Graduate Student Survey
Fall 1994 Supplementary Data Releases
TABLE A-15. GRADUATE STUDENTS IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND HEALTH FIELDS IN
LAND-GRANT 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 .............| 152,829 | 5,086 | 517 | 8,979 | 4,765 | 89,130 | 3,620 | 40,732
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TOTAL, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FIELDS ....| 137,632 | 4,436 | 430 | 8,120 | 4,067 | 78,135 | 3,196 | 39,248
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SCIENCES, TOTAL .........................| 97,955 | 3,553 | 353 | 4,961 | 3,262 | 59,416 | 1,838 | 24,572
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES ......................| 13,036 | 291 | 32 | 721 | 291 | 7,227 | 243 | 4,231
ASTRONOMY .............................| 376 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 254 | 8 | 87
CHEMISTRY .............................| 7,429 | 192 | 24 | 429 | 203 | 4,123 | 136 | 2,322
PHYSICS ...............................| 5,171 | 95 | 7 | 276 | 82 | 2,827 | 99 | 1,785
PHYSICAL SCIENCES, N.E.C. .............| 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 37
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EARTH, ATMOSPHERIC, & OCEAN SCIENCES ...| 6,234 | 66 | 25 | 209 | 136 | 4,231 | 115 | 1,452
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ..................| 727 | 11 | 3 | 55 | 13 | 476 | 4 | 165
GEOSCIENCES ...........................| 2,933 | 21 | 12 | 92 | 55 | 2,007 | 65 | 681
OCEANOGRAPHY ..........................| 1,451 | 18 | 4 | 32 | 48 | 904 | 32 | 413
EARTH, ATMOS., & OCEAN SCI., N.E.C. ...| 1,123 | 16 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 844 | 14 | 193
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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ..................| 6,776 | 191 | 11 | 385 | 101 | 3,539 | 146 | 2,403
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COMPUTER SCIENCES ......................| 6,869 | 223 | 10 | 737 | 66 | 3,028 | 151 | 2,654
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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ..................| 9,718 | 201 | 26 | 227 | 210 | 6,282 | 121 | 2,651
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ....................| 21,834 | 468 | 57 | 1,392 | 662 | 13,321 | 357 | 5,577
ANATOMY ...............................| 328 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 232 | 2 | 51
BIOCHEMISTRY ..........................| 2,229 | 35 | 4 | 201 | 35 | 1,270 | 20 | 664
BIOLOGY ...............................| 3,096 | 119 | 11 | 242 | 179 | 2,035 | 88 | 422
BIOMETRY/EPIDEMIOLOGY .................| 592 | 12 | 0 | 53 | 48 | 315 | 5 | 159
BIOPHYSICS ............................| 253 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 137 | 0 | 91
BOTANY ................................| 2,186 | 47 | 4 | 101 | 38 | 1,281 | 31 | 684
CELL BIOLOGY ..........................| 1,379 | 20 | 1 | 105 | 52 | 864 | 23 | 314
ECOLOGY ...............................| 842 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 664 | 7 | 125
ENTOMOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY ...............| 1,112 | 12 | 0 | 43 | 23 | 718 | 20 | 296
GENETICS ..............................| 627 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 379 | 2 | 196
MICROBIO., IMMUNOLOGY, & VIROLOGY .....| 2,116 | 31 | 12 | 105 | 61 | 1,229 | 35 | 643
NUTRITION .............................| 2,669 | 78 | 4 | 145 | 76 | 1,315 | 44 | 1,007
PATHOLOGY .............................| 559 | 13 | 2 | 47 | 18 | 334 | 23 | 122
PHARMACOLOGY ..........................| 1,112 | 26 | 6 | 90 | 38 | 688 | 16 | 248
PHYSIOLOGY ............................| 788 | 15 | 1 | 61 | 16 | 425 | 7 | 263
ZOOLOGY ...............................| 1,268 | 13 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 1,000 | 17 | 167
BIOSCIENCES, N.E.C. ...................| 678 | 22 | 6 | 63 | 10 | 435 | 17 | 125
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PSYCHOLOGY .............................| 8,364 | 636 | 66 | 317 | 366 | 6,289 | 152 | 538
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SOCIAL SCIENCES ........................| 25,124 | 1,477 | 126 | 973 | 1,430 | 15,499 | 553 | 5,066
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ................| 1,959 | 72 | 4 | 42 | 41 | 980 | 31 | 789
ANTHROPOLOGY (CULTURAL & SOCIAL) ......| 2,135 | 42 | 30 | 64 | 96 | 1,621 | 62 | 220
ECONOMICS (EXCEPT AGRICULTURAL) .......| 4,340 | 93 | 8 | 169 | 146 | 2,093 | 58 | 1,773
GEOGRAPHY .............................| 1,584 | 44 | 5 | 40 | 37 | 1,245 | 33 | 180
LINGUISTICS ...........................| 947 | 16 | 3 | 49 | 58 | 419 | 21 | 381
POLITICAL SCIENCE .....................| 6,866 | 618 | 27 | 231 | 509 | 4,627 | 188 | 666
SOCIOLOGY .............................| 2,892 | 217 | 22 | 138 | 153 | 1,848 | 65 | 449
SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY ................| 390 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 313 | 9 | 41
SOCIAL SCIENCES, OTHER ................| 4,011 | 362 | 27 | 230 | 386 | 2,353 | 86 | 567
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ENGINEERING, TOTAL ......................| 39,677 | 883 | 77 | 3,159 | 805 | 18,719 | 1,358 | 14,676
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING ..................| 1,319 | 22 | 3 | 69 | 21 | 739 | 12 | 453
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING ...............| 947 | 13 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 412 | 14 | 450
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING .................| 697 | 21 | 0 | 79 | 9 | 359 | 18 | 211
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ...................| 3,113 | 77 | 7 | 203 | 63 | 1,450 | 34 | 1,279
CIVIL ENGINEERING ......................| 7,505 | 125 | 18 | 541 | 171 | 3,968 | 122 | 2,560
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING .................| 10,093 | 239 | 18 | 1,178 | 210 | 4,033 | 408 | 4,007
ENGINEERING SCIENCE ....................| 928 | 16 | 0 | 72 | 18 | 537 | 25 | 260
INDUSTRIAL ENG./MANAGEMENT SCI. ........| 3,645 | 125 | 2 | 179 | 85 | 1,710 | 356 | 1,188
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING .................| 6,747 | 136 | 13 | 475 | 137 | 3,253 | 293 | 2,440
METALLURGICAL/MATERIALS ENG. ...........| 2,277 | 36 | 3 | 162 | 35 | 1,074 | 44 | 923
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING ....................| 910 | 7 | 3 | 66 | 17 | 489 | 8 | 320
ENGINEERING, OTHER .....................| 1,496 | 66 | 10 | 87 | 29 | 695 | 24 | 585
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TOTAL, HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 15,197 | 650 | 87 | 859 | 698 | 10,995 | 424 | 1,484
CLINICAL FIELDS .........................| 456 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 343 | 3 | 67
DENTAL SCIENCES .........................| 260 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 157 | 5 | 56
NURSING .................................| 6,011 | 264 | 38 | 184 | 204 | 4,972 | 185 | 164
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES .................| 1,096 | 60 | 1 | 74 | 38 | 465 | 23 | 435
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE/COMMUNITY HEALTH ....| 2,834 | 182 | 18 | 346 | 222 | 1,649 | 127 | 290
SPEECH PATHOLOGY/AUDIOLOGY ..............| 2,000 | 66 | 21 | 59 | 43 | 1,684 | 28 | 99
VETERINARY SCIENCES .....................| 756 | 20 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 472 | 23 | 199
OTHER HEALTH FIELDS .....................| 1,784 | 43 | 5 | 120 | 159 | 1,253 | 30 | 174
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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