   850   756   741   718   728   679   713 i   646 i
    Hispanic or Latino   48   48   56   50   48   52   46   39   32 i   37 i
    Not Hispanic or Latino   760   785   779   690   677   651   670   634   669 i   598 i
      American Indian or Alaska Native   3   6   5   2   3   2   4   0   1 i   2 i
      Asian   41   27   30   23   27   17   32   12   17 i   14 i
      Black or African American   87   86   95   77   62   58   52   54   63 i   50 i
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   1   2   3   4   2   2 i   0 i
      White   616   651   642   581   576   563   569   558   579 i   529 i
      More than one race   13   15   7   6   7   8   9   8   7 i   3 i
    Unknown ethnicity and race   16   10   15   16   16   15   12   6   12 i   11 i
  Temporary visa holders   73   69   60   55   53   57   99   56   61 i   40 i
  Science and engineering   881   899   889   794   760   738   795   704   745 i   659 i
    Science   481   528   497   452   421   414   457   409   475 i   467 i
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   97   91   77   68   44   49   59   87   88 i   88 i
      Biological and biomedical sciences   35   43   19   23   18   17   32   37   44 i   63 i
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Computer and information sciences   53   54   39   21   20   17   12   12   16 i   15 i
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   14   19 i   14 i
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   131   159   203   193   201   205   210   162   213 i   206 i
      Mathematics and statistics   4   5   0   3   4   3   3   5   5 i   1 i
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 i   0 i
      Natural resources and conservation   48   67   35   39   34   31   35   0   0 i   0 i
      Physical sciences   4   3   6   2   2   4   7   3   1 i   0 i
      Psychology   64   50   52   39   21   9   13   21   15 i   11 i
      Social sciences   45   56   66   64   77   79   85   68   74 i   69 i
    Engineering   400   371   392   342   339   324   338   295   270 i   192 i
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   29   28   25   23   21   26   28   26   12 i   11 i
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   6   5   0   2   7   0   5   4   3 i   2 i
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   15   13   8   5   2   4   2   5   4 i   9 i
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   70   74   86   81   84   76   86   86   86 i   66 i
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   69   68   67   61   54   57   50   39   46 i   39 i
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   85   71   79   66   64   67   65   59   67 i   15 i
      Mechanical engineering   58   54   67   59   54   46   55   35   26 i   20 i
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
      Other engineering   68   58   60   45   53   48   47   41   26 i   30 i
  Health   16   13   21   17   34   37   32   31   29 i   27 i
    Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 i   0 i
    Other health   16   13   21   17   34   37   32   31   29 i   27 i

i=imputed

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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