Data

Naval Postgraduate School

Full-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   829   763   731   839   889   896   858   737   921   1,368   0
    Hispanic or Latino   83   85   73   71   80   68   74   47   53   108   0
    Not Hispanic or Latino   739   666   645   748   794   807   749   649   823   1,232   0
      American Indian or Alaska Native   0   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   5   12   0
      Asian   59   57   52   53   55   64   80   74   80   49   0
      Black or African American   34   34   33   44   53   55   43   39   41   69   0
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander   1   1   2   1   4   4   0   0   0   49   0
      White   624   551   539   621   655   663   617   533   697   1,047   0
      More than one race   21   22   18   28   26   21   9   0   0   6   0
    Unknown ethnicity and race   7   12   13   20   15   21   35   41   45   28   0
  Temporary visa holders   104   108   93   77   74   95   107   122   157   243   0
  Science and engineering   933   871   824   916   963   991   965   859   1,078   1,611   0
    Science   529   525   448   492   539   515   534   472   699   1,089   0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Communication   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Computer and information sciences   224   227   188   191   209   129   134   86   244   425   0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences   5   6   10   7   10   46   49   46   46   63   0
      Mathematics and statistics   9   9   8   7   13   18   12   11   16   14   0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Physical sciences   38   37   35   37   35   4   1   7   86   115   0
      Psychology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Social sciences   253   246   207   250   272   318   338   322   307   472   0
    Engineering   404   346   376   424   424   476   431   387   379   522   0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering   14   44   37   41   41   64   53   47   46   71   0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering   0   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   0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering   66   62   61   77   81   85   74   71   77   88   0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research   225   190   230   262   253   236   209   179   198   276   0
      Mechanical engineering   67   45   45   42   47   47   46   52   58   87   0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other engineering   32   5   3   2   2   44   49   38   0   0   0
      Clinical medicine   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Other health   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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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