TABLE 22. Female graduate students in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: 2011
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa
Not Hispanic or Latino
Black or Native Hawaiian or
Other Pacific
African
American
Islanderb
Total
Hispanic or
Latino
American
Indian or
Alaska Native
Asianb
291,550
19,081
1,559
17,993
25,025
242,732
15,924
1,297
14,896
208,991
8,026
14,454
450
1,215
58
42,833
380
2,550
9,474
3,927
366
985
3,743
958
539
1,401
2,905
4,400
801
1,709
1,490
634
6,571
2,566
22
150
668
183
9
43
226
46
28
67
202
245
40
77
81
16
463
7,041
White
More than
one raceb
Unknown
ethnicity/race
Temporary
visa holders
768
143,442
3,745
16,757
63,180
19,760
520
114,603
3,126
13,634
58,972
12,169
215
18,543
288
475
18
104,427
4,923
2,825
77
12,229
309
42,654
1,688
198
2
14
42
12
5
9
16
4
3
11
19
14
1
5
6
2
33
3,758
24
242
646
531
43
51
354
34
17
104
273
350
63
158
142
26
700
2,422
17
107
581
267
10
14
147
13
5
56
155
227
63
148
96
8
508
121
2
16
19
14
1
8
9
2
0
2
1
5
1
5
6
1
29
21,574
219
988
4,872
1,737
150
448
1,662
669
337
768
1,545
2,672
437
758
732
457
3,123
497
2
14
143
52
3
21
33
15
11
11
31
38
5
12
15
10
81
2,053
13
101
487
186
13
35
186
70
21
47
105
234
35
76
70
35
339
9,644
79
918
2,016
945
132
356
1,110
105
117
335
574
615
156
470
342
79
1,295
452
40
259
711
9
4,018
103
319
1,130
12,607
371
30
974
780
9
3,041
85
509
6,808
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences
Atmospheric sciences
Geosciences
Oceanography
Earth/atmospheric/ocean sciences, nec
7,175
477
3,461
1,494
1,743
355
29
156
79
91
52
0
42
4
6
205
15
76
45
69
153
15
56
17
65
10
1
3
2
4
4,675
261
2,257
1,036
1,121
85
3
40
21
21
388
16
177
64
131
1,252
137
654
226
235
Family and consumer sciences/human sciencesc
3,721
207
20
121
586
7
2,212
37
180
351
Mathematical sciences
Mathematics/applied mathematics
Statistics
8,360
5,899
2,461
286
242
44
14
12
2
655
408
247
306
259
47
6
5
1
3,232
2,631
601
64
53
11
365
296
69
3,432
1,993
1,439
Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studiesc
3,431
273
25
151
304
8
1,839
50
306
475
Neurosciencec
2,199
158
11
213
82
5
1,249
32
111
338
13,112
423
525
7
36
3
791
24
515
1
17
1
5,402
244
119
3
485
24
5,222
116
Field
All surveyed fields
Science and engineering
Science
Agricultural sciences
Biological sciences
Anatomy
Biochemistry
Biology
Biometry/epidemiology
Biophysics
Botany
Cell biology
Ecology
Entomology/parasitology
Genetics
Microbiology/immunology/virology
Nutrition
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Zoology
Biological sciences, nec
Communicationc
Computer sciences
Physical sciences
Astronomy
TABLE 22. Female graduate students in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: 2011
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa
Not Hispanic or Latino
Black or Native Hawaiian or
Other Pacific
African
American
Islanderb
Total
Hispanic or
Latino
American
Indian or
Alaska Native
Asianb
9,441
2,979
269
426
81
11
24
5
4
626
125
16
443
63
8
Psychologyd
Clinical psychology
Psychology, general
Psychology, nec
40,921
8,210
12,533
20,178
4,102
1,187
979
1,936
278
64
77
137
1,859
457
589
813
Social sciences
Agricultural economics
Anthropology (cultural/social)
Economics (except agricultural)
Geography
History and philosophy of science
Linguistics
Political science
Sociology
Sociology/anthropology
Social sciences, nec
59,565
908
5,357
5,544
2,195
266
1,940
26,163
6,185
204
10,803
4,709
25
359
159
84
12
119
2,168
601
17
1,165
453
1
75
13
20
3
15
154
34
3
135
33,741
782
618
1,443
3,459
2,850
5,589
7,430
434
3,610
3,163
1,876
93
225
229
1,940
1,470
48
14
103
135
108
377
164
13
173
155
64
3
9
6
98
48,818
18,788
2
27
33
1
3,157
1,361
0
0
2
0
Field
Chemistry
Physics
Physical sciences, nec
Engineering
Aerospace engineering
Agricultural engineering
Architecturec
Biomedical engineering
Chemical engineering
Civil engineeringc
Electrical engineering
Engineering science
Industrial engineering
Mechanical engineering
Metallurgical/materials engineering
Mining engineering
Nuclear engineering
Petroleum engineering
Engineering, nec
Health
Clinical medicine
Anesthesiology
Cardiology
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
White
More than
one raceb
Unknown
ethnicity/race
Temporary
visa holders
10
4
2
3,876
1,144
138
85
28
3
338
115
8
3,613
1,414
79
4,722
554
1,870
2,298
90
32
25
33
23,834
4,710
7,079
12,045
609
107
224
278
3,170
836
949
1,385
2,257
263
741
1,253
2,968
34
188
320
88
7
136
1,375
312
3
505
7,674
28
171
177
70
12
42
4,467
818
44
1,845
175
4
12
2
5
2
2
68
9
0
71
28,428
341
3,464
1,410
1,393
173
835
12,330
3,253
110
5,119
1,067
14
121
43
37
4
27
449
115
0
257
4,034
30
401
197
137
10
137
2,100
315
18
689
10,057
431
566
3,223
361
43
627
3,052
728
9
1,017
82
4
1
7
5
4
26
8
0
9
7
3
0
0
0
8
2,727
69
21
106
553
221
377
558
23
218
244
155
0
20
8
154
1,217
15
23
58
129
70
167
190
10
234
109
47
2
8
7
148
45
1
1
1
4
4
16
5
1
3
4
3
0
0
0
2
10,176
376
173
652
1,320
778
2,208
862
122
1,019
1,163
572
34
124
25
748
301
10
6
30
44
20
72
27
6
23
27
10
0
7
0
19
1,405
43
9
93
141
74
214
245
31
288
114
56
2
9
3
83
16,318
216
370
393
1,128
1,571
2,132
5,371
228
1,643
1,340
966
52
48
180
680
262
125
0
0
0
0
3,097
1,698
2
1
1
0
5,265
3,318
0
4
6
0
248
59
0
0
1
0
28,839
8,941
0
12
14
0
619
279
0
0
0
0
3,123
1,315
0
0
2
0
4,208
1,692
0
10
7
1
TABLE 22. Female graduate students in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: 2011
U.S. citizens and permanent residentsa
Not Hispanic or Latino
Field
Hematology
Neurologyc
Obstetrics/gynecology
Oncology/cancer research
Ophthalmology
Otorhinolaryngology
Pediatrics
Preventive medicine/community health
Psychiatry
Pulmonary disease
Radiology
Surgery
Clinical medicine, nec
Other healthd
Dental sciences
Nursing
Pharmaceutical sciences
Speech pathology/audiology
Veterinary sciences
Other health, nec
nec = not elsewhere classified.
Black or Native Hawaiian or
Other Pacific
African
American
Islanderb
Total
Hispanic or
Latino
American
Indian or
Alaska Native
Asianb
1
107
72
147
0
1
86
16,741
72
9
100
6
1,383
0
4
6
5
0
0
3
1,261
0
0
3
0
77
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
114
0
0
0
0
10
0
12
9
10
0
0
7
1,489
4
1
10
0
152
0
6
2
8
0
1
1
3,127
30
0
2
1
130
30,030
746
6,505
2,150
13,357
1,187
6,085
1,796
42
369
74
851
38
422
137
1
52
7
42
4
31
1,399
92
372
200
396
40
299
1,947
20
690
139
566
52
480
White
More than
one raceb
Unknown
ethnicity/race
Temporary
visa holders
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
54
0
0
0
0
3
0
64
42
79
0
0
54
7,824
34
7
54
3
754
0
1
0
3
0
0
2
263
0
0
0
0
10
0
2
2
4
0
0
1
1,231
0
0
1
1
71
1
17
11
38
0
0
17
1,378
4
1
30
1
176
189
5
64
1
98
2
19
19,898
304
4,011
757
10,248
689
3,889
340
6
96
10
138
10
80
1,808
37
593
50
696
58
374
2,516
239
258
912
322
294
491
Ethnicity and race data available only for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
Reporting of ethnicity and race in 2008–11 has been affected by changes in reporting of ethnicity and race in Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Starting in 2008 IPEDS respondents were
asked to use new classification that included a category for two or more races (see http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/reic/resource.asp) and separate reporting of Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders from Asians.
New classification was optional in 2008 and 2009 IPEDS but mandatory beginning in 2010 and may have contributed to a significant increase in reporting of "Not Hispanic or Latino, More than one race."
c In 2007, eligible fields were reclassified, newly eligible fields were added, and survey was redesigned to improve coverage and coding of eligible units. "2007new" presents data as collected in 2007; "2007old"
shows data as they would have been collected in prior years. Science fields "communication" and "family and consumer sciences/human sciences" are newly eligible; data for these two fields are only in 2007new.
Science field "multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies" is also newly eligible; data may have been reported under other fields before 2007. "Neuroscience" is reported as a separate field of science in 2007new; data
were reported under health field "neurology" in 2007old and previous years. "Architecture" is reported as a separate field of engineering in 2007new; data were reported under "civil engineering" in 2007old and
previous years. See appendix A in http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10307/ for more detail.
d Beginning with 2008, more rigorous follow-up was done with institutions regarding exclusion of practitioner-oriented graduate degree programs in psychology and in other health (a subfield of health). This change
may affect interpretation of trends in these fields.
a
b
SOURCE: National Science Foundation/National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2011.