Graduate Student Survey
Fall 1994 Supplementary Data Releases
TABLE B-108. BLACK PART-TIME GRADUATE STUDENTS IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND
HEALTH FIELDS IN ALL INSTITUTIONS, BY FIELD: 1987-94
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FIELD | 1987 1/ | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994
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TOTAL, ALL SURVEYED FIELDS .............| 5,968 | 6,364 | 6,427 | 7,115 | 7,552 | 8,246 | 9,041 | 9,365
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TOTAL, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FIELDS ....| 4,821 | 5,136 | 5,186 | 5,753 | 6,005 | 6,518 | 7,202 | 7,408
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SCIENCES, TOTAL .........................| 4,110 | 4,449 | 4,513 | 4,918 | 5,120 | 5,503 | 6,133 | 6,349
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES ......................| 130 | 127 | 150 | 166 | 170 | 177 | 153 | 148
ASTRONOMY .............................| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
CHEMISTRY .............................| 89 | 76 | 109 | 125 | 132 | 130 | 109 | 113
PHYSICS ...............................| 29 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 24 | 34 | 27 | 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES, N.E.C. .............| 11 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 4
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EARTH, ATMOSPHERIC, & OCEAN SCIENCES ...| 27 | 35 | 29 | 38 | 44 | 75 | 85 | 75
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ..................| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2
GEOSCIENCES ...........................| 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 15
OCEANOGRAPHY ..........................| 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5
EARTH, ATMOS., & OCEAN SCI., N.E.C. ...| 10 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 46 | 56 | 53
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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ..................| 184 | 205 | 209 | 248 | 248 | 248 | 299 | 264
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COMPUTER SCIENCES ......................| 466 | 507 | 504 | 618 | 647 | 678 | 710 | 731
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ..................| 32 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 32 | 46 | 75 | 77
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ....................| 293 | 338 | 328 | 318 | 320 | 374 | 389 | 339
ANATOMY ...............................| 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3
BIOCHEMISTRY ..........................| 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 10
BIOLOGY ...............................| 160 | 173 | 154 | 150 | 165 | 190 | 207 | 185
BIOMETRY/EPIDEMIOLOGY .................| 11 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 21 | 34 | 28 | 25
BIOPHYSICS ............................| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3
BOTANY ................................| 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4
CELL BIOLOGY ..........................| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2
ECOLOGY ...............................| 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5
ENTOMOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY ...............| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1
GENETICS ..............................| 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 9
MICROBIO., IMMUNOLOGY, & VIROLOGY .....| 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 12
NUTRITION .............................| 52 | 71 | 64 | 56 | 57 | 60 | 60 | 44
PATHOLOGY .............................| 19 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 8
PHARMACOLOGY ..........................| 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6
PHYSIOLOGY ............................| 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4
ZOOLOGY ...............................| 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0
BIOSCIENCES, N.E.C. ...................| 12 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 19 | 18
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PSYCHOLOGY .............................| 725 | 773 | 835 | 958 | 1,032 | 1,103 | 1,431 | 1,641
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SOCIAL SCIENCES ........................| 2,253 | 2,440 | 2,430 | 2,547 | 2,627 | 2,802 | 2,991 | 3,074
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ................| 14 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 25
ANTHROPOLOGY (CULTURAL & SOCIAL) ......| 29 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 37
ECONOMICS (EXCEPT AGRICULTURAL) .......| 144 | 138 | 112 | 134 | 110 | 132 | 157 | 136
GEOGRAPHY .............................| 27 | 31 | 41 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 31 | 41
LINGUISTICS ...........................| 57 | 61 | 80 | 76 | 70 | 17 | 20 | 19
POLITICAL SCIENCE .....................| 1,324 | 1,480 | 1,492 | 1,548 | 1,599 | 1,720 | 1,713 | 1,745
SOCIOLOGY .............................| 184 | 190 | 162 | 196 | 228 | 254 | 276 | 330
SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY ................| 52 | 53 | 40 | 39 | 27 | 49 | 35 | 28
SOCIAL SCIENCES, OTHER ................| 422 | 445 | 462 | 505 | 521 | 552 | 703 | 713
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ENGINEERING, TOTAL ......................| 711 | 687 | 673 | 835 | 885 | 1,015 | 1,069 | 1,059
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING ..................| 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 11
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING ...............| 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING .................| 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ...................| 24 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 36 | 44 | 28
CIVIL ENGINEERING ......................| 88 | 88 | 93 | 115 | 126 | 155 | 164 | 196
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING .................| 185 | 223 | 243 | 290 | 298 | 334 | 384 | 332
ENGINEERING SCIENCE ....................| 27 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 14
INDUSTRIAL ENG./MANAGEMENT SCI. ........| 200 | 173 | 155 | 179 | 231 | 253 | 259 | 282
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING .................| 85 | 78 | 80 | 96 | 97 | 121 | 111 | 116
METALLURGICAL/MATERIALS ENG. ...........| 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 16
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING ....................| 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9
ENGINEERING, OTHER .....................| 88 | 51 | 46 | 95 | 67 | 61 | 42 | 50
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TOTAL, HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 1,147 | 1,228 | 1,241 | 1,362 | 1,547 | 1,728 | 1,839 | 1,957
CLINICAL FIELDS .........................| 47 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 30 | 30
DENTAL SCIENCES .........................| 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3
NURSING .................................| 517 | 573 | 610 | 715 | 787 | 850 | 881 | 1,070
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES .................| 15 | 20 | 16 | 27 | 37 | 31 | 42 | 29
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE/COMMUNITY HEALTH ....| 182 | 213 | 193 | 229 | 289 | 340 | 396 | 391
SPEECH PATHOLOGY/AUDIOLOGY ..............| 123 | 137 | 133 | 146 | 133 | 162 | 160 | 115
VETERINARY SCIENCES .....................| 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2
OTHER HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 255 | 254 | 269 | 218 | 268 | 298 | 322 | 317
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1/ THESE FIGURES INCLUDE ESTIMATED DATA FOR MASTER'S-GRANTING
INSTITUTIONS, WHICH WERE SURVEYED ON A SAMPLE BASIS FROM 1984 THROUGH
1987. SEE "TECHNICAL NOTES" FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
KEY: N.E.C.= NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
SOURCE: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION/SRS, SURVEY OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
AND POSTDOCTORATES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING