Data

Northeastern U.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 6,586 | 5,389 | 4,711 | 4,254 | 4,282 | 3,352 | 3,006 | 3,837 | 3,386 | 2,908 |
Male | 3,916 | 3,275 | 3,035 | 2,782 | 2,791 | 2,163 | 1,912 | 2,465 | 2,137 | 1,850 |
Female | 2,670 | 2,114 | 1,676 | 1,472 | 1,491 | 1,189 | 1,094 | 1,372 | 1,249 | 1,058 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,531 | 1,210 | 1,107 | 1,097 | 1,105 | 913 | 847 | 896 | 959 | 892 |
Hispanic or Latino | 140 | 110 | 98 | 86 | 98 | 67 | 46 | 43 | 48 | 41 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,319 | 1,029 | 930 | 939 | 929 | 752 | 692 | 706 | 727 | 651 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Asian | 237 | 180 | 154 | 151 | 133 | 79 | 70 | 76 | 84 | 54 |
Black or African American | 81 | 64 | 54 | 46 | 41 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 38 | 35 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
White | 936 | 739 | 684 | 703 | 714 | 615 | 568 | 563 | 583 | 546 |
More than one race | 63 | 45 | 37 | 36 | 38 | 24 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 14 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 72 | 71 | 79 | 72 | 78 | 94 | 109 | 147 | 184 | 200 |
Temporary visa holders | 5,055 | 4,179 | 3,604 | 3,157 | 3,177 | 2,439 | 2,159 | 2,941 | 2,427 | 2,016 |
Science and engineering | 6,458 | 5,280 | 4,567 | 4,105 | 4,061 | 3,145 | 2,814 | 3,701 | 3,296 | 2,849 |
Science | 2,966 | 2,260 | 2,467 | 2,228 | 2,196 | 1,717 | 1,584 | 1,619 | 1,623 | 1,424 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 334 | 332 | 407 | 324 | 307 | 38 | 39 | 68 | 88 | 84 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Computer and information sciences | 1,432 | 1,006 | 1,217 | 1,124 | 1,114 | 919 | 841 | 857 | 767 | 611 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 29 | 9 | 63 | 68 | 71 | 66 | 50 | 41 | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 295 | 169 | 153 | 79 | 77 | 76 | 61 | 47 | 55 | 61 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 57 | 48 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 4 | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 83 | 63 | 30 | 9 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 177 | 148 | 134 | 168 | 187 | 196 | 164 | 151 | 161 | 149 |
Physical sciences | 210 | 180 | 170 | 171 | 153 | 154 | 162 | 180 | 182 | 182 |
Social sciences | 349 | 305 | 268 | 262 | 266 | 253 | 259 | 271 | 370 | 337 |
Engineering | 3,492 | 3,020 | 2,100 | 1,877 | 1,865 | 1,428 | 1,230 | 2,082 | 1,673 | 1,425 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 45 | 35 | 34 | 30 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 85 | 91 | 107 | 132 | 141 | 104 | 72 | 67 | 58 | 54 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 133 | 137 | 165 | 189 | 193 | 171 | 152 | 145 | 131 | 123 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 2,019 | 1,737 | 789 | 690 | 657 | 510 | 457 | 483 | 723 | 601 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 230 | 264 | 323 | 335 | 402 | 225 | 207 | 168 | . | . |
Mechanical engineering | 324 | 270 | 251 | 255 | 295 | 285 | 252 | 230 | 463 | 396 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other engineering | 701 | 521 | 465 | 276 | 177 | 72 | 45 | 954 | 264 | 221 |
Health | 128 | 109 | 144 | 149 | 221 | 207 | 192 | 136 | 90 | 59 |
Clinical medicine | 18 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 9 | . | . |
Other health | 110 | 105 | 126 | 130 | 204 | 190 | 179 | 127 | 90 | 59 |
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).