Table 41. U.S. citizen and permanent resident doctorate recipients with graduate-school debt, by ethnicity, race, and broad field of study: 2015
| Ethnicity, race, and debt level |
All fields |
Life sciencesa |
Physical sciences and earth sciences |
Mathematics and computer sciences |
Psychology and social sciences |
Engineering |
Education |
Humanities and arts |
Otherb |
| All U.S. citizen and permanent resident doctorate recipients |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total (number)c |
33,388 |
8,163 |
3,346 |
1,574 |
6,291 |
4,003 |
3,971 |
4,261 |
1,779 |
| Debt > $30,000 (%) |
24.4 |
17.2 |
9.1 |
11.1 |
38.8 |
8.4 |
38.6 |
30.1 |
38.4 |
| Hispanic or Latino |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total (number)c |
2,304 |
603 |
172 |
69 |
461 |
279 |
295 |
342 |
83 |
| Debt > $30,000 (%) |
30.6 |
19.9 |
14.0 |
26.1 |
47.5 |
10.4 |
46.8 |
32.7 |
53.0 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| American Indian or Alaska Native |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total (number)c |
119 |
18 |
9 |
0 |
29 |
7 |
28 |
22 |
6 |
| Debt > $30,000 (%) |
43.7 |
33.3 |
D |
0.0 |
48.3 |
D |
35.7 |
63.6 |
D |
| Asian |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total (number)c |
2,973 |
896 |
262 |
198 |
420 |
632 |
191 |
184 |
190 |
| Debt > $30,000 (%) |
11.9 |
8.6 |
5.0 |
7.1 |
23.1 |
6.0 |
27.2 |
16.3 |
17.9 |
| Black or African American |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total (number)c |
2,141 |
428 |
97 |
52 |
511 |
154 |
586 |
133 |
180 |
| Debt > $30,000 (%) |
54.1 |
44.4 |
25.8 |
38.5 |
64.4 |
24.7 |
61.4 |
60.9 |
64.4 |
| White |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total (number)c |
24,553 |
5,886 |
2,685 |
1,180 |
4,605 |
2,776 |
2,741 |
3,417 |
1,263 |
| Debt > $30,000 (%) |
22.7 |
16.3 |
8.5 |
9.7 |
36.4 |
7.9 |
33.7 |
28.7 |
37.0 |
| More than one race |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total (number)c |
890 |
237 |
87 |
35 |
190 |
108 |
87 |
108 |
38 |
| Debt > $30,000 (%) |
25.6 |
15.6 |
D |
D |
44.7 |
4.6 |
41.4 |
36.1 |
28.9 |
| Other race or race not reported |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total (number)c |
216 |
50 |
14 |
17 |
45 |
30 |
21 |
30 |
9 |
| Debt > $30,000 (%) |
22.7 |
12.0 |
0.0 |
D |
31.1 |
D |
23.8 |
43.3 |
D |
| Ethnicity not reported |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total (number)c |
192 |
45 |
20 |
23 |
30 |
17 |
22 |
25 |
10 |
| Debt > $30,000 (%) |
22.4 |
17.8 |
15.0 |
21.7 |
23.3 |
11.8 |
31.8 |
40.0 |
10.0 |