Data
Northwestern U.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All full-time students | 3,908 | 3,801 | 3,512 | 3,537 | 2,820 | 2,955 | 2,962 | 2,858 | 2,902 | 2,944 |
Male | 1,954 | 1,873 | 1,736 | 1,830 | 1,624 | 1,721 | 1,743 | 1,706 | 1,694 | 1,734 |
Female | 1,954 | 1,928 | 1,776 | 1,707 | 1,196 | 1,234 | 1,219 | 1,152 | 1,208 | 1,210 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 2,427 | 2,390 | 2,288 | 2,197 | 1,572 | 1,719 | 1,567 | 1,677 | 1,796 | 1,843 |
Hispanic or Latino | 314 | 313 | 272 | 237 | 148 | 169 | 150 | 158 | 161 | 161 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 2,024 | 1,985 | 1,921 | 1,859 | 1,332 | 1,463 | 1,334 | 1,422 | 1,516 | 1,552 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Asian | 409 | 354 | 324 | 304 | 229 | 254 | 76 | 204 | 227 | 232 |
Black or African American | 171 | 163 | 166 | 165 | 110 | 110 | 109 | 114 | 121 | 112 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
White | 1,321 | 1,357 | 1,307 | 1,252 | 904 | 1,013 | 1,070 | 1,030 | 1,097 | 1,142 |
More than one race | 118 | 104 | 116 | 130 | 84 | 82 | 76 | 70 | 69 | 61 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 89 | 92 | 95 | 101 | 92 | 87 | 83 | 97 | 119 | 130 |
Temporary visa holders | 1,481 | 1,411 | 1,224 | 1,340 | 1,248 | 1,236 | 1,395 | 1,181 | 1,106 | 1,101 |
Science and engineering | 3,797 | 3,687 | 3,342 | 3,370 | 2,718 | 2,827 | 2,858 | 2,759 | 2,764 | 2,843 |
Science | 2,636 | 2,538 | 2,288 | 2,228 | 1,642 | 1,658 | 1,805 | 1,793 | 1,826 | 1,896 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 657 | 643 | 554 | 567 | 494 | 538 | 392 | 371 | 425 | 384 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 65 | 51 | 61 | 65 |
Computer and information sciences | 296 | 263 | 194 | 206 | 168 | 124 | 124 | 141 | 129 | 149 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 23 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 26 |
Mathematics and statistics | 106 | 82 | 83 | 80 | 90 | 90 | 152 | 140 | 130 | 121 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 77 | 73 | 78 | 31 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 14 |
Natural resources and conservation | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Neurobiology and neuroscience | . | . | . | . | . | . | 122 | 117 | 135 | 134 |
Physical sciences | 422 | 382 | 396 | 403 | 308 | 312 | 358 | 385 | 357 | 376 |
Psychology | 600 | 609 | 560 | 517 | 115 | 118 | 122 | 124 | 122 | 152 |
Social sciences | 455 | 462 | 398 | 395 | 403 | 418 | 416 | 417 | 432 | 475 |
Engineering | 1,161 | 1,149 | 1,054 | 1,142 | 1,076 | 1,169 | 1,053 | 966 | 938 | 947 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 166 | 160 | 152 | 147 | 137 | 164 | 147 | 120 | 132 | 140 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 119 | 116 | 109 | 98 | 101 | 119 | 120 | 117 | 121 | 118 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 119 | 127 | 22 | 115 | 107 | 121 | 110 | 107 | 117 | 117 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 184 | 167 | 168 | 203 | 156 | 184 | 104 | 127 | 123 | 135 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 83 | 84 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 58 | 67 | 58 | 51 | 51 |
Mechanical engineering | 139 | 140 | 229 | 173 | 161 | 163 | 160 | 136 | 131 | 134 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 227 | 247 | 209 | 236 | 232 | 234 | 248 | 237 | 207 | 204 |
Other engineering | 124 | 108 | 100 | 106 | 119 | 126 | 97 | 64 | 56 | 48 |
Health | 111 | 114 | 170 | 167 | 102 | 128 | 104 | 99 | 138 | 101 |
Clinical medicine | 61 | 63 | 93 | 95 | 36 | 71 | 55 | 46 | 94 | 54 |
Other health | 50 | 51 | 77 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 49 | 53 | 44 | 47 |
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).