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Part-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   881   932   881   833   737   779   567   530   461   466
    Hispanic or Latino   72   77   70   55   52   69   36   35   28   30
    Not Hispanic or Latino   780   831   783   758   655   680   503   476   417   426
      American Indian or Alaska Native   5   3   3   3   2   2   0   4   5   2
      Asian   91   82   71   59   67   51   38   32   30   27
      Black or African American   24   26   16   14   12   21   23   16   11   13
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   3   2   0   0   0   1   3   1   1   1
      White   624   688   662   652   548   578   424   414   361   376
      More than one race   33   30   31   30   26   27   15   9   9   7
    Unknown ethnicity and race   29   24   28   20   30   30   28   19   16   10
  Temporary visa holders   391   356   319   242   231   271   99   95   106   108
  Science and engineering   1,129   1,128   1,104   997   908   985   636   578   528   540
    Science   821   766   693   630   580   615   311   270   258   227
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   9   7   12   11   5   9   8   10   31   31
      Biological and biomedical sciences   130   133   66   64   55   67   28   29   29   45
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11   7
      Computer and information sciences   252   187   158   129   122   108   46   35   25   29
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   8   9   10   12   15   11   5   4   5   9
      Mathematics and statistics   84   79   84   60   55   67   11   6   10   10
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   22   34   48   40   41   36   15   19   0   0
      Physical sciences   40   31   40   23   30   32   7   11   11   9
      Psychology   125   132   119   103   70   69   47   35   47   43
      Social sciences   149   152   156   188   187   216   144   121   83   39
    Engineering   308   362   411   367   328   370   325   308   270   313
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   3   10   6   3   4   6   2   3   3   7
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   0   1   1   1   1   1   3   0   0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields   30   25   31   31   25   38   34   37   29   34
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   73   75   83   65   58   76   52   45   43   68
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   43   49   35   14   11   7   19   19   10   17
      Mechanical engineering   37   21   22   20   27   32   23   36   36   30
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   4   9   3   3   5   13   5   3   3   3
      Other engineering   118   173   230   230   197   197   189   162   146   154
    Health   143   160   96   78   60   65   30   47   39   34
      Clinical medicine   20   33   23   32   24   22   21   25   18   20
      Other health   123   127   73   46   36   43   9   22   21   14

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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