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U. Massachusetts, Amherst

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Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2021–12
All races 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
All part-time students 732    784    687    743    672    779    695    713    843    691   
    Male 308    359    318    326    280    339    260    274    352    309   
    Female 424    425    369    417    392    440    435    439    491    382   
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 543    481    495    509    487    525    512    506    587    499   
    Hispanic or Latino 45    36    39    29    26    34    34    31    45    27   
    Not Hispanic or Latino 462    411    409    432    422    454    439    432    481    412   
      American Indian or Alaska Native 3    3    3    2    2    1    3    3    3    4   
      Asian 53    43    40    45    32    34    25    36    32    24   
      Black or African American 40    30    34    48    52    49    44    45    41    42   
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0    0    0    1    1    1    0    0    1    1   
      White 348    323    319    321    329    357    354    338    390    332   
      More than one race 18    12    13    15    6    12    13    10    14    9   
    Unknown ethnicity and race 36    34    47    48    39    37    39    43    61    60   
  Temporary visa holders 189    303    192    234    185    254    183    207    256    192   
  Science and engineering 463    521    449    484    386    456    358    423    549    420   
    Science 353    342    326    347    284    335    254    293    385    307   
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 26    29    31    32    35    51    58    65    89    58   
      Biological and biomedical sciences 35    36    37    37    40    32    27    16    32    21   
      Communication .    .    .    .    .    28    28    30    41    37   
      Computer and information sciences 88    94    74    85    39    106    35    45    58    46   
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 7    8    10    14    9    15    15    20    24    23   
      Mathematics and statistics 17    9    7    5    3    7    3    8    5    3   
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 19    0    0    0    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Natural resources and conservation 35    34    34    37    30    .    .    .    .    .   
      Neurobiology and neuroscience .    .    .    .    .    4    5    4    7    3   
      Physical sciences 18    19    20    25    17    16    11    10    27    16   
      Psychology 17    11    12    11    8    6    3    13    10    11   
      Social sciences 91    102    101    101    103    70    69    82    92    89   
    Engineering 110    179    123    137    102    121    104    130    164    113   
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1    0    0    0    .    .    .    .    .    .   
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 5    8    5    14    9    2    6    9    2    4   
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 25    16    22    23    16    21    12    14    20    14   
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 49    129    71    68    57    54    47    56    77    51   
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 9    5    5    5    4    6    4    8    10    8   
      Mechanical engineering 21    21    20    27    16    31    28    30    32    25   
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields .    .    .    .    .    7    7    13    23    11   
      Other engineering .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .    .   
    Health 269    263    238    259    286    323    337    290    294    271   
      Clinical medicine 253    249    224    240    265    296    308    262    264    249   
      Other health 16    14    14    19    21    27    29    28    30    22   

NOTES:
  • This institution is not ranked separately; data for this survey are included as part of the University of Massachusetts which includes the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • Data for this institution include the campuses at Amherst, Boston, and Worcester.
  • . = 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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