Data

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
All races | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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All full-time students | 3,843 | 3,236 | 3,395 | 3,255 | 3,360 | 3,683 | 3,607 | 3,407 | 3,417 | 3,477 |
Male | 2,436 | 2,031 | 2,136 | 2,084 | 2,154 | 2,353 | 2,284 | 2,162 | 2,188 | 2,252 |
Female | 1,407 | 1,205 | 1,259 | 1,171 | 1,206 | 1,330 | 1,323 | 1,245 | 1,229 | 1,225 |
U.S. citizens and permanent residents | 1,993 | 1,821 | 1,796 | 1,753 | 1,775 | 1,923 | 1,920 | 1,871 | 1,991 | 2,059 |
Hispanic or Latino | 146 | 134 | 136 | 133 | 121 | 136 | 125 | 103 | 98 | 83 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 1,806 | 1,641 | 1,618 | 1,581 | 1,613 | 1,749 | 1,761 | 1,744 | 1,868 | 1,947 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Asian | 167 | 131 | 122 | 119 | 119 | 110 | 117 | 105 | 116 | 116 |
Black or African American | 131 | 120 | 114 | 101 | 107 | 118 | 119 | 109 | 113 | 106 |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White | 1,420 | 1,308 | 1,295 | 1,274 | 1,314 | 1,456 | 1,463 | 1,474 | 1,578 | 1,669 |
More than one race | 83 | 78 | 83 | 80 | 68 | 62 | 59 | 55 | 60 | 54 |
Unknown ethnicity and race | 41 | 46 | 42 | 39 | 41 | 38 | 34 | 24 | 25 | 29 |
Temporary visa holders | 1,850 | 1,415 | 1,599 | 1,502 | 1,585 | 1,760 | 1,687 | 1,536 | 1,426 | 1,418 |
Science and engineering | 3,787 | 3,190 | 3,308 | 3,173 | 3,280 | 3,630 | 3,489 | 3,290 | 3,292 | 3,387 |
Science | 2,029 | 1,628 | 1,665 | 1,590 | 1,577 | 1,664 | 1,684 | 1,647 | 1,601 | 1,648 |
Agricultural and veterinary sciences | 205 | 185 | 141 | 143 | 158 | 280 | 292 | 316 | 284 | 273 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 351 | 329 | 336 | 325 | 279 | 347 | 350 | 303 | 290 | 292 |
Communication | . | . | . | . | . | 15 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
Computer and information sciences | 576 | 312 | 297 | 241 | 231 | 227 | 211 | 225 | 203 | 230 |
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 44 | 52 | 53 | 57 | 59 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 57 | 44 | 50 | 53 | 54 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 60 | 63 |
Mathematics and statistics | 119 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 118 | 127 | 137 | 109 | 122 | 129 |
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies | 28 | 25 | 30 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 |
Natural resources and conservation | 173 | 141 | 152 | 153 | 143 | . | . | . | . | . |
Psychology | 90 | 97 | 58 | 50 | 59 | 64 | 70 | 71 | 67 | 70 |
Physical sciences | 197 | 195 | 204 | 218 | 214 | 213 | 212 | 207 | 207 | 201 |
Social sciences | 233 | 193 | 289 | 276 | 298 | 265 | 259 | 265 | 271 | 292 |
Engineering | 1,758 | 1,562 | 1,643 | 1,583 | 1,703 | 1,966 | 1,805 | 1,643 | 1,691 | 1,739 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 220 | 172 | 152 | 123 | 117 | 114 | 122 | 95 | 92 | 94 |
Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering | 71 | 58 | 54 | 64 | 56 | 54 | 59 | 49 | 58 | 67 |
Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering | 93 | 89 | 91 | 98 | 100 | 47 | 39 | 33 | 38 | 44 |
Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields | 283 | 256 | 289 | 279 | 309 | 324 | 289 | 273 | 333 | 331 |
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering | 457 | 424 | 457 | 421 | 467 | 484 | 439 | 439 | 397 | 376 |
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research | 149 | 120 | 121 | 118 | 138 | 168 | 135 | 89 | 95 | 115 |
Mechanical engineering | 254 | 215 | 241 | 237 | 256 | 281 | 285 | 265 | 247 | 261 |
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields | 77 | 82 | 87 | 92 | 94 | 133 | 123 | 116 | 123 | 124 |
Other engineering | 154 | 146 | 151 | 151 | 166 | 361 | 314 | 284 | 308 | 327 |
Health | 56 | 46 | 87 | 82 | 80 | 53 | 118 | 117 | 125 | 90 |
Clinical medicine | 56 | 46 | 43 | 45 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 54 | 65 | 35 |
Other health | . | . | 44 | 37 | 36 | 0 | 56 | 63 | 60 | 55 |
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).