Data

U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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   396   382   308   359   318   326   280   339   260   274
    Female   428   431   424   425   369   417   392   440   435   439
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   559   542   543   481   495   509   487   525   512   506
    Hispanic or Latino   65   45   45   36   39   29   26   34   34   31
    Not Hispanic or Latino   457   463   462   411   409   432   422   454   439   432
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   0   3   3   3   2   2   1   3   3
      Asian   68   63   53   43   40   45   32   34   25   36
      Black or African American   32   33   40   30   34   48   52   49   44   45
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   1   0   0
      White   344   349   348   323   319   321   329   357   354   338
      More than one race   13   18   18   12   13   15   6   12   13   10
    Unknown ethnicity and race   37   34   36   34   47   48   39   37   39   43
  Temporary visa holders   265   271   189   303   192   234   185   254   183   207
  Science and engineering   618   561   463   521   449   484   386   456   358   423
    Science   492   413   353   342   326   347   284   335   254   293
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   37   27   26   29   31   32   35   51   58   65
      Biological and biomedical sciences   47   32   35   36   37   37   40   32   27   16
        Neurobiology and neuroscience   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   5   4
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   28   28   30
      Computer and information sciences   168   151   88   94   74   85   39   106   35   45
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   6   5   7   8   10   14   9   15   15   20
      Mathematics and statistics   20   19   17   9   7   5   3   7   3   8
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   63   46   19   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   26   31   35   34   34   37   30   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   14   14   18   19   20   25   17   16   11   10
      Psychology   14   15   17   11   12   11   8   6   3   13
      Social sciences   97   73   91   102   101   101   103   70   69   82
    Engineering   126   148   110   179   123   137   102   121   104   130
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   3   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   10   10   5   8   5   14   9   2   6   9
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   24   19   25   16   22   23   16   21   12   14
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   70   95   49   129   71   68   57   54   47   56
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   3   5   9   5   5   5   4   6   4   8
      Mechanical engineering   16   17   21   21   20   27   16   31   28   30
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   7   13
      Other engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
    Health   206   252   269   263   238   259   286   323   337   290
      Clinical medicine   197   239   253   249   224   240   265   296   308   262
      Other health   9   13   16   14   14   19   21   27   29   28

NOTES:
  • 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 for this institution include 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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