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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   115   134   125   120   136   162   188   197   210   196
    Female   234   217   212   231   208   215   291   259   201   186
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents   319   326   307   307   316   349   442   414   379   343
    Hispanic or Latino   15   19   24   18   15   12   15   18   10   20
    Not Hispanic or Latino   299   302   279   281   293   321   408   377   354   313
      American Indian or Alaska Native   1   2   0   1   1   2   1   0   1   0
      Asian   11   10   11   15   19   14   20   18   21   17
      Black or African American   47   38   30   36   32   34   34   47   36   31
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   0   0   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   1
      White   231   240   225   218   232   254   340   301   284   253
      More than one race   9   12   12   10   8   16   11   9   10   11
    Unknown ethnicity and race   5   5   4   8   8   16   19   19   15   10
  Temporary visa holders   30   25   30   44   28   28   37   42   32   39
  Science and engineering   180   175   171   184   179   203   224   257   262   263
    Science   124   114   111   118   107   103   124   149   140   151
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   46   35   44   44   23   27   38   25   27   26
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4   8
      Computer and information sciences   23   17   24   17   14   5   3   0   0   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   3   4   3   4   5   6   6   11   12   15
      Mathematics and statistics   4   9   12   20   26   30   30   33   28   31
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   16   10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   4   7   5   5   9   5   10   5   12   13
      Psychology   7   9   4   6   4   3   5   10   9   5
      Social sciences   21   23   19   22   26   27   32   64   48   53
    Engineering   56   61   60   66   72   100   100   108   122   112
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   4   6   6   9   4   6   7   7   8   8
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   1   3   2   3   1   3   2   1   2   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   2   1   0   2   1   12   10   5   8   8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   13   12   10   9   18   18   18   14   22   21
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   16   10   12   11   18   35   41   45   42   46
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   13   16   18   18   16   12   14   17   19   14
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   7   13   12   14   14   14   8   19   21   15
  Health   169   176   166   167   165   174   255   199   149   119
    Clinical medicine   34   35   45   47   62   75   75   77   59   59
    Other health   135   141   121   120   103   99   180   122   90   60

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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