Table 2-4: S&E graduate enrollment by citizenship and race/ethnicity: 1983

Table 2-4

S&E graduate enrollment by citizenship and race/ethnicity: 1983–2001

Citizenship and race/ethnicity	1983	1993	2001

All S&E graduate students	346,952	435,703	429,492
U.S. citizen/permanent resident	276,749	330,037	296,194
White	224,604	256,755	205,757
Asian/Pacific Islander	9,387	24,047	27,659
Black	10,941	17,111	21,773
Hispanic	8,810	13,380	17,983
American Indian/Alaskan Native	911	1,309	1,687
Unknown race/ethnicity	22,096	17,435	21,335
Foreign citizen^a	70,203	105,666	133,298

^aIncludes temporary residents only.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, WebCASPAR database system, http://caspar.nsf.gov. See appendix table 2-12.

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