Field |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
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U.S. citizens and permanent residents, all fieldsa | 1,536,007 | 1,573,094 | 1,620,629 | 1,681,535 | 1,751,821 | 1,796,133 | 1,821,458 | 1,840,490 | 1,857,833 | 1,881,684 | 1,903,321 |
Science and engineering | 574,730 | 591,388 | 619,829 | 661,172 | 711,049 | 753,347 | 787,019 | 815,404 | 838,333 | 861,400 | 885,538 |
Science | 508,721 | 524,525 | 549,620 | 588,000 | 633,816 | 671,975 | 700,271 | 723,735 | 739,166 | 754,929 | 774,136 |
Computer and information sciences | 37,118 | 36,677 | 38,240 | 41,558 | 45,672 | 49,204 | 53,311 | 56,940 | 61,100 | 66,988 | 73,474 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 5,092 | 5,367 | 5,616 | 6,206 | 6,871 | 7,333 | 7,755 | 8,354 | 8,480 | 8,507 | 8,569 |
Atmospheric sciences | 731 | 713 | 685 | 673 | 726 | 733 | 736 | 721 | 699 | 668 | 703 |
Earth sciences | 3,359 | 3,588 | 3,816 | 4,243 | 4,743 | 5,084 | 5,466 | 5,909 | 6,075 | 6,139 | 6,204 |
Ocean sciences | 1,002 | 1,066 | 1,115 | 1,290 | 1,402 | 1,516 | 1,553 | 1,724 | 1,706 | 1,700 | 1,662 |
Life sciences | 198,546 | 210,681 | 227,027 | 248,651 | 276,220 | 302,927 | 325,481 | 348,839 | 364,247 | 376,656 | 387,186 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 19,205 | 20,162 | 21,502 | 23,823 | 26,063 | 28,557 | 29,708 | 30,395 | 31,342 | 31,877 | 33,091 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 79,220 | 82,238 | 86,142 | 89,844 | 95,902 | 100,440 | 105,350 | 110,671 | 114,233 | 116,610 | 119,571 |
Health sciences | 100,121 | 108,281 | 119,383 | 134,984 | 154,255 | 173,930 | 190,423 | 207,773 | 218,672 | 228,169 | 234,524 |
Mathematics and Statistics | 15,079 | 15,369 | 15,824 | 16,665 | 17,929 | 19,175 | 19,523 | 20,002 | 20,525 | 21,322 | 22,356 |
Physical sciences | 16,879 | 17,146 | 17,601 | 18,318 | 19,456 | 20,188 | 21,085 | 21,256 | 21,429 | 21,912 | 22,059 |
Astronomy | 330 | 322 | 375 | 348 | 384 | 345 | 401 | 377 | 424 | 500 | 547 |
Chemistry | 11,364 | 11,615 | 11,791 | 12,315 | 13,115 | 13,331 | 13,937 | 13,907 | 13,852 | 14,230 | 14,054 |
Physics | 4,647 | 4,633 | 4,793 | 4,966 | 5,231 | 5,758 | 5,952 | 6,267 | 6,527 | 6,567 | 6,895 |
Other physical sciences | 538 | 576 | 642 | 689 | 726 | 754 | 795 | 705 | 626 | 615 | 563 |
Psychology and social sciences | 236,007 | 239,285 | 245,312 | 256,602 | 267,668 | 273,148 | 273,116 | 268,344 | 263,385 | 259,544 | 260,492 |
Anthropology | 8,518 | 8,828 | 9,234 | 9,696 | 10,747 | 11,199 | 10,939 | 9,823 | 9,001 | 8,259 | 8,293 |
Economics | 23,124 | 23,994 | 24,981 | 25,284 | 24,295 | 24,032 | 24,940 | 26,898 | 27,199 | 27,583 | 28,634 |
Political science | 39,782 | 38,645 | 38,875 | 39,345 | 39,019 | 37,638 | 36,511 | 34,507 | 32,949 | 33,119 | 33,756 |
Psychology | 91,515 | 93,135 | 96,052 | 99,892 | 107,776 | 113,144 | 115,945 | 116,211 | 115,750 | 114,384 | 114,314 |
Sociology | 28,543 | 28,480 | 28,633 | 29,243 | 30,163 | 30,544 | 30,125 | 28,959 | 27,899 | 27,228 | 27,085 |
Other social sciences | 44,525 | 46,203 | 47,537 | 53,142 | 55,668 | 56,591 | 54,656 | 51,946 | 50,587 | 48,971 | 48,410 |
Engineering | 66,009 | 66,863 | 70,209 | 73,172 | 77,233 | 81,372 | 86,748 | 91,669 | 99,167 | 106,471 | 111,402 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2,783 | 2,859 | 2,990 | 3,097 | 3,278 | 3,217 | 3,269 | 3,599 | 3,574 | 3,724 | 3,814 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 3,108 | 3,492 | 3,577 | 3,797 | 4,230 | 4,588 | 5,149 | 5,504 | 6,155 | 6,494 | 6,876 |
Chemical engineering | 4,544 | 4,776 | 5,425 | 5,947 | 6,551 | 6,949 | 7,443 | 8,207 | 9,060 | 9,901 | 10,366 |
Civil engineering | 10,331 | 10,711 | 11,166 | 12,314 | 12,380 | 12,810 | 12,383 | 11,988 | 12,302 | 12,445 | 12,673 |
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering | 11,404 | 10,733 | 10,551 | 10,403 | 10,754 | 11,483 | 12,369 | 12,845 | 13,775 | 14,845 | 14,711 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 3,160 | 3,510 | 3,741 | 3,840 | 4,094 | 4,179 | 4,630 | 5,046 | 5,445 | 5,867 | 6,170 |
Materials science engineering | 880 | 842 | 925 | 908 | 1,058 | 1,149 | 1,186 | 1,325 | 1,437 | 1,483 | 1,491 |
Mechanical engineering | 16,872 | 16,838 | 17,980 | 18,510 | 19,667 | 20,955 | 23,119 | 24,910 | 27,301 | 29,684 | 32,101 |
Other engineering | 12,927 | 13,102 | 13,854 | 14,356 | 15,221 | 16,042 | 17,200 | 18,245 | 20,118 | 22,028 | 23,200 |
Non-science and engineering | 961,277 | 981,706 | 1,000,800 | 1,020,363 | 1,040,772 | 1,042,786 | 1,034,439 | 1,025,086 | 1,019,500 | 1,020,284 | 1,017,783 |
Education | 123,591 | 123,365 | 122,411 | 124,239 | 127,232 | 127,066 | 122,729 | 116,159 | 112,913 | 110,887 | 109,321 |
Humanities and arts | 258,323 | 260,541 | 261,668 | 263,814 | 266,870 | 265,728 | 256,500 | 243,403 | 232,417 | 225,675 | 220,616 |
Technologies | 29,508 | 30,647 | 31,052 | 32,689 | 35,715 | 35,721 | 36,537 | 37,933 | 38,889 | 39,861 | 40,349 |
Other non-science and engineering/ |
549,855 | 567,153 | 585,669 | 599,621 | 610,955 | 614,271 | 618,673 | 627,591 | 635,281 | 643,861 | 647,497 |
Hispanic or Latino, all fields | 131,695 | 137,746 | 147,205 | 159,936 | 176,719 | 194,919 | 211,710 | 226,900 | 245,081 | 258,195 | 277,429 |
Science and engineering | 46,310 | 49,074 | 54,236 | 61,162 | 70,597 | 80,872 | 91,484 | 100,438 | 110,603 | 118,265 | 128,263 |
Science | 41,052 | 43,477 | 48,271 | 54,827 | 63,391 | 72,947 | 82,469 | 90,449 | 99,231 | 105,624 | 114,711 |
Computer and information sciences | 2,923 | 2,999 | 3,124 | 3,539 | 4,216 | 4,719 | 5,469 | 5,912 | 6,612 | 7,544 | 8,370 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 249 | 271 | 300 | 332 | 402 | 474 | 600 | 661 | 796 | 808 | 896 |
Atmospheric sciences | 30 | 42 | 31 | 29 | 36 | 33 | 56 | 46 | 39 | 46 | 40 |
Earth sciences | 151 | 172 | 199 | 218 | 268 | 334 | 418 | 460 | 575 | 612 | 664 |
Ocean sciences | 68 | 57 | 70 | 85 | 98 | 107 | 126 | 155 | 182 | 150 | 192 |
Life sciences | 13,230 | 14,224 | 16,864 | 19,722 | 23,734 | 28,289 | 33,179 | 38,140 | 43,001 | 46,544 | 50,756 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 1,038 | 1,018 | 1,057 | 1,293 | 1,471 | 1,903 | 2,058 | 2,344 | 2,661 | 2,907 | 3,192 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,938 | 6,334 | 7,070 | 7,694 | 8,812 | 9,997 | 11,437 | 13,049 | 14,415 | 15,238 | 17,458 |
Health sciences | 6,254 | 6,872 | 8,737 | 10,735 | 13,451 | 16,389 | 19,684 | 22,747 | 25,925 | 28,399 | 30,106 |
Mathematics and Statistics | 924 | 978 | 1,005 | 1,152 | 1,277 | 1,504 | 1,755 | 1,937 | 2,166 | 2,328 | 2,556 |
Physical sciences | 1,122 | 1,169 | 1,161 | 1,278 | 1,428 | 1,633 | 1,828 | 2,050 | 2,138 | 2,387 | 2,723 |
Astronomy | 30 | 21 | 33 | 26 | 21 | 31 | 36 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 67 |
Chemistry | 830 | 879 | 841 | 940 | 1,052 | 1,104 | 1,273 | 1,416 | 1,455 | 1,641 | 1,803 |
Physics | 229 | 235 | 258 | 276 | 314 | 426 | 446 | 528 | 585 | 635 | 786 |
Other physical sciences | 33 | 34 | 29 | 36 | 41 | 72 | 73 | 68 | 53 | 57 | 67 |
Psychology and social sciences | 22,604 | 23,836 | 25,817 | 28,804 | 32,334 | 36,328 | 39,638 | 41,749 | 44,518 | 46,013 | 49,410 |
Anthropology | 713 | 768 | 860 | 1,044 | 1,178 | 1,374 | 1,491 | 1,526 | 1,584 | 1,495 | 1,550 |
Economics | 1,499 | 1,567 | 1,778 | 1,778 | 1,983 | 2,117 | 2,321 | 2,713 | 2,868 | 3,015 | 3,417 |
Political science | 3,567 | 3,676 | 3,833 | 4,118 | 4,423 | 4,840 | 4,962 | 4,987 | 5,079 | 5,518 | 5,711 |
Psychology | 8,885 | 9,615 | 10,412 | 11,667 | 13,359 | 15,389 | 17,580 | 18,799 | 20,321 | 20,675 | 22,926 |
Sociology | 3,283 | 3,398 | 3,746 | 4,065 | 4,603 | 5,198 | 5,438 | 5,699 | 6,320 | 6,622 | 6,962 |
Other social sciences | 4,657 | 4,812 | 5,188 | 6,132 | 6,788 | 7,410 | 7,846 | 8,025 | 8,346 | 8,688 | 8,844 |
Engineering | 5,258 | 5,597 | 5,965 | 6,335 | 7,206 | 7,925 | 9,015 | 9,989 | 11,372 | 12,641 | 13,552 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 172 | 194 | 232 | 217 | 279 | 288 | 345 | 396 | 420 | 411 | 448 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 151 | 190 | 174 | 217 | 247 | 316 | 360 | 445 | 543 | 615 | 681 |
Chemical engineering | 337 | 364 | 403 | 427 | 543 | 568 | 616 | 677 | 899 | 959 | 1,057 |
Civil engineering | 1,000 | 1,095 | 1,220 | 1,300 | 1,442 | 1,628 | 1,593 | 1,661 | 1,787 | 1,909 | 1,894 |
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering | 1,085 | 1,123 | 1,033 | 1,118 | 1,222 | 1,306 | 1,502 | 1,590 | 1,783 | 2,025 | 1,975 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 326 | 428 | 431 | 463 | 540 | 543 | 605 | 645 | 698 | 777 | 831 |
Materials science engineering | 38 | 36 | 41 | 37 | 65 | 65 | 86 | 74 | 112 | 103 | 105 |
Mechanical engineering | 1,300 | 1,181 | 1,442 | 1,514 | 1,710 | 1,969 | 2,340 | 2,759 | 3,095 | 3,544 | 3,992 |
Other engineering | 849 | 986 | 989 | 1,042 | 1,158 | 1,242 | 1,568 | 1,742 | 2,035 | 2,298 | 2,569 |
Non-science and engineering | 85,385 | 88,672 | 92,969 | 98,774 | 106,122 | 114,047 | 120,226 | 126,462 | 134,478 | 139,930 | 149,166 |
Education | 10,134 | 10,361 | 10,302 | 9,802 | 10,175 | 10,311 | 10,522 | 10,572 | 11,679 | 11,933 | 13,154 |
Humanities and arts | 21,020 | 21,332 | 22,242 | 24,100 | 25,945 | 28,087 | 29,059 | 29,024 | 30,239 | 30,462 | 31,906 |
Technologies | 2,276 | 2,284 | 2,365 | 2,511 | 2,811 | 3,304 | 3,580 | 3,899 | 4,373 | 4,746 | 5,064 |
Other non-science and engineering/ |
51,955 | 54,695 | 58,060 | 62,361 | 67,191 | 72,345 | 77,065 | 82,967 | 88,187 | 92,789 | 99,042 |
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American Indian or Alaska Native, all fields | 10,768 | 11,407 | 11,485 | 11,126 | 10,740 | 10,768 | 10,211 | 9,697 | 9,316 | 9,194 | 8,838 |
Science and engineering | 4,054 | 4,261 | 4,384 | 4,203 | 4,167 | 4,322 | 4,082 | 3,930 | 3,857 | 3,910 | 3,823 |
Science | 3,709 | 3,912 | 4,015 | 3,879 | 3,857 | 3,965 | 3,762 | 3,614 | 3,543 | 3,615 | 3,463 |
Computer and information sciences | 221 | 213 | 248 | 226 | 231 | 267 | 278 | 281 | 229 | 255 | 250 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 31 | 35 | 49 | 41 | 55 | 40 | 48 | 47 | 49 | 42 | 50 |
Atmospheric sciences | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Earth sciences | 25 | 23 | 39 | 29 | 44 | 26 | 38 | 35 | 29 | 30 | 38 |
Ocean sciences | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 9 |
Life sciences | 1,399 | 1,557 | 1,562 | 1,562 | 1,622 | 1,721 | 1,656 | 1,677 | 1,636 | 1,788 | 1,739 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 179 | 215 | 180 | 190 | 217 | 234 | 197 | 211 | 188 | 209 | 236 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 505 | 571 | 545 | 536 | 568 | 521 | 488 | 432 | 460 | 447 | 448 |
Health sciences | 715 | 771 | 837 | 836 | 837 | 966 | 971 | 1,034 | 988 | 1,132 | 1,055 |
Mathematics and Statistics | 73 | 71 | 76 | 84 | 58 | 77 | 61 | 68 | 51 | 61 | 61 |
Physical sciences | 107 | 134 | 108 | 102 | 87 | 103 | 109 | 77 | 91 | 75 | 85 |
Astronomy | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Chemistry | 80 | 94 | 66 | 68 | 59 | 69 | 79 | 64 | 65 | 52 | 62 |
Physics | 22 | 32 | 35 | 31 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 23 | 16 | 21 |
Other physical sciences | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Psychology and social sciences | 1,878 | 1,902 | 1,972 | 1,864 | 1,804 | 1,757 | 1,610 | 1,464 | 1,487 | 1,394 | 1,278 |
Anthropology | 105 | 130 | 104 | 101 | 98 | 106 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 60 | 59 |
Economics | 97 | 120 | 107 | 106 | 83 | 90 | 71 | 79 | 84 | 57 | 58 |
Political science | 297 | 257 | 279 | 259 | 212 | 197 | 178 | 149 | 149 | 129 | 120 |
Psychology | 637 | 632 | 748 | 651 | 711 | 672 | 660 | 601 | 629 | 609 | 547 |
Sociology | 268 | 299 | 267 | 228 | 228 | 211 | 202 | 165 | 202 | 183 | 143 |
Other social sciences | 474 | 464 | 467 | 519 | 472 | 481 | 428 | 400 | 358 | 356 | 351 |
Engineering | 345 | 349 | 369 | 324 | 310 | 357 | 320 | 316 | 314 | 295 | 360 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 16 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 7 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
Chemical engineering | 31 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 29 |
Civil engineering | 53 | 56 | 63 | 78 | 52 | 64 | 59 | 36 | 52 | 49 | 49 |
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering | 57 | 54 | 57 | 39 | 39 | 52 | 46 | 37 | 36 | 37 | 53 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 23 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 22 |
Materials science engineering | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Mechanical engineering | 81 | 88 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 82 | 70 | 97 | 92 | 67 | 107 |
Other engineering | 70 | 82 | 87 | 66 | 68 | 88 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 74 | 81 |
Non-science and engineering | 6,714 | 7,146 | 7,101 | 6,923 | 6,573 | 6,446 | 6,129 | 5,767 | 5,459 | 5,284 | 5,015 |
Education | 996 | 1,018 | 1,006 | 963 | 861 | 828 | 840 | 776 | 690 | 690 | 607 |
Humanities and arts | 1,839 | 2,016 | 1,874 | 1,791 | 1,774 | 1,676 | 1,490 | 1,350 | 1,244 | 1,141 | 1,059 |
Technologies | 213 | 262 | 241 | 282 | 260 | 306 | 251 | 281 | 250 | 241 | 232 |
Other non-science and engineering/ |
3,666 | 3,850 | 3,980 | 3,887 | 3,678 | 3,636 | 3,548 | 3,360 | 3,275 | 3,212 | 3,117 |
Asian or Pacific Islander, all fields | 102,301 | 105,246 | 109,022 | 113,214 | 118,282 | 122,890 | 125,176 | 127,809 | 132,780 | 138,753 | 146,185 |
Science and engineering | 52,835 | 54,739 | 57,458 | 60,107 | 64,365 | 68,655 | 71,659 | 74,243 | 77,871 | 82,282 | 87,789 |
Science | 44,406 | 46,366 | 48,927 | 51,206 | 55,008 | 58,422 | 61,289 | 63,277 | 65,789 | 69,230 | 73,963 |
Computer and information sciences | 3,133 | 2,894 | 3,015 | 3,540 | 3,968 | 4,679 | 5,543 | 6,506 | 8,127 | 9,893 | 12,060 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 166 | 190 | 203 | 198 | 226 | 265 | 275 | 316 | 327 | 325 | 329 |
Atmospheric sciences | 13 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 14 |
Earth sciences | 101 | 115 | 131 | 132 | 153 | 195 | 182 | 214 | 228 | 229 | 231 |
Ocean sciences | 52 | 61 | 57 | 55 | 53 | 55 | 76 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 84 |
Life sciences | 19,127 | 20,838 | 22,357 | 23,528 | 26,585 | 28,525 | 30,547 | 32,065 | 33,124 | 34,446 | 35,938 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 661 | 795 | 884 | 1,001 | 1,160 | 1,251 | 1,260 | 1,307 | 1,236 | 1,288 | 1,386 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 12,821 | 13,531 | 14,282 | 14,674 | 15,631 | 15,999 | 16,342 | 16,889 | 17,322 | 17,746 | 18,296 |
Health sciences | 5,645 | 6,512 | 7,191 | 7,853 | 9,794 | 11,275 | 12,945 | 13,869 | 14,566 | 15,412 | 16,256 |
Mathematics and Statistics | 1,512 | 1,565 | 1,630 | 1,842 | 1,883 | 2,137 | 2,234 | 2,379 | 2,521 | 2,719 | 3,227 |
Physical sciences | 1,967 | 2,046 | 2,117 | 2,199 | 2,353 | 2,474 | 2,635 | 2,550 | 2,533 | 2,523 | 2,611 |
Astronomy | 21 | 27 | 36 | 20 | 33 | 32 | 38 | 27 | 38 | 37 | 38 |
Chemistry | 1,596 | 1,671 | 1,726 | 1,796 | 1,877 | 1,960 | 2,122 | 2,006 | 1,976 | 1,979 | 1,967 |
Physics | 307 | 306 | 310 | 347 | 382 | 439 | 407 | 471 | 477 | 474 | 564 |
Other physical sciences | 43 | 42 | 45 | 36 | 61 | 43 | 68 | 46 | 42 | 33 | 42 |
Psychology and social sciences | 18,501 | 18,833 | 19,605 | 19,899 | 19,993 | 20,342 | 20,055 | 19,461 | 19,157 | 19,324 | 19,798 |
Anthropology | 575 | 593 | 674 | 678 | 701 | 755 | 746 | 647 | 599 | 578 | 583 |
Economics | 3,947 | 4,154 | 4,592 | 4,424 | 4,131 | 4,087 | 4,146 | 4,243 | 4,230 | 4,349 | 4,573 |
Political science | 2,581 | 2,505 | 2,499 | 2,621 | 2,516 | 2,441 | 2,279 | 2,046 | 1,902 | 1,845 | 1,900 |
Psychology | 5,931 | 6,042 | 6,231 | 6,413 | 6,916 | 7,245 | 7,374 | 7,237 | 7,348 | 7,548 | 7,567 |
Sociology | 1,994 | 1,950 | 1,992 | 1,907 | 1,859 | 1,896 | 1,847 | 1,801 | 1,682 | 1,626 | 1,714 |
Other social sciences | 3,473 | 3,589 | 3,617 | 3,856 | 3,870 | 3,918 | 3,663 | 3,487 | 3,396 | 3,378 | 3,461 |
Engineering | 8,429 | 8,373 | 8,531 | 8,901 | 9,357 | 10,233 | 10,370 | 10,966 | 12,082 | 13,052 | 13,826 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 278 | 294 | 309 | 328 | 348 | 394 | 340 | 399 | 357 | 430 | 397 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 915 | 1,026 | 1,075 | 1,121 | 1,223 | 1,287 | 1,335 | 1,255 | 1,467 | 1,443 | 1,537 |
Chemical engineering | 661 | 708 | 849 | 839 | 992 | 1,064 | 1,056 | 1,240 | 1,294 | 1,420 | 1,466 |
Civil engineering | 903 | 1,002 | 978 | 1,171 | 1,123 | 1,238 | 1,090 | 1,062 | 1,119 | 1,145 | 1,146 |
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering | 2,294 | 1,980 | 1,879 | 1,901 | 1,908 | 2,066 | 2,106 | 2,174 | 2,440 | 2,573 | 2,602 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 315 | 360 | 343 | 390 | 395 | 432 | 427 | 460 | 527 | 555 | 586 |
Materials science engineering | 130 | 131 | 148 | 135 | 150 | 197 | 166 | 206 | 199 | 210 | 232 |
Mechanical engineering | 1,483 | 1,482 | 1,535 | 1,588 | 1,707 | 1,907 | 1,994 | 2,109 | 2,360 | 2,562 | 2,814 |
Other engineering | 1,450 | 1,390 | 1,415 | 1,428 | 1,511 | 1,648 | 1,856 | 2,061 | 2,319 | 2,714 | 3,046 |
Non-science and engineering | 49,466 | 50,507 | 51,564 | 53,107 | 53,917 | 54,235 | 53,517 | 53,566 | 54,909 | 56,471 | 58,396 |
Education | 2,698 | 2,633 | 2,630 | 2,997 | 2,886 | 2,990 | 3,165 | 3,208 | 3,305 | 3,594 | 3,835 |
Humanities and arts | 12,539 | 12,490 | 12,573 | 12,417 | 12,475 | 12,743 | 11,881 | 11,232 | 11,035 | 11,015 | 11,156 |
Technologies | 1,576 | 1,650 | 1,658 | 1,765 | 1,873 | 1,915 | 1,939 | 2,109 | 2,305 | 2,286 | 2,361 |
Other non-science and engineering/ |
32,653 | 33,734 | 34,703 | 35,928 | 36,683 | 36,587 | 36,532 | 37,017 | 38,264 | 39,576 | 41,044 |
Black or African American, all fields | 142,576 | 145,988 | 152,404 | 161,005 | 172,869 | 179,517 | 180,812 | 182,778 | 185,880 | 188,414 | 188,072 |
Science and engineering | 50,918 | 51,887 | 54,570 | 59,410 | 64,742 | 69,316 | 71,401 | 73,608 | 76,000 | 78,154 | 79,384 |
Science | 47,808 | 48,780 | 51,480 | 56,299 | 61,510 | 65,801 | 67,789 | 69,750 | 71,784 | 73,703 | 74,578 |
Computer and information sciences | 4,011 | 3,868 | 4,066 | 4,418 | 4,851 | 5,497 | 5,472 | 5,746 | 5,658 | 6,068 | 6,558 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 109 | 107 | 120 | 135 | 146 | 162 | 177 | 189 | 185 | 201 | 244 |
Atmospheric sciences | 21 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 34 |
Earth sciences | 64 | 65 | 71 | 74 | 93 | 105 | 115 | 143 | 123 | 145 | 168 |
Ocean sciences | 24 | 22 | 26 | 38 | 35 | 36 | 43 | 32 | 40 | 42 | 42 |
Life sciences | 17,231 | 18,009 | 19,576 | 21,885 | 24,636 | 27,409 | 29,255 | 30,974 | 33,232 | 34,855 | 35,646 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 621 | 585 | 678 | 651 | 786 | 809 | 923 | 937 | 989 | 1,036 | 1,078 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 5,983 | 6,234 | 6,411 | 6,647 | 7,046 | 7,466 | 7,629 | 8,227 | 8,774 | 9,308 | 9,328 |
Health sciences | 10,627 | 11,190 | 12,487 | 14,587 | 16,804 | 19,134 | 20,703 | 21,810 | 23,469 | 24,511 | 25,240 |
Mathematics and Statistics | 796 | 842 | 834 | 821 | 964 | 1,015 | 1,022 | 1,016 | 1,007 | 1,035 | 1,089 |
Physical sciences | 1,084 | 1,133 | 1,088 | 1,125 | 1,305 | 1,259 | 1,320 | 1,252 | 1,239 | 1,369 | 1,377 |
Astronomy | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 |
Chemistry | 910 | 935 | 893 | 918 | 1,101 | 1,044 | 1,068 | 1,009 | 963 | 1,084 | 1,123 |
Physics | 144 | 149 | 143 | 149 | 142 | 148 | 195 | 172 | 217 | 224 | 210 |
Other physical sciences | 24 | 44 | 45 | 53 | 59 | 62 | 54 | 61 | 49 | 50 | 36 |
Psychology and social sciences | 24,577 | 24,821 | 25,796 | 27,915 | 29,608 | 30,459 | 30,543 | 30,573 | 30,463 | 30,175 | 29,664 |
Anthropology | 403 | 431 | 445 | 489 | 497 | 506 | 515 | 464 | 495 | 463 | 425 |
Economics | 1,316 | 1,271 | 1,358 | 1,338 | 1,298 | 1,372 | 1,357 | 1,567 | 1,455 | 1,558 | 1,526 |
Political science | 3,532 | 3,480 | 3,510 | 3,605 | 3,757 | 3,798 | 3,791 | 3,651 | 3,467 | 3,445 | 3,546 |
Psychology | 10,271 | 10,541 | 11,066 | 11,643 | 12,712 | 13,413 | 13,617 | 14,022 | 14,187 | 14,256 | 13,936 |
Sociology | 4,842 | 4,761 | 4,879 | 5,271 | 5,457 | 5,448 | 5,482 | 5,336 | 5,060 | 4,865 | 4,738 |
Other social sciences | 4,213 | 4,337 | 4,538 | 5,569 | 5,887 | 5,922 | 5,781 | 5,533 | 5,799 | 5,588 | 5,493 |
Engineering | 3,110 | 3,107 | 3,090 | 3,111 | 3,232 | 3,515 | 3,612 | 3,858 | 4,216 | 4,451 | 4,806 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 84 | 90 | 101 | 88 | 73 | 91 | 82 | 113 | 116 | 116 | 106 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 119 | 115 | 118 | 133 | 155 | 125 | 172 | 186 | 253 | 237 | 250 |
Chemical engineering | 237 | 243 | 234 | 266 | 308 | 318 | 339 | 338 | 348 | 408 | 454 |
Civil engineering | 368 | 380 | 431 | 458 | 461 | 471 | 470 | 494 | 517 | 522 | 543 |
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering | 867 | 866 | 775 | 722 | 704 | 794 | 830 | 833 | 831 | 869 | 921 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 229 | 230 | 262 | 245 | 258 | 236 | 255 | 272 | 303 | 317 | 324 |
Materials science engineering | 24 | 28 | 22 | 25 | 31 | 29 | 36 | 37 | 40 | 42 | 37 |
Mechanical engineering | 558 | 537 | 550 | 585 | 607 | 693 | 666 | 792 | 911 | 1,000 | 1,108 |
Other engineering | 624 | 618 | 597 | 589 | 635 | 758 | 762 | 793 | 897 | 940 | 1,063 |
Non-science and engineering | 91,658 | 94,101 | 97,834 | 101,595 | 108,127 | 110,201 | 109,411 | 109,170 | 109,880 | 110,260 | 108,688 |
Education | 8,170 | 8,401 | 8,418 | 8,777 | 9,396 | 10,183 | 9,856 | 9,680 | 9,530 | 9,279 | 9,216 |
Humanities and arts | 18,128 | 18,460 | 18,452 | 18,850 | 19,626 | 19,719 | 20,104 | 19,377 | 19,500 | 19,486 | 19,260 |
Technologies | 2,915 | 3,124 | 3,153 | 3,199 | 3,778 | 3,922 | 3,967 | 4,025 | 3,953 | 4,049 | 4,067 |
Other non-science and engineering/ |
62,445 | 64,116 | 67,811 | 70,769 | 75,327 | 76,377 | 75,484 | 76,088 | 76,897 | 77,446 | 76,145 |
White, all fields | 1,051,236 | 1,069,016 | 1,082,145 | 1,102,792 | 1,133,084 | 1,150,239 | 1,154,363 | 1,150,065 | 1,145,220 | 1,148,033 | 1,147,499 |
Science and engineering | 385,122 | 393,262 | 404,847 | 425,277 | 451,792 | 474,024 | 489,501 | 501,054 | 507,621 | 514,972 | 523,095 |
Science | 339,594 | 347,457 | 356,738 | 375,729 | 399,323 | 419,514 | 431,526 | 440,292 | 442,909 | 446,134 | 451,433 |
Computer and information sciences | 23,189 | 23,021 | 23,702 | 25,293 | 27,128 | 29,031 | 31,206 | 33,112 | 34,904 | 37,470 | 40,196 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 4,221 | 4,449 | 4,614 | 5,069 | 5,609 | 5,945 | 6,159 | 6,576 | 6,554 | 6,515 | 6,444 |
Atmospheric sciences | 639 | 610 | 586 | 575 | 620 | 619 | 608 | 593 | 576 | 546 | 573 |
Earth sciences | 2,801 | 2,985 | 3,134 | 3,472 | 3,873 | 4,121 | 4,379 | 4,673 | 4,732 | 4,707 | 4,660 |
Ocean sciences | 781 | 854 | 894 | 1,022 | 1,116 | 1,205 | 1,172 | 1,310 | 1,246 | 1,262 | 1,211 |
Life sciences | 136,239 | 143,281 | 151,458 | 163,836 | 179,414 | 194,922 | 207,070 | 219,891 | 227,160 | 232,481 | 236,156 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 15,798 | 16,488 | 17,406 | 19,072 | 20,721 | 22,544 | 23,338 | 23,643 | 24,210 | 24,343 | 25,027 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 49,711 | 51,025 | 52,457 | 54,358 | 57,472 | 59,757 | 62,372 | 64,292 | 65,665 | 65,972 | 66,115 |
Health sciences | 70,730 | 75,768 | 81,595 | 90,406 | 101,221 | 112,621 | 121,360 | 131,956 | 137,285 | 142,166 | 145,014 |
Mathematics and Statistics | 10,875 | 10,913 | 11,173 | 11,628 | 12,575 | 13,199 | 13,138 | 13,186 | 13,310 | 13,544 | 13,876 |
Physical sciences | 11,545 | 11,710 | 11,931 | 12,223 | 12,858 | 13,334 | 13,767 | 13,877 | 13,850 | 13,967 | 13,741 |
Astronomy | 251 | 233 | 260 | 272 | 291 | 249 | 291 | 275 | 288 | 348 | 384 |
Chemistry | 7,322 | 7,463 | 7,560 | 7,821 | 8,181 | 8,287 | 8,489 | 8,510 | 8,449 | 8,522 | 8,183 |
Physics | 3,572 | 3,599 | 3,636 | 3,734 | 3,917 | 4,285 | 4,438 | 4,612 | 4,712 | 4,683 | 4,808 |
Other physical sciences | 400 | 415 | 475 | 396 | 469 | 513 | 549 | 480 | 401 | 414 | 366 |
Psychology and social sciences | 153,525 | 154,083 | 153,860 | 157,680 | 161,739 | 163,083 | 160,186 | 153,650 | 147,131 | 142,157 | 141,020 |
Anthropology | 5,964 | 6,202 | 6,318 | 6,475 | 7,231 | 7,475 | 7,130 | 6,264 | 5,473 | 4,965 | 4,983 |
Economics | 14,707 | 15,193 | 15,271 | 15,361 | 14,672 | 14,448 | 15,102 | 16,135 | 16,418 | 16,322 | 16,962 |
Political science | 27,183 | 26,189 | 25,849 | 25,721 | 25,094 | 23,609 | 22,688 | 21,052 | 19,945 | 19,694 | 20,175 |
Psychology | 60,763 | 60,729 | 60,764 | 62,207 | 65,884 | 68,542 | 68,565 | 66,908 | 64,829 | 62,733 | 61,251 |
Sociology | 16,556 | 16,413 | 15,802 | 15,676 | 15,866 | 15,667 | 15,031 | 13,762 | 12,562 | 11,949 | 11,660 |
Other social sciences | 28,352 | 29,357 | 29,856 | 32,240 | 32,992 | 33,342 | 31,670 | 29,529 | 27,904 | 26,494 | 25,989 |
Engineering | 45,528 | 45,805 | 48,109 | 49,548 | 52,469 | 54,510 | 57,975 | 60,762 | 64,712 | 68,838 | 71,662 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2,088 | 2,113 | 2,155 | 2,257 | 2,379 | 2,254 | 2,297 | 2,484 | 2,456 | 2,471 | 2,589 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 1,747 | 1,928 | 1,986 | 2,022 | 2,314 | 2,531 | 2,938 | 3,254 | 3,468 | 3,731 | 3,914 |
Chemical engineering | 3,063 | 3,219 | 3,630 | 4,066 | 4,313 | 4,616 | 4,923 | 5,443 | 5,896 | 6,457 | 6,721 |
Civil engineering | 7,517 | 7,601 | 7,817 | 8,505 | 8,646 | 8,658 | 8,474 | 8,026 | 8,087 | 8,013 | 8,306 |
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering | 6,474 | 6,015 | 6,056 | 5,850 | 6,186 | 6,505 | 7,009 | 7,311 | 7,712 | 8,239 | 8,099 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 2,148 | 2,346 | 2,491 | 2,475 | 2,678 | 2,757 | 3,088 | 3,368 | 3,597 | 3,831 | 4,061 |
Materials science engineering | 632 | 581 | 665 | 651 | 721 | 802 | 812 | 918 | 962 | 1,016 | 1,007 |
Mechanical engineering | 12,608 | 12,677 | 13,363 | 13,503 | 14,342 | 15,041 | 16,588 | 17,561 | 19,085 | 20,563 | 22,031 |
Other engineering | 9,251 | 9,325 | 9,946 | 10,219 | 10,890 | 11,346 | 11,846 | 12,397 | 13,449 | 14,517 | 14,934 |
Non-science and engineering | 666,114 | 675,754 | 677,298 | 677,515 | 681,292 | 676,215 | 664,862 | 649,011 | 637,599 | 633,061 | 624,404 |
Education | 96,581 | 95,938 | 94,448 | 95,025 | 97,451 | 96,179 | 91,724 | 85,362 | 81,211 | 79,100 | 76,319 |
Humanities and arts | 185,563 | 186,893 | 184,934 | 183,363 | 184,150 | 180,796 | 172,381 | 160,666 | 150,657 | 144,839 | 139,918 |
Technologies | 20,823 | 21,442 | 21,642 | 22,700 | 23,846 | 23,956 | 24,297 | 24,990 | 25,507 | 25,977 | 26,170 |
Other non-science and engineering/ |
363,147 | 371,481 | 376,274 | 376,427 | 375,845 | 375,284 | 376,460 | 377,993 | 380,224 | 383,145 | 381,997 |
Other race or unknown, all fields | 97,431 | 103,691 | 118,368 | 133,462 | 140,127 | 137,800 | 139,186 | 143,241 | 139,556 | 139,095 | 135,298 |
Science and engineering | 35,491 | 38,165 | 44,334 | 51,013 | 55,386 | 56,158 | 58,892 | 62,131 | 62,381 | 63,817 | 63,184 |
Science | 32,152 | 34,533 | 40,189 | 46,060 | 50,727 | 51,326 | 53,436 | 56,353 | 55,910 | 56,623 | 55,988 |
Computer and information sciences | 3,641 | 3,682 | 4,085 | 4,542 | 5,278 | 5,011 | 5,343 | 5,383 | 5,570 | 5,758 | 6,040 |
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | 316 | 315 | 330 | 431 | 433 | 447 | 496 | 565 | 569 | 616 | 606 |
Atmospheric sciences | 26 | 23 | 26 | 33 | 29 | 40 | 33 | 39 | 38 | 35 | 39 |
Earth sciences | 217 | 228 | 242 | 318 | 312 | 303 | 334 | 384 | 388 | 416 | 443 |
Ocean sciences | 73 | 64 | 62 | 80 | 92 | 104 | 129 | 142 | 143 | 165 | 124 |
Life sciences | 11,320 | 12,772 | 15,210 | 18,118 | 20,229 | 22,061 | 23,774 | 26,092 | 26,094 | 26,542 | 26,951 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 908 | 1,061 | 1,297 | 1,616 | 1,708 | 1,816 | 1,932 | 1,953 | 2,058 | 2,094 | 2,172 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 4,262 | 4,543 | 5,377 | 5,935 | 6,373 | 6,700 | 7,082 | 7,782 | 7,597 | 7,899 | 7,926 |
Health sciences | 6,150 | 7,168 | 8,536 | 10,567 | 12,148 | 13,545 | 14,760 | 16,357 | 16,439 | 16,549 | 16,853 |
Mathematics and Statistics | 899 | 1,000 | 1,106 | 1,138 | 1,172 | 1,243 | 1,313 | 1,416 | 1,470 | 1,635 | 1,547 |
Physical sciences | 1,054 | 954 | 1,196 | 1,391 | 1,425 | 1,385 | 1,426 | 1,450 | 1,578 | 1,591 | 1,522 |
Astronomy | 21 | 34 | 36 | 24 | 33 | 23 | 33 | 27 | 43 | 49 | 50 |
Chemistry | 626 | 573 | 705 | 772 | 845 | 867 | 906 | 902 | 944 | 952 | 916 |
Physics | 373 | 312 | 411 | 429 | 453 | 435 | 439 | 474 | 513 | 535 | 506 |
Other physical sciences | 34 | 35 | 44 | 166 | 94 | 60 | 48 | 47 | 78 | 55 | 50 |
Psychology and social sciences | 14,922 | 15,810 | 18,262 | 20,440 | 22,190 | 21,179 | 21,084 | 21,447 | 20,629 | 20,481 | 19,322 |
Anthropology | 758 | 704 | 833 | 909 | 1,042 | 983 | 986 | 852 | 785 | 698 | 693 |
Economics | 1,558 | 1,689 | 1,875 | 2,277 | 2,128 | 1,918 | 1,943 | 2,161 | 2,144 | 2,282 | 2,098 |
Political science | 2,622 | 2,538 | 2,905 | 3,021 | 3,017 | 2,753 | 2,613 | 2,622 | 2,407 | 2,488 | 2,304 |
Psychology | 5,028 | 5,576 | 6,831 | 7,311 | 8,194 | 7,883 | 8,149 | 8,644 | 8,436 | 8,563 | 8,087 |
Sociology | 1,600 | 1,659 | 1,947 | 2,096 | 2,150 | 2,124 | 2,125 | 2,196 | 2,073 | 1,983 | 1,868 |
Other social sciences | 3,356 | 3,644 | 3,871 | 4,826 | 5,659 | 5,518 | 5,268 | 4,972 | 4,784 | 4,467 | 4,272 |
Engineering | 3,339 | 3,632 | 4,145 | 4,953 | 4,659 | 4,832 | 5,456 | 5,778 | 6,471 | 7,194 | 7,196 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 145 | 149 | 173 | 191 | 182 | 180 | 194 | 195 | 219 | 285 | 267 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | 169 | 228 | 218 | 296 | 280 | 314 | 331 | 354 | 417 | 458 | 486 |
Chemical engineering | 215 | 219 | 281 | 327 | 368 | 358 | 480 | 482 | 596 | 632 | 639 |
Civil engineering | 490 | 577 | 657 | 802 | 656 | 751 | 697 | 709 | 740 | 807 | 735 |
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering | 627 | 695 | 751 | 773 | 695 | 760 | 876 | 900 | 973 | 1,102 | 1,061 |
Industrial and manufacturing engineering | 119 | 128 | 193 | 257 | 207 | 191 | 239 | 282 | 309 | 366 | 346 |
Materials science engineering | 49 | 62 | 48 | 59 | 88 | 55 | 85 | 89 | 119 | 111 | 106 |
Mechanical engineering | 842 | 873 | 1,004 | 1,236 | 1,224 | 1,263 | 1,461 | 1,592 | 1,758 | 1,948 | 2,049 |
Other engineering | 683 | 701 | 820 | 1,012 | 959 | 960 | 1,093 | 1,175 | 1,340 | 1,485 | 1,507 |
Non-science and engineering | 61,940 | 65,526 | 74,034 | 82,449 | 84,741 | 81,642 | 80,294 | 81,110 | 77,175 | 75,278 | 72,114 |
Education | 5,012 | 5,014 | 5,607 | 6,675 | 6,463 | 6,575 | 6,622 | 6,561 | 6,498 | 6,291 | 6,190 |
Humanities and arts | 19,234 | 19,350 | 21,593 | 23,293 | 22,900 | 22,707 | 21,585 | 21,754 | 19,742 | 18,732 | 17,317 |
Technologies | 1,705 | 1,885 | 1,993 | 2,232 | 3,147 | 2,318 | 2,503 | 2,629 | 2,501 | 2,562 | 2,455 |
Other non-science and engineering/ |
35,989 | 39,277 | 44,841 | 50,249 | 52,231 | 50,042 | 49,584 | 50,166 | 48,434 | 47,693 | 46,152 |