Data
Virginia Commonwealth U.
| All races | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 138 | 183 | 186 | 141 | 160 | 162 | 162 | 144 | 166 | 191 | ||||||||||
| Female | 204 | 159 | 174 | 152 | 175 | 147 | 183 | 197 | 194 | 211 | ||||||||||
| U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 342 | 342 | 332 | 273 | 312 | 283 | 323 | 312 | 322 | 364 | ||||||||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 24 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 280 | 271 | 298 | 243 | 279 | 246 | 306 | 293 | 305 | 334 | ||||||||||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Asian | 41 | 35 | 35 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 27 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Black or African American | 51 | 47 | 49 | 27 | 32 | 27 | 35 | 38 | 36 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| White | 172 | 182 | 208 | 188 | 211 | 195 | 243 | 225 | 234 | 253 | ||||||||||
| More than one race | 15 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Unknown ethnicity and race | 38 | 46 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Temporary visa holders | 0 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 29 | 38 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Science and engineering | 267 | 282 | 291 | 227 | 258 | 229 | 249 | 267 | 297 | 329 | ||||||||||
| Science | 202 | 182 | 196 | 160 | 185 | 163 | 178 | 238 | 250 | 272 | ||||||||||
| Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 38 | 39 | 43 | 39 | 51 | 35 | 36 | 23 | 38 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Communication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 47 | 42 | 38 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 22 | 35 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mathematics and statistics | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Natural resources and conservation | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Physical sciences | 18 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Psychology | 42 | 26 | 42 | 34 | 21 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 31 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Social sciences | 28 | 27 | 18 | 20 | 35 | 42 | 46 | 119 | 78 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Engineering | 65 | 100 | 95 | 67 | 73 | 66 | 71 | 29 | 47 | 57 | ||||||||||
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 11 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 54 | 88 | 83 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 71 | 29 | 33 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Health | 75 | 60 | 69 | 66 | 77 | 80 | 96 | 74 | 63 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Clinical medicine | 13 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Other health | 62 | 49 | 56 | 58 | 68 | 67 | 84 | 63 | 47 | 56 | ||||||||||
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).

