Data
Purdue U.
All races | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
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All part-time students | 3,410 | 3,140 | 2,599 | 2,500 | 1,996 | 1,939 | 2,592 | 2,447 | 2,219 | 1,979 |
Male | 2,430 | 2,190 | 1,825 | 1,650 | 1,456 | 1,414 | 1,703 | 1,668 | 1,595 | 1,441 |
Female | 980 | 950 | 774 | 850 | 540 | 525 | 889 | 779 | 624 | 538 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 2,194 | 2,094 | 1,637 | 1,390 | 1,179 | 1,141 | 1,753 | 1,685 | 1,468 | 1,315 |
Hispanic or Latino | 207 | 186 | 135 | 96 | 76 | 67 | 122 | 97 | 79 | 79 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,926 | 1,844 | 1,448 | 1,257 | 1,071 | 1,035 | 1,582 | 1,535 | 1,336 | 1,187 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
Asian | 254 | 233 | 177 | 140 | 132 | 106 | 120 | 121 | 124 | 102 |
Black or African American | 101 | 100 | 70 | 55 | 45 | 46 | 106 | 101 | 78 | 63 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
White | 1,483 | 1,421 | 1,145 | 1,014 | 864 | 848 | 1,301 | 1,263 | 1,113 | 993 |
More than one race | 86 | 84 | 51 | 46 | 28 | 32 | 48 | 39 | 18 | 24 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 61 | 64 | 54 | 37 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 53 | 53 | 49 |
Temporary visa holders | 1,216 | 1,046 | 962 | 1,110 | 817 | 798 | 839 | 762 | 751 | 664 |
Science and engineering | 3,203 | 2,959 | 2,464 | 2,369 | 1,943 | 1,891 | 2,546 | 2,397 | 2,154 | 1,897 |
Science | 825 | 755 | 655 | 1,010 | 504 | 542 | 1,200 | 1,060 | 817 | 553 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 30 | 29 | 23 | 70 | 32 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 29 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 64 | 58 | 52 | 182 | 53 | 57 | 77 | 63 | 62 | 67 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 445 | 358 | 144 | 58 |
Computer and information sciences | 310 | 257 | 231 | 212 | 209 | 206 | 249 | 236 | 270 | 125 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 21 | 19 | 24 | 22 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 13 | 12 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Mathematics and statistics | 63 | 61 | 59 | 119 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 29 | 39 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
Natural resources and conservation | 14 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 5 | 9 | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 13 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Physical sciences | 72 | 61 | 58 | 166 | 41 | 49 | 174 | 152 | 85 | 72 |
Social sciences | 246 | 264 | 204 | 170 | 126 | 156 | 168 | 170 | 164 | 134 |
Engineering | 2,378 | 2,204 | 1,809 | 1,359 | 1,439 | 1,349 | 1,346 | 1,337 | 1,337 | 1,344 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 272 | 288 | 281 | 217 | 260 | 221 | 200 | 174 | 144 | 134 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 26 | 18 | 9 | 43 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 16 | 8 | 11 | 64 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 170 | 147 | 119 | 123 | 118 | 128 | 121 | 102 | 104 | 104 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 771 | 627 | 548 | 230 | 353 | 333 | 367 | 367 | 363 | 356 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 104 | 69 | 96 | 91 | 100 | 112 | 68 | 50 | 42 | 33 |
Mechanical engineering | 514 | 474 | 252 | 218 | 120 | 118 | 111 | 118 | 120 | 115 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 8 | 10 | 12 | 60 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
Other engineering | 497 | 563 | 481 | 313 | 470 | 411 | 463 | 516 | 528 | 571 |
Health | 207 | 181 | 135 | 131 | 53 | 48 | 46 | 50 | 65 | 82 |
Clinical medicine | 176 | 157 | 123 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 10 | . | . |
Other health | 31 | 24 | 12 | 98 | 24 | 33 | 40 | 40 | 65 | 82 |
NOTES:
- In previous reports the data from Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne have been included with Indiana University. Due to recent clarification of program affiliation, these data are now being counted as part of Purdue University.
- . = 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).