Graduate Student Survey
Selected Data on Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 1994
TABLE 5. MALE GRADUATE STUDENTS IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND HEALTH FIELDS
IN ALL INSTITUTIONS, BY FIELD AND CITIZENSHIP, AND BY RACIAL/ETHNIC
BACKGROUND OF U.S. CITIZENS: 1994
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FIELD | TOTAL | BLACK |AMERICAN | ASIAN/ | | WHITE | |CITIZENS
| | NON- | INDIAN/ | PACIFIC |HISPANIC | NON- |OTHER OR |
| |HISPANIC | ALASKAN |ISLANDER | |HISPANIC | UNKNOWN |
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TOTAL, ALL SURVEYED FIELDS .............| 290,080 | 8,706 | 765 | 18,296 | 7,764 | 165,805 | 9,766 | 78,978
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TOTAL, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FIELDS ....| 273,493 | 8,075 | 687 | 17,263 | 7,160 | 154,486 | 9,016 | 76,806
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SCIENCES, TOTAL .........................| 177,719 | 6,124 | 511 | 9,251 | 4,901 | 107,300 | 5,397 | 44,235
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES ......................| 25,327 | 496 | 47 | 1,300 | 440 | 13,715 | 539 | 8,790
ASTRONOMY .............................| 750 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 479 | 16 | 213
CHEMISTRY .............................| 12,970 | 296 | 32 | 704 | 253 | 7,156 | 290 | 4,239
PHYSICS ...............................| 11,277 | 192 | 12 | 552 | 169 | 5,857 | 228 | 4,267
PHYSICAL SCIENCES, N.E.C. .............| 330 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 223 | 5 | 71
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EARTH, ATMOSPHERIC, & OCEAN SCIENCES ...| 10,719 | 119 | 26 | 311 | 214 | 7,431 | 241 | 2,377
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ..................| 867 | 10 | 1 | 46 | 11 | 608 | 11 | 180
GEOSCIENCES ...........................| 5,505 | 32 | 14 | 144 | 86 | 3,753 | 121 | 1,355
OCEANOGRAPHY ..........................| 1,746 | 25 | 4 | 41 | 50 | 1,083 | 34 | 509
EARTH, ATMOS., & OCEAN SCI., N.E.C. ...| 2,601 | 52 | 7 | 80 | 67 | 1,987 | 75 | 333
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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ..................| 13,081 | 341 | 24 | 721 | 231 | 6,840 | 498 | 4,426
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COMPUTER SCIENCES ......................| 25,948 | 700 | 36 | 2,749 | 476 | 12,375 | 970 | 8,642
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ..................| 7,997 | 141 | 20 | 167 | 148 | 5,054 | 166 | 2,301
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ....................| 30,010 | 663 | 77 | 1,979 | 745 | 18,535 | 720 | 7,291
ANATOMY ...............................| 557 | 11 | 0 | 56 | 12 | 330 | 20 | 128
BIOCHEMISTRY ..........................| 3,210 | 55 | 6 | 260 | 65 | 1,722 | 35 | 1,067
BIOLOGY ...............................| 7,530 | 239 | 22 | 432 | 263 | 5,168 | 287 | 1,119
BIOMETRY/EPIDEMIOLOGY .................| 1,124 | 37 | 4 | 77 | 31 | 644 | 16 | 315
BIOPHYSICS ............................| 575 | 12 | 0 | 68 | 6 | 331 | 0 | 158
BOTANY ................................| 1,584 | 28 | 6 | 64 | 31 | 922 | 22 | 511
CELL BIOLOGY ..........................| 2,077 | 30 | 7 | 165 | 38 | 1,296 | 22 | 519
ECOLOGY ...............................| 821 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 650 | 13 | 117
ENTOMOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY ...............| 846 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 517 | 19 | 258
GENETICS ..............................| 785 | 12 | 0 | 53 | 18 | 500 | 8 | 194
MICROBIO., IMMUNOLOGY, & VIROLOGY .....| 2,627 | 46 | 9 | 188 | 57 | 1,543 | 44 | 740
NUTRITION .............................| 1,267 | 31 | 2 | 65 | 23 | 593 | 42 | 511
PATHOLOGY .............................| 932 | 11 | 3 | 93 | 22 | 540 | 35 | 228
PHARMACOLOGY ..........................| 1,488 | 31 | 2 | 118 | 39 | 907 | 40 | 351
PHYSIOLOGY ............................| 1,392 | 41 | 4 | 131 | 33 | 773 | 52 | 358
ZOOLOGY ...............................| 1,216 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 924 | 19 | 196
BIOSCIENCES, N.E.C. ...................| 1,979 | 53 | 5 | 132 | 47 | 1,175 | 46 | 521
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PSYCHOLOGY .............................| 16,565 | 877 | 97 | 434 | 709 | 12,822 | 675 | 951
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SOCIAL SCIENCES ........................| 48,072 | 2,787 | 184 | 1,590 | 1,938 | 30,528 | 1,588 | 9,457
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ................| 1,541 | 42 | 3 | 32 | 32 | 748 | 19 | 665
ANTHROPOLOGY (CULTURAL & SOCIAL) ......| 3,075 | 69 | 34 | 77 | 115 | 2,283 | 98 | 399
ECONOMICS (EXCEPT AGRICULTURAL) .......| 9,320 | 257 | 13 | 442 | 262 | 4,254 | 256 | 3,836
GEOGRAPHY .............................| 2,890 | 76 | 10 | 58 | 74 | 2,257 | 98 | 317
LINGUISTICS ...........................| 1,234 | 13 | 3 | 52 | 38 | 653 | 32 | 443
POLITICAL SCIENCE .....................| 18,895 | 1,406 | 68 | 564 | 886 | 13,016 | 725 | 2,230
SOCIOLOGY .............................| 3,714 | 342 | 21 | 147 | 179 | 2,245 | 111 | 669
SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY ................| 402 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 285 | 9 | 51
SOCIAL SCIENCES, OTHER ................| 7,001 | 538 | 29 | 213 | 347 | 4,787 | 240 | 847
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ENGINEERING, TOTAL ......................| 95,774 | 1,951 | 176 | 8,012 | 2,259 | 47,186 | 3,619 | 32,571
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING ..................| 3,356 | 54 | 4 | 200 | 66 | 1,797 | 78 | 1,157
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING ...............| 861 | 11 | 0 | 42 | 8 | 397 | 9 | 394
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING .................| 2,033 | 29 | 10 | 174 | 61 | 1,068 | 46 | 645
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ...................| 6,156 | 77 | 12 | 418 | 117 | 2,883 | 163 | 2,486
CIVIL ENGINEERING ......................| 15,783 | 288 | 21 | 1,092 | 388 | 8,545 | 451 | 4,998
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING .................| 29,545 | 681 | 45 | 3,374 | 738 | 13,196 | 1,262 | 10,249
ENGINEERING SCIENCE ....................| 1,792 | 28 | 2 | 138 | 34 | 986 | 23 | 581
INDUSTRIAL ENG./MANAGEMENT SCI. ........| 10,742 | 289 | 16 | 645 | 264 | 5,740 | 717 | 3,071
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING .................| 15,911 | 320 | 43 | 1,214 | 388 | 7,929 | 611 | 5,406
METALLURGICAL/MATERIALS ENG. ...........| 4,122 | 55 | 5 | 291 | 83 | 1,984 | 81 | 1,623
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING ....................| 1,093 | 19 | 2 | 64 | 22 | 618 | 6 | 362
ENGINEERING, OTHER .....................| 4,380 | 100 | 16 | 360 | 90 | 2,043 | 172 | 1,599
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TOTAL, HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 16,587 | 631 | 78 | 1,033 | 604 | 11,319 | 750 | 2,172
CLINICAL FIELDS .........................| 1,473 | 39 | 3 | 168 | 41 | 841 | 129 | 252
DENTAL SCIENCES .........................| 818 | 13 | 1 | 55 | 29 | 535 | 8 | 177
NURSING .................................| 1,509 | 48 | 14 | 49 | 66 | 1,214 | 85 | 33
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES .................| 1,591 | 44 | 2 | 118 | 36 | 787 | 50 | 554
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE/COMMUNITY HEALTH ....| 4,085 | 215 | 31 | 321 | 176 | 2,672 | 213 | 457
SPEECH PATHOLOGY/AUDIOLOGY ..............| 927 | 37 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 711 | 25 | 101
VETERINARY SCIENCES .....................| 467 | 15 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 264 | 9 | 153
OTHER HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 5,717 | 220 | 20 | 279 | 227 | 4,295 | 231 | 445
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KEY: N.E.C.= NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
SOURCE: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION/SRS, SURVEY OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
AND POSTDOCTORATES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING