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Appendix 1. DATA DEFINITIONS
Graduate Students and Degree Level*
Graduate Student
Doctoral Student
Master's Student
Other or Unknown Degree Level
Academic Year (Cohort)| Definition*
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
Definition for Citizenship/Race/Ethnicity**
“A” Nonresident Alien
"AN” Asian
“B” Black, Non-Hispanic
“IA” American Indian/Alaskan Native
“H” Hispanic
“HP” Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
"NP" Asian or Pacific Islander
“W” White, Non-Hispanic
“TM” Two or More Race/Ethnicity Categories
“U” Race/Ethnicity Unknown
Definition for Gender***
"F"
"M"
Blank
GSS Eligible Institutions
GSS Institutions
Non-GSS Institutions
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP)
GSS Field Definitions

Broad Field of Study
Field of Study
Notes:
Red text highlights revisions from prior NSC data request

* This analysis includes all graduate students who were enrolled in the 2021-2022 academic year (AY)| and who first enrolled in their graduate program on or after 8/15/2
enrolled in a doctoral program in chemistry on January 1, 2020 would be classified as a doctoral student in the AY 2019-20 cohort.
** The race/ethnicity values above are based on the data reported to the Clearinghouse and generally follow

*** Imputation of Values for Gender - The Clearinghouse’s coverage of student gender has increased dramatically for enrollments occurring in recent years. However, im
research studies using older cohorts. To meet this need, the Research Center developed an imputation process based on first names. Previously submitted name‐gende
being associated with either gender. To increase the accuracy of the imputation process, the Research Center also draws on name‐gender data from the Social Security

****In the tables "*" indicates cells with student counts fewer than or equal to 5. In each of the tables, field codes with student counts <10 may be excluded from the field
groups.

S
Anyone enrolled in a graduate program (Primary Program Credential Level value in 04 - 99)
All graduate students enrolled in a doctoral program (Program # Credential Level value equal 06)
All graduate students enrolled in a master's program (Program # Credential Level value equal 05)
All other graduate students (Primary Program Credential Level value in 04, 07, 08, or 99)
Year 1 of this study: 8/15/2012 - 8/14/2013
Year 2 of this study: 8/15/2013 - 8/14/2014
Year 3 of this study: 8/15/2014 - 8/14/2015
Year 4 of this study: 8/15/2015 - 8/14/2016
Year 5 of this study: 8/15/2016 - 8/14/2017
Year 6 of this study: 8/15/2017 - 8/14/2018
Year 7 of this study: 8/15/2018 - 8/14/2019
Year 8 of this study: 8/15/2019 - 8/14/2020
Year 9 of this study: 8/15/2020 - 8/14/2021
Year 10 of this study: 8/15/2021 - 8/14/2022

A person who is not a U.S. citizen or national, is in this country on a visaor temporary basis, and does not have the right to remain indefinitely.
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan
Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa (except those of Hispanic origin)|.
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North America and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition.
A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
A person having origins in any of the originalpeoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands.
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa or the Middle East (except those of Hispanic origin)|.
This category is for students who claim to belong to two or more of the race/ethnicity categories.
The category used to report persons whose race and ethnicity are not known.
Female
Male
Data Not Available
See the GSS Eligible Institutions worksheet
are listed by name and IPEDS UNITID in the GSS Eligible Institutions worksheet
All other institutions
https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56
See the CIP GSS Crosswalk worksheet

see Broad Field Code and Broad Field Title columns in the CIP GSS Crosswalk
see GSS Code and GSS Title columns in the CIP GSS Crosswalk

SC data request

ents who were enrolled in the 2021-2022 academic year (AY)| and who first enrolled in their graduate program on or after 8/15/2012. The earliest AY of enrollment defines the stude
ry on January 1, 2020 would be classified as a doctoral student in the AY 2019-20 cohort.

sed on the data reported to the Clearinghouse and generally follow the 2010-2011 IPEDS race/ethnicity definitions.

Clearinghouse’s coverage of student gender has increased dramatically for enrollments occurring in recent years. However, imputation of gender for the majority of enrollment reco
meet this need, the Research Center developed an imputation process based on first names. Previously submitted name‐gender pairs throughout the Clearinghouse database are u
ncrease the accuracy of the imputation process, the Research Center also draws on name‐gender data from the Social Security Administration (SSA)| and the U.S. Census Bureau.

udent counts fewer than or equal to 5. In each of the tables, field codes with student counts <10 may be excluded from the field level tables for de-identification purposes to prevent

Code sets for variables considered for use in determining graduate student status
Primary Program Credential Level:
Class Credential Level:
A = Associate's
01 = Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma
C = Certificate (Undergraduate)
02 = Associate Degree
F = Freshman (Undergraduate)
03 = Bachelor’s Degree
S = Sophomore (Undergraduate)
04 = Post Baccalaureate Certificate
J = Junior (Undergraduate)
05 = Master’s Degree
R = Senior (Undergraduate)
06 = Doctoral Degree
N = Unspecified (Undergraduate)
07 = First Professional Degree
B = Bachelor's (Undergraduate)
08 = Graduate / Professional Certificate
T = Post Baccalaureate Certificate
99 = Non-Credential Program
M = Master’s (Graduate)
D = Doctoral (Graduate)
P = Postdoctorate (Graduate)
L = First Professional (Graduate)
G = Unspecified (Graduate/Professional)

have the right to remain indefinitely.
ntinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine

ation through tribal affiliation or community recognition.
regardless of race.

, or the Pacific Islands.
ose of Hispanic origin)|.

ter 8/15/2012. The earliest AY of enrollment defines the student's cohort. For example, a student who first

wever, imputation of gender for the majority of enrollment records is still necessary in order to use the data for
me‐gender pairs throughout the Clearinghouse database are used to determine the probability of any first name
Security Administration (SSA)| and the U.S. Census Bureau.

m the field level tables for de-identification purposes to prevent identification of students broken into smaller

Table 2. Comparison of primary program credential level and level of degree awarded data for fall 2022 enrollment
records with level of degree data
(Number)

Level of Degree Awarded
AD
BD
CR
DP
DR
HR
MD
PC
PD
RN
UC
UN
Total
1,250
8,375
20
113
492
0
2,515 176
3
14
889
19 13,866
1,242
4,067
23
15
17
0
505
27
23
14 3,722
24
9,679
18,074 10,310
72
29
37
0
971
58
77
64 7,989
25 37,706
34,241 134,607
94
46
34
2
1,121 113 163 142 9,673 268 180,504
29
1,227
4
52
20
0
542 386
0
3
176
11
2,450
4,214 124,789 275 1,123 1,124
6 151,907 2,447
20 247 3,553 326 290,031
573 40,763
73 1,121 13,850
2 56,743 985
6 127 1,499 180 115,922
529 29,777
69 8,106
906
0
2,778 208
5
74
701 199 43,352
110
3,441 106
124
139
0
2,588 1,126
2
18
550
12
8,216
562
5,034 393
38
47
0
1,491 188
1
10
495
17
8,276
60,824 362,390 1,129 10,767 16,666
10 221,161 5,714 300 713 29,247 1,081 710,002
0.41112
0.70105
Primary Program Credential Level:
Level of Degree Awarded:
01 = Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma AD = Associate’s Degree
02 = Associate Degree
BD = Bachelor’s Degree
03 = Bachelor’s Degree
CR = Credential
04 = Post Baccalaureate Certificate
DP = Doctoral-Professional
05 = Master’s Degree
DR = Doctoral-Research
06 = Doctoral Degree
HR = Honors
07 = First Professional Degree
MD = Master’s Degree
08 = Graduate / Professional Certificate
NC = Not Classified
99 = Non-Credential Program (Preparatory PC = Post-Bachelor’s Certificate
. = Missing
PD = Postsecondary Diploma
RN = Review Needed
UC = Certificate
UN = Undetermined
Primary Program
Credential Level
.
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
99
Total

Source: NSC custom request

Table 3. Examples of GSS-ineligible degrees considered research doctorates by NSC
CREDENTIAL_TITLE_REPORTED_TO_NSC CREDENTIAL_LEVEL_CODECREDENTIAL_LEVEL_DESC
Examples of professional and clinical doctoral level degrees excluded from the GSS
DOCTOR OF AUDIOLOGY
DOCTOR OF DENTISTRY SUGERY
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
DOCT PHYSICAL THERAPY
DOCTOR OF NURING PRACTICE
DOCTOR OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
DOCTOR OF OPTOMOTRY
JURIS DOCTORATE
MD/ MEDICINE
PSY.D. IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

DR
DR
DR
DR
DR
DR
DR
DR
DR
DR

Doctoral-Research
Doctoral-Research
Doctoral-Research
Doctoral-Research
Doctoral-Research
Doctoral-Research
Doctoral-Research
Doctoral-Research
Doctoral-Research
Doctoral-Research

Examples of degrees coded as research doctorates in the NSC data that are not research doctorates
AIR CONDITIONING,HEAT&REF DIPLOMA
DR
Doctoral-Research
CHILD CARE WORKER DIPLOMA
DR
Doctoral-Research
DECEMBER 17, 1971
DR
Doctoral-Research
DENTAL ASSISTING DIPLOMA
DR
Doctoral-Research
DIPLOMA (POLICE ACADEMY)
DR
Doctoral-Research
DIPLOMA AUTO BODY TECHNOLOGY
DR
Doctoral-Research
ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY
DR
Doctoral-Research
MS IN CONSTRUCTION SCI ADM
DR
Doctoral-Research
POST DOCTORAL FELLOW-PDF
DR
Doctoral-Research
POSTHUMOUS HONORARY DOCTORATE
DR
Doctoral-Research
PRACTICAL NURSING DIPLOMA
DR
Doctoral-Research
PRE-ASSOCIATES DEGREE NURSING
DR
Doctoral-Research
PROFESSIONAL DOCTORATE
DR
Doctoral-Research
WELDING DIPLOMA
DR
Doctoral-Research
Source: https://nscresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/CREDENTIALLookup_20240418.xlsx

NSC Institutional Coverage
Table 4. NSC coverage of GSS institutions, units, and counts
(Number)

Departments Doctoral
Master's
/ Units
students
students
Characteristic
Institutions
Postdocs
NFRs
670
21,066
291,166
462,744
61,688
29,881
In both NSC & GSS
29
299
2,377
3,869
1,640
667
Not in NSC data
699
21,365
293,543
466,613
63,328
30,548
Total
Percent of total
95.9
98.6
99.2
99.2
97.4
97.8
Percent missing
4.1
1.4
0.8
0.8
2.6
2.2
Note: NSC does not collect data on postdocs or nonfaculty researchers (NFRs), so there is no coverage of
these data by the NSC. This lack of coverage is shown by the greyed-out text.
Source(s): GSS 2021 & NSC custom request

Appendix 2: 2021 GSS institutions not in the NSC data
IPEDS
Institution Name
UNITID
Air Force Institute of Technology
200697
American Museum of Natural History
458548
California University of Science and Medicine
496043
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
999999
City of Hope, Irell and Manella Graduate School of Biologic
441238
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
436377
Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine, The
486080
Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Fajardo
242680
Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Metro
242653
Inter American University of Puerto Rico, San German
242617
Keiser University, Fort Lauderdale
135081
Loma Linda University
117636
Naval Postgraduate School
119678
New England College of Optometry, The
167093
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
187967
Oklahoma State University, Center for Health Sciences
207315
Pacific States University
120838
Rockefeller University, The
195049
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
430670
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
481535
Scripps Research Institute, The
999999
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
164137
United States Merchant Marine Academy
197027
Universidad Central del Caribe
243568
University of Massachusetts Medical School
166708
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
243203
Van Andel Institute
999999
Wesley College
131098
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
166610
Source(s): GSS 2021 & NSC custom request

2018
Grad Institution TOC_ Carnegie Depts / Master's
code
NSC notes
only
_state
code
units students
Not in crosswalk
Y
OH
1
16
18
544
Not in crosswalk
Y
NY
2
-2
3
15
No enrollment data
Y
CA
2
-2
1
60
Not in crosswalk
Y
CA
2
-2
2
46
No enrollment data
Y
CA
2
26
2
0
Not in crosswalk
Y
NY
2
-2
6
0
Not in crosswalk
Y
NY
2
26
1
0
No enrollment data
N
PR
2
20
1
19
Last enrollment data from Spring 2016 (o N
PR
2
17
8
306
No enrollment data
N
PR
2
17
6
95
No enrollment data
N
FL
2
17
4
195
Last enrollment data from Spring 2010
N
CA
2
25
47
260
No enrollment data
Y
CA
1
18
27
1309
No enrollment data
Y
MA
2
26
1
19
No enrollment data
N
NM
1
20
18
202
No enrollment data
Y
OK
1
25
4
13
No enrollment data
N
CA
2
29
2
39
No enrollment data
Y
NY
2
16
8
16
No enrollment data
N
PR
2
25
1
38
Not in crosswalk
Y
CA
2
26
2
0
No enrollment data
Y
CA
2
-2
6
0
No enrollment data
Y
MD
1
-2
23
216
Last enrollment data from Fall 2002
N
NY
1
22
1
18
Last enrollment data from Spring 2009
N
PR
2
25
3
2
No enrollment data
Y
MA
1
25
43
9
No enrollment data
N
PR
1
25
41
445
Not in crosswalk
Y
MI
2
-2
14
1
No enrollment data
N
DE
2
22
1
2
Not in crosswalk
Y
MA
2
-2
5
0

Doctoral
students Postdocs
130
0
18
34
0
0
43
115
96
187
54
145
12
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
189
0
237
20
64
10
0
1
112
3
95
2
0
0
268
211
0
0
31
67
308
379
145
36
0
0
20
2
341
249
163
13
43
60
0
0
0
106

NFRs
0
0
0
0
106
43
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
184
0
74
144
0
0
0
0
10
49
0
57

Table 5. Fall 2021 graduate enrollment by cohort, degree level, and GSS institution eligibility status
(Number)

Academic
Year
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
Total

All Graduate Students
GSS
Non-GSS
Total
Institutions Institutions
18 *
*
*
12,064
5,262
6,802
117,382
70,654
46,728
83,119
48,204
34,915
122,613
74,646
47,967
202,781
128,007
74,774
361,471
223,910
137,561
716,890
443,194
273,696
1,313,336
810,048
503,288
1,861,432 1,069,047
792,385
4,791,106 2,872,972 1,918,116

Source(s): NSC custom requests

New NSC data
Doctoral Students
Master's Students
GSS
Non-GSS
Total
Institutions Institutions
Total
*
*
*
4,368
1,519
2,849
6,815
39,811
26,925
12,886
66,384
29,081
20,002
9,079
44,329
50,834
36,470
14,364
55,309
81,199
57,829
23,370
79,077
114,616
79,107
35,509
158,058
142,410
97,965
44,445
413,036
155,341
104,299
51,042
881,643
175,882
117,534
58,348 1,065,594
793,542
541,650
251,892 2,770,245

bility status

C data
Master's Students
Other or Unknown Degree Level
GSS
Non-GSS
GSS
Non-GSS
Institutions Institutions
Total
Institutions Institutions
*
*
*
*
*
3,308
3,507
881
435
446
38,952
27,432
11,187
4,777
6,410
24,305
20,024
9,709
3,897
5,812
31,013
24,296
16,470
7,163
9,307
44,943
34,134
42,505
25,235
17,270
92,799
65,259
88,797
52,004
36,793
252,798
160,238
161,444
92,431
69,013
566,005
315,638
276,352
139,744
136,608
691,102
374,492
619,956
260,411
359,545
1,745,225 1,025,020 1,227,301
586,097
641,204

Previous NSC data
Doctoral Students
GSS
Non-GSS
Total
Institutions Institutions

97,655
72,973
100,971
129,286
153,692

75,241
56,927
76,662
93,729
108,476

22,414
16,046
24,309
35,557
45,216

554,577

411,035

143,542

Table 6. AY 2021-22 graduate enrollment reported to NSC by GSS field and institutional eligibility, area of study, and de
(Number)

All Graduate Students
Field
All fields
GSS eligible fields
Science
Engineering
Health
GSS ineligible fields
Science and engineering related
Health related
Non-science, engineering, or health related
Unknown fields (No CIP data available)
% of enrollment in:
GSS eligible fields
GSS ineligible fields
Unknown fields
Source: NSC custom request

Doctoral Students

GSS
Non-GSS
Total
Institutions Institutions
4,954,883 2,940,402 2,014,481
1,557,866 1,061,505
496,361
907,860
638,346
269,514
233,916
186,267
47,649
416,090
236,892
179,198
3,396,001 1,877,995 1,518,006
256,440
182,501
73,939
601,583
361,746
239,837
2,537,978 1,333,748 1,204,230
1,016
902
114
31.4
68.5
0.0

36.1
63.9
0.0

24.6
75.4
0.0

GSS
Total
Institutions
807,033
547,748
462,877
333,664
282,358
205,548
88,896
71,547
91,623
56,569
343,922
213,964
10,925
7,563
86,131
54,168
246,866
152,233
234
120
57.4
42.6
0.0

60.9
39.1
0.0

bility, area of study, and degree level

octoral Students

Master's Students

Other or Unknown Degree Level

Non-GSS
GSS
Non-GSS
GSS
Non-GSS
Institutions
Total
Institutions Institutions
Total
Institutions Institutions
259,285 2,862,644 1,791,750 1,070,894 1,285,206
600,904
684,302
129,213 973,519
658,792
314,727 121,470
69,049
52,421
76,810 568,954
400,861
168,093
56,548
31,937
24,611
17,349 137,294
110,006
27,288
7,726
4,714
3,012
35,054 267,271
147,925
119,346
57,196
32,398
24,798
129,958 1,889,054 1,132,887
756,167 1,163,025
531,144
631,881
3,362 211,829
152,888
58,941
33,686
22,050
11,636
31,963 245,797
123,689
122,108 269,655
183,889
85,766
94,633 1,431,428
856,310
575,118 859,684
325,205
534,479
114
71
71
*
711
711
*
49.8
50.1
0.0

34.0
66.0
0.0

36.8
63.2
0.0

29.4
70.6
0.0

9.5
90.5
0.1

11.5
88.4
0.1

7.7
92.3
0.0

Table 7. Counts and distributions of doctoral and masters students in GSS institutions across GSS-eligible science, engineering
(Number and percent)
Doctoral
GSS 2021

NSC

Broad field

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

All fields

293,543

100.0

333,664

100.0

Science

203,988

69.5

205,548

61.6

Agricultural and veterinary sciences

4,443

1.5

4,756

1.4

Biological and biomedical sciences

58,155

19.8

54,569

16.4

Computer and information sciences

19,531

6.7

19,718

5.9

Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences

6,770

2.3

6,505

1.9

Mathematics and statistics

13,619

4.6

12,955

3.9

Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies

3,774

1.3

3,518

1.1

Natural resources and conservation

3,910

1.3

4,066

1.2

Physical sciences

37,732

12.9

35,445

10.6

Psychology

21,447

7.3

30,934

9.3

Social sciences

34,607

11.8

33,082

9.9

72,924

24.8

71,547

21.4

Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering

2,773

0.9

2,714

0.8

Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering

8,867

3.0

8,091

2.4

Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering

7,713

2.6

7,317

2.2

Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields

7,878

2.7

7,646

2.3

Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering

17,570

6.0

17,717

5.3

Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research

3,921

1.3

3,640

1.1

Mechanical engineering

11,540

3.9

11,276

3.4

Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields

4,904

1.7

4,669

1.4

Engineering

Other engineering

7,758

2.6

8,477

2.5

16,631

5.7

56,569

17.0

Clinical medicine

5,612

1.9

6,370

1.9

Other health

11,019

3.8

50,199

15.0

Health

Note(s):
Percentages may not add to total due to rounding. For more information on the mapping of GSS fields and codes, see GSS technical table A-17.
Source(s):
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2021; NSC custom

GSS-eligible science, engineering, and health fields: 2021
Doctoral

Master's
Difference

GSS 2021

NSC

Difference

Number

Percent

Percentage
Point

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Percentage
Point

40,121

13.7

0.0

466,613

100.0

658,792

100.0

192,179

41.2

0.0

1,560

0.8

-7.9

305,796

65.5

400,861

60.8

95,065

31.1

-4.7

313

7.0

-0.1

6,801

1.5

8,230

1.2

1,429

21.0

-0.3

-3,586

-6.2

-3.4

42,728

9.2

51,692

7.8

8,964

21.0

-1.4

187

1.0

-0.8

102,199

21.9

138,342

21.0

36,143

35.4

-0.9

-265

-3.9

-0.4

5,520

1.2

6,068

0.9

548

9.9

-0.3

-664

-4.9

-0.7

20,639

4.4

25,308

3.8

4,669

22.6

-0.6

-256

-6.8

-0.2

11,994

2.6

18,185

2.8

6,191

51.6

0.2

156

4.0

-0.1

10,012

2.1

13,029

2.0

3,017

30.1

-0.1

-2,287

-6.1

-2.3

6,409

1.4

8,982

1.4

2,573

40.1

0.0

9,487

44.2

2.0

51,878

11.1

72,527

11.0

20,649

39.8

-0.1

-1,525

-4.4

-1.9

47,616

10.2

58,498

8.9

10,882

22.9

-1.3

-1,377

-1.9

-3.4

95,126

20.4

110,006

16.7

14,880

15.6

-3.7

-59

-2.1

-0.1

5,065

1.1

6,014

0.9

949

18.7

-0.2

-776

-8.8

-0.6

5,192

1.1

6,322

1.0

1,130

21.8

-0.1

-396

-5.1

-0.4

2,983

0.6

3,886

0.6

903

30.3

0.0

-232

-2.9

-0.4

11,730

2.5

13,524

2.1

1,794

15.3

-0.4

147

0.8

-0.7

27,695

5.9

31,004

4.7

3,309

11.9

-1.2

-281

-7.2

-0.2

11,949

2.6

13,814

2.1

1,865

15.6

-0.5

-264

-2.3

-0.5

15,718

3.4

18,096

2.7

2,378

15.1

-0.7

-235

-4.8

-0.3

2,518

0.5

3,124

0.5

606

24.1

0.0

719

9.3

-0.1

12,276

2.6

14,222

2.2

1,946

15.9

-0.4

39,938

240.1

11.3

65,691

14.1

147,925

22.5

82,234

125.2

8.4

758

13.5

0.0

34,021

7.3

44,383

6.7

10,362

30.5

-0.6

39,180

355.6

11.2

31,670

6.8

103,542

15.7

71,872

226.9

8.9

see GSS technical table A-17.

ce and Engineering, 2021; NSC custom request.

Table 8. Distributions of doctoral students across key demographics by in the original NSC data, the new NSC data, and the
2021 GSS data
(Number and percent)

Original NSC data (5 cohorts)

New NSC data (10 cohorts)

GSS institutions
All institutions GSS institutions GSS institutions and eligible fields
GSS 2021
Difference
% of
% of
% of
% of
% of
% of
Characteristics
N
total
N
total
N
total
N
total
N
total
N
total
All doctorates
554,577 100.0 411,035 100.0 547,748 100.0
333,664 100.0 293,543 100.0 -40,121
0.0
Race/Ethnicity/Citizenship
549,444
99.1 406,053
98.8 547,748 100.0
333,578 100.0 293,543 100.0 -40,035
0.0
A = Nonresident Alien
33,818
6.1 32,259
7.8 41,904
7.7
33,543
10.1 115,601
39.4 82,058
29.3
H = Hispanic
32,682
5.9 23,514
5.7 37,703
6.9
20,301
6.1 20,493
7.0
192
0.9
IA = American Indian/Alaskan Native
2,128
0.4
1,389
0.3
2,291
0.4
1,030
0.3
749
0.3
-281
-0.1
Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander
40,525
7.3 25,257
6.1 47,468
8.7
31,332
9.4 19,791
6.7 -11,541
-2.6
AN = Asian
31,595
5.7 24,968
6.1 39,570
7.2
25,682
7.7 19,596
6.7
-6,086
-1.0
NP = Asian or Pacific Islander
8,389
1.5
n/a
n/a
7,100
1.3
5,376
1.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
HP = Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
541
0.1
289
0.1
798
0.1
274
0.1
195
0.1
-79
0.0
B = Black, Non-Hispanic
43,155
7.8 23,151
5.6 40,435
7.4
15,427
4.6 12,173
4.1
-3,254
-0.5
TM = Two or More Race/Ethnicity Categories
14,284
2.6 11,198
2.7 17,971
3.3
11,388
3.4
7,170
2.4
-4,218
-1.0
W = White, Non-Hispanic
203,362
36.7 153,733
37.4 212,394
38.8
124,131
37.2 109,590
37.3 -14,541
0.1
U = Race/Ethnicity Unknown
60,405
10.9 135,552
33.0 147,582
26.9
96,426
28.9
7,976
2.7 -88,450 -26.2
"" = Missing
119,085
21.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
* suppressed
5,133
0.9
4,982
1.2
0
0.0
86
0.0
0
0.0
-86
0.0
Sex
541,534
97.6 398,399
96.9 547,748 100.0
333,664 100.0 293,543 100.0 -40,121
0.0
Female
286,065
51.6 194,579
47.3 281,061
51.3
152,019
45.6 133,122
45.4 -18,897
-0.2
Male
219,965
39.7 171,976
41.8 223,114
40.7
147,199
44.1 160,421
54.6 13,222
10.5
Unknown
35,504
6.4 31,844
7.7 43,573
8.0
34,446
10.3
0.0 -34,446 -10.3
* suppressed
13,043
2.4 12,636
3.1
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Note: The NSC data include the race/ethnicity category NP which corresponds to the old Asian or Pacific Islander category. Because this was not documented in the
original data request, these counts were combined with missing values and "U"s to form a single race/ethinicity unknown category. Because this category was split into
AN-Asian and HP-Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander prior to 2010 and is no longer collected in the GSS, the Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander
row was added in the above table to allow for more direct comparison.
Source(s):
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2021; NSC custom request.

Appendix 4. Count of Graduate Students at GSS Institutions by Citizenship/Race/Ethnicity, Degree Level, and Gender
All Graduate Students
Citizenship/Race/Ethnicity
All graduate students
A = Nonresident Alien
H = Hispanic
IA = American Indian/Alaskan Native
Asian/NHPI
AN = Asian
NP = Asian or Pacific Islander
HP = Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
B = Black, Non-Hispanic
TM = Two or More Race/Ethnicity Categories
W = White, Non-Hispanic
U = Race/Ethnicity Unknown

Data not
Total
Female
Male
available Total
2,940,400 1,678,034 1,101,822 160,544 547,748
124,514
53,754
65,764
4,996 41,904
273,495 176,620
93,935
2,940 37,703
16,259
10,823
5,166
270
2,291
277,404 149,741 115,404
12,259 47,468
224,151 118,867
93,799
11,485 39,570
31,839
16,884
14,568
387
7,100
5,155
3,167
1,871
117
798
248,876 166,566
77,027
5,283 40,435
103,053
62,265
39,096
1,692 17,971
1,277,507 781,187 480,572
15,748 212,394
635,551 287,901 230,024 117,626 147,582

Doctoral Stud

gree Level, and Gender
Doctoral Students

Master's Students

Unknown Degree Leve

Data not
Data not
Data not
Female Male available
Total
Female
Male available Total Female Male available
281,061 223,114
43,573 1,791,748 1,037,982 659,084
94,682 600,904 358,991 219,624
22,289
17,014 22,973
1,917
74,417
32,688 38,954
2,775
8,193
4,052
3,837
304
22,356 14,898
449 175,700 115,584 58,550
1,566 60,092 38,680 20,487
925
1,431
809
51
10,929
7,389
3,381
159
3,039
2,003
976
60
23,281 21,186
3,001 145,068
76,209 62,333
6,526 68,609 39,428 26,719
2,462
19,381 17,247
2,942 122,755
64,136 52,447
6,172 61,826 35,350 24,105
2,371
3,408
3,650
42
19,147
10,128
8,737
282
5,592
3348
2181
63
492
289
17
3,166
1,945
1,149
72
1,191
730
433
28
26,549 13,089
797 163,168 109,831 49,947
3,390 45,273 30,186 13,991
1,096
10,218
7,324
429
62,828
38,338 23,565
925 22,254 13,709
8,207
338
121,407 88,084
2,903 772,867 482,333 281,297
9,237 292,246 177,447 111,191
3,608
58,805 54,751
34,026 386,771 175,610 141,057
70,104 101,198 53,486 34,216
13,496

Appendix 3. Counts and distributions of doctoral and masters students in the GSS and NSC data across GSS-eligible science, engineerin
(Number and percent)
Doctoral
GSS 2021
Percent
female
Percent

Percent
TVH

Number

Percent

45.4

39.4

333,664

100.0

49.4

34.5

205,548

61.6

1.5

55.7

45.9

4,756

1.4

1.3

54.8

47.2

4,222

1.3

Detailed field

Number

All detailed fields

293,543

100.0

203,988

69.5

4,443
3,906

Science
Agricultural and veterinary sciences
Agricultural sciences
Veterinary biomedical and clinical sciences

NSC

537

0.2

62.4

36.5

534

0.2

58,155

19.8

57.5

25.6

54,569

16.4

Biochemistry

4,828

1.6

52.3

27.3

4,376

1.3

Biology

7,400

2.5

57.4

27.8

7,288

2.2

Biomedical sciences

4,826

1.6

59.7

24.6

4,806

1.4

973

0.3

39.6

30.3

915

0.3

3,591

1.2

46.4

44.8

3,506

1.1

128

0.0

59.4

29.7

135

0.0

Botany and plant biology

1,269

0.4

53.2

31.5

1,333

0.4

Cell, cellular biology, and anatomical sciences

5,290

1.8

57.5

24.3

4,631

1.4

Ecology and population biology

2,790

1.0

59.1

20.0

2,670

0.8

Epidemiology

2,162

0.7

72.8

28.4

2,053

0.6

Genetics

2,449

0.8

58.9

23.1

2,314

0.7

Microbiological sciences and immunology

4,371

1.5

59.0

18.2

3,772

1.1

Molecular biology

1,265

0.4

56.4

26.2

1,133

0.3

Neurobiology and neuroscience

5,758

2.0

57.8

18.0

5,241

1.6

Nutrition science

993

0.3

77.7

31.9

1,003

0.3

Pathology and experimental pathology

849

0.3

60.7

23.7

874

0.3

Pharmacology and toxicology

2,374

0.8

59.9

22.7

2,165

0.6

Physiology

3,041

1.0

56.2

26.1

2,818

0.8

Zoology and animal biology

1,213

0.4

55.3

23.8

1,204

0.4

Biological and biomedical sciences nec

2,585

0.9

60.1

26.3

2,332

0.7

19,531

6.7

27.6

62.3

19,718

5.9

687

0.2

37.1

59.4

687

0.2

6,168

2.1

24.5

66.8

6,531

2.0

Biological and biomedical sciences

Biophysics
Biostatistics and bioinformatics
Biotechnology

Computer and information sciences
Artificial intelligence, informatics, and computer and
information science topics
Computer and information sciences
Computer and information systems security

342

0.1

24.0

14.9

482

0.1

Computer science

10,356

3.5

25.0

64.5

9,924

3.0

Information science and studies

1,351

0.5

51.8

43.7

1,501

0.4

467

0.2

43.5

56.3

467

0.1

160

0.1

36.9

33.1

126

0.0

6,770

2.3

49.5

30.3

6,505

1.9

902

0.3

40.9

35.5

880

0.3

4,337

1.5

47.7

31.9

4,161

1.2

Information technology
Computer and information sciences nec
Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean
sciences
Atmospheric sciences and meteorology
Geological and earth sciences

1,531

0.5

59.7

22.9

1,464

0.4

Mathematics and statistics

Ocean and marine sciences

13,619

4.6

30.0

50.3

12,955

3.9

Applied mathematics

2,255

0.8

32.2

47.3

2,074

0.6

Mathematics

7,964

2.7

27.1

44.6

7,558

2.3

Statistics

3,400

1.2

35.4

65.4

3,323

1.0

3,774

1.3

54.1

30.8

3,518

1.1

Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies

Biological and physical sciences

887

0.3

53.9

34.0

679

0.2

Computational science

347

0.1

30.3

45.8

296

0.1

Data science and data analytics

46

0.0

37.0

76.1

98

0.0

International and global studies

183

0.1

63.9

32.2

182

0.1

2,311

0.8

57.4

26.2

2,263

0.7

Natural resources and conservation

3,910

1.3

56.2

26.0

4,066

1.2

Environmental science and studies

1,956

0.7

60.0

25.6

2,073

0.6

Forestry, natural resources, and conservation

1,954

0.7

52.4

26.4

1,993

0.6

37,732

12.9

35.7

40.4

35,445

10.6

Astronomy and astrophysics

1,539

0.5

45.0

22.9

1,362

0.4

Chemistry

20,149

6.9

43.8

38.7

19,010

5.7

Materials sciences

1,002

0.3

34.4

47.4

1,168

0.4

Physics

14,501

4.9

23.6

43.6

13,447

4.0

541

0.2

37.9

51.6

458

0.1

Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies nec

Physical sciences

Physical sciences nec
Psychology

21,447

7.3

75.3

11.1

30,934

9.3

Applied psychology

4,910

1.7

77.1

10.1

6,178

1.9

Clinical psychology

3,389

1.2

79.3

4.5

8,648

2.6

Counseling psychology

1,461

0.5

77.7

7.0

3,743

1.1

Human development

797

0.3

82.4

17.8

794

0.2

Psychology, general

6,554

2.2

73.3

8.8

6,565

2.0

Research and experimental psychology

4,336

1.5

70.8

21.2

5,006

1.5

34,607

11.8

52.2

36.3

33,082

9.9

Social sciences
Agricultural and natural resource economics

522

0.2

46.9

71.6

359

0.1

Anthropology

4,129

1.4

65.6

22.0

3,808

1.1

Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies

2,326

0.8

66.1

22.3

2,702

0.8

Criminal justice and safety studies

1,227

0.4

54.4

5.1

1,299

0.4

308

0.1

67.5

12.0

352

0.1

Economics (except agricultural and natural resource)

8,266

2.8

36.4

65.3

8,167

2.4

Geography and cartography

1,729

0.6

54.2

38.1

1,567

0.5

474

0.2

50.8

34.6

527

0.2

Linguistics

1,652

0.6

59.0

43.9

1,645

0.5

Political science and government

5,332

1.8

44.6

32.7

5,037

1.5

Public policy analysis

2,740

0.9

52.7

23.2

2,322

0.7

Sociology and population studies

4,875

1.7

64.7

21.7

4,416

1.3

Urban studies and affairs

391

0.1

58.3

29.4

296

0.1

Social sciences, other

636

0.2

55.2

26.9

585

0.2

72,924

24.8

28.7

56.6

71,547

21.4

Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering

2,773

0.9

20.1

39.7

2,714

0.8

Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering

8,867

3.0

45.2

33.8

8,091

2.4

Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering

7,713

2.6

33.4

52.6

7,317

2.2

7,115

2.4

34.4

50.1

6,768

2.0

598

0.2

21.7

82.9

549

0.2

7,878

2.7

35.1

67.3

7,646

2.3

6,760

2.3

33.1

69.2

6,608

2.0

1,118

0.4

47.7

55.9

1,038

0.3

17,570

6.0

20.7

69.7

17,717

5.3

Criminology

International relations and national security studies

Engineering

Chemical engineering
Petroleum engineering
Civil, environmental, transportation and related
engineering fields
Civil engineering
Architectural, environmental, construction and
surveying engineering
Electrical, electronics, communications and computer
engineering

Electrical, electronics, and communications
engineering

14,767

5.0

20.6

69.7

15,053

4.5

2,803

1.0

21.3

69.9

2,664

0.8

3,921

1.3

32.2

61.8

3,640

1.1

Industrial and manufacturing engineering

2,322

0.8

34.5

70.0

2,050

0.6

Systems engineering and operations research

1,599

0.5

28.7

49.8

1,590

0.5

Mechanical engineering
Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering
fields

11,540

3.9

20.4

58.0

11,276

3.4

4,904

1.7

31.2

49.4

4,669

1.4

Other engineering

7,758

2.6

28.3

52.2

8,477

2.5

668

0.2

40.1

63.0

761

0.2

Engineering mechanics, physics, and science

1,457

0.5

26.3

52.6

1,597

0.5

Nuclear engineering

1,032

0.4

20.8

30.6

996

0.3

Computer engineering
Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and
operations research

Agricultural engineering

Engineering, other
Health
Clinical medicinea
Medical clinical sciences and clinical and medical
laboratory sciences
Public health

4,601

1.6

28.8

55.4

5,123

1.5

16,631

5.7

69.4

23.6

56,569

17.0

5,612

1.9

71.7

19.4

6,370

1.9

677

0.2

66.6

13.1

980

0.3

4,935

1.7

72.4

20.2

5,390

1.6

11,019

3.8

68.2

25.8

50,199

15.0

Communication disorders sciences

792

0.3

81.8

17.9

3,610

1.1

Dental sciences

219

0.1

58.4

54.8

212

0.1

Kinesiology and exercise science

1,031

0.4

49.9

20.3

966

0.3

Nursing science

3,512

1.2

86.4

12.1

12,289

3.7

Pharmaceutical sciences

2,936

1.0

54.7

52.4

2,989

0.9

Other health nec

2,529

0.9

62.6

16.2

30,133

9.0

Other health

nec = not elsewhere classified; TVH = temporary visa holder.

Clinical medicine includes graduate students in public health and clinical medicine nec. Clinical medicine includes postdoctoral appointees and nonfaculty
pediatrics, psychiatry, public health, pulmonary disease, radiological sciences, surgery, and clinical medicine nec.

a

Note(s):
Percentages may not add to total because of rounding. For more information on the mapping of GSS fields and codes, see technical table A-17.
Source(s):
(GSS counts
DTs 4-1,
4-2, 4-4b,Statistics,
and 4-4c)
National
Center from
for Science
and Engineering
Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2021; NSC custom
.

ss GSS-eligible science, engineering, and health fields: 2021
Doctoral

Master'

NSC
Percent
female

Difference

Percentage Point

GSS 2021
Percent
female
Percent

Percent
TVH

Number

Percent

45.6

10.1

40,121

13.7

0.0

0.2

-29.3

466,613

100.0

46.4

10.2

1,560

0.8

-7.9

-3.0

-24.3

305,796

65.5

49.3

12.8

313

7.0

-0.1

-6.4

-33.1

6,801

48.6

13.5

316

8.1

0.0

-6.2

-33.7

54.7

7.6

-3

-0.6

0.0

-7.7

52.7

8.1

-3,586

-6.2

-3.4

-4.8

47.8

7.3

-452

-9.4

-0.3

52.8

7.5

-112

-1.5

55.3

9.2

-20

36.5

10.4

-58

38.0

12.8

60.0

13.7

47.5

8.4

64

53.3

8.5

-659

55.0

5.5

-120

66.3

8.9

-109

53.9

8.0

55.0

7.1

51.0

NSC
Percent
TVH

Number

51.4

43.9

658,792

53.0

42.1

400,861

1.5

63.1

26.9

8,230

5,790

1.2

60.6

26.2

7,246

-28.9

1,011

0.2

77.0

32.4

984

-17.6

42,728

9.2

66.2

10.1

51,692

-4.5

-20.0

1,005

0.2

57.2

4.6

1,254

-0.3

-4.6

-20.3

8,294

1.8

64.4

9.6

10,217

-0.4

-0.2

-4.4

-15.4

5,794

1.2

67.2

9.3

6,486

-6.0

0.0

-3.1

-19.9

6

0.0

16.7

0.0

18

-85

-2.4

-0.1

-8.4

-32.0

3,519

0.8

57.5

39.0

3,958

7

5.5

0.0

0.6

-15.9

3,395

0.7

61.0

516.4

4,659

5.0

0.0

-5.7

-23.1

363

0.1

59.0

5.8

493

-12.5

-0.4

-4.2

-15.7

1,210

0.3

62.0

3.2

1,488

-4.3

-0.2

-4.1

-14.5

1,201

0.3

64.4

3.2

1,244

-5.0

-0.1

-6.5

-19.5

3,623

0.8

74.4

30.5

4,674

-135

-5.5

-0.1

-5.0

-15.2

718

0.2

79.4

2.9

813

-599

-13.7

-0.4

-4.0

-11.1

2,011

0.4

68.9

4.3

2,276

9.3

-132

-10.4

-0.1

-5.4

-16.9

405

0.1

66.2

4.9

522

54.6

5.7

-517

-9.0

-0.4

-3.2

-12.3

591

0.1

62.9

0.9

727

71.5

13.2

10

1.0

0.0

-6.2

-18.7

2,871

0.6

87.6

28.1

3,567

55.4

7.8

25

2.9

0.0

-5.3

-15.8

100

0.0

76.0

3.2

147

54.3

6.8

-209

-8.8

-0.2

-5.6

-15.9

926

0.2

66.3

9.7

1,017

52.3

8.9

-223

-7.3

-0.2

-3.9

-17.2

2,898

0.6

58.5

9.3

3,569

49.3

9.3

-9

-0.7

0.0

-6.0

-14.5

927

0.2

58.7

7.1

977

54.6

5.2

-253

-9.8

-0.2

-5.5

-21.1

2,871

0.6

66.4

5.4

3,586

23.2

18.1

187

1.0

-0.8

-4.4

-44.2

102,199

21.9

32.6

269.5

138,342

33.9

13.2

0

0.0

0.0

-3.2

-46.2

4,504

1.0

35.9

321.3

6,237

20.3

22.2

363

5.9

-0.1

-4.2

-44.6

30,804

6.6

28.5

270.1

43,795

Overall

Female

TVH

Number

24.3

*

140

40.9

0.0

0.3

-24.3

8,401

1.8

28.0

417.5

13,172

20.5

16.3

-432

-4.2

-0.5

-4.5

-48.2

30,361

6.5

28.1

198.2

37,466

44.1

17.5

150

11.1

-0.1

-7.7

-26.2

13,098

2.8

47.6

355.4

16,100

37.0

25.3

0

0.0

-0.1

-6.5

-31.0

7,527

1.6

41.4

831.9

11,057

31.7

26.5

-34

-21.3

-0.1

-5.2

-6.6

7,504

1.6

35.4

1951.9

10,515

45.1

8.6

-265

-3.9

-0.4

-4.4

-21.8

5,520

1.2

52.5

7.4

6,068

36.3

12.3

-22

-2.4

0.0

-4.7

-23.1

487

0.1

41.7

7.2

564

43.2

8.3

-176

-4.1

-0.3

-4.5

-23.6

3,534

0.8

47.7

8.0

3,851

56.1

7.0

-67

-4.4

-0.1

-3.6

-15.8

1,499

0.3

67.3

5.9

1,653

24.8

14.8

-664

-4.9

-0.7

-5.2

-35.4

20,639

4.4

41.3

74.1

25,308

28.0

13.4

-181

-8.0

-0.2

-4.2

-33.9

8,899

1.9

39.0

258.0

10,998

23.1

14.5

-406

-5.1

-0.4

-4.0

-30.1

4,164

0.9

41.5

10.5

5,386

26.7

16.3

-77

-2.3

-0.2

-8.7

-49.1

7,576

1.6

43.9

101.1

8,924

48.0

10.3

-256

-6.8

-0.2

-6.1

-20.4

11,994

2.6

54.8

86.5

18,185

48.6

5.2

-208

-23.4

-0.1

-5.3

-28.9

874

0.2

55.1

20.0

1,398

24.3

23.8

-51

-14.7

0.0

-6.0

-22.0

2,088

0.4

36.0

234.3

2,858

29.6

33.0

52

113.0

0.0

-7.4

-43.1

2,358

0.5

44.3

1367.4

4,543

57.7

14.8

-1

-0.5

0.0

-6.2

-17.4

1,267

0.3

57.1

83.6

1,528

51.0

9.0

-48

-2.1

-0.1

-6.4

-17.2

5,407

1.2

66.0

64.5

7,858

52.3

7.1

156

4.0

-0.1

-3.9

-18.9

10,012

2.1

62.4

23.5

13,029

55.5

6.4

117

6.0

-0.1

-4.5

-19.2

4,851

1.0

64.8

27.5

6,483

49.0

7.8

39

2.0

-0.1

-3.4

-18.6

5,161

1.1

60.1

19.4

6,546

31.4

12.8

-2,287

-6.1

-2.3

-4.3

-27.6

6,409

1.4

40.5

3.9

8,982

41.5

8.0

-177

-11.5

-0.1

-3.5

-14.8

85

0.0

41.2

0.7

183

38.2

12.8

-1,139

-5.7

-1.2

-5.6

-25.9

3,066

0.7

51.0

3.3

4,208

28.1

14.2

166

16.6

0.1

-6.3

-33.2

439

0.1

31.0

19.9

483

20.9

13.1

-1,054

-7.3

-0.9

-2.7

-30.6

2,278

0.5

23.9

3.8

3,653

36.0

10.3

-83

-15.3

-0.1

-1.9

-41.3

541

0.1

58.2

10.9

455

73.9

3.0

9,487

44.2

2.0

-1.4

-8.2

51,878

11.1

82.3

8.6

72,527

75.2

3.0

1,268

25.8

0.2

-1.9

-7.1

19,517

4.2

82.6

9.8

28,045

77.7

0.8

5,259

155.2

1.4

-1.6

-3.7

4,167

0.9

82.9

4.4

5,892

77.9

1.8

2,282

156.2

0.6

0.2

-5.3

16,965

3.6

83.2

16.8

23,284

77.5

9.3

-3

-0.4

-0.1

-4.9

-8.6

1,566

0.3

91.7

11.3

2,167

70.9

2.4

11

0.2

-0.2

-2.4

-6.4

7,329

1.6

77.4

8.2

9,725

66.5

7.3

670

15.5

0.0

-4.3

-13.9

2,334

0.5

81.8

7.7

3,414

47.8

11.6

-1,525

-4.4

-1.9

-4.4

-24.8

47,616

10.2

56.3

23.7

58,498

40.1

28.5

-163

-31.2

-0.1

-6.8

-43.2

672

0.1

46.6

42.7

495

60.5

5.8

-321

-7.8

-0.3

-5.1

-16.3

2,292

0.5

69.9

2.6

2,648

63.0

10.9

376

16.2

0.0

-3.1

-11.4

2,767

0.6

67.4

20.6

3,415

56.0

1.3

72

5.9

0.0

1.6

-3.8

5,602

1.2

64.7

7.8

6,955

63.9

5.5

44

14.3

0.0

-3.6

-6.5

1,272

0.3

71.4

32.5

1,838

31.1

20.2

-99

-1.2

-0.4

-5.3

-45.0

6,882

1.5

41.3

40.6

8,699

49.6

9.5

-162

-9.4

-0.1

-4.6

-28.6

3,147

0.7

45.9

22.0

3,613

43.3

10.0

53

11.2

0.0

-7.5

-24.6

8,308

1.8

50.9

226.2

11,240

51.7

11.2

-7

-0.4

-0.1

-7.3

-32.7

1,188

0.3

64.4

11.1

1,431

40.9

11.1

-295

-5.5

-0.3

-3.7

-21.7

3,270

0.7

46.5

6.5

4,071

50.7

6.6

-418

-15.3

-0.2

-2.0

-16.7

7,290

1.6

60.7

48.4

7,744

59.6

7.8

-459

-9.4

-0.4

-5.1

-13.9

2,331

0.5

70.7

3.3

2,954

48.0

*

-95

-24.3

0.0

-10.3

-29.4

827

0.2

62.5

13.3

1,014

53.0

13.8

-51

-8.0

0.0

-2.2

-13.1

1,768

0.4

61.5

48.1

2,381

24.0

15.7

-1,377

-1.9

-3.4

-4.7

-40.9

95,126

20.4

27.0

52.2

110,006

17.2

10.8

-59

-2.1

-0.1

-2.9

-28.9

5,065

1.1

17.9

23.9

6,014

39.7

10.2

-776

-8.8

-0.6

-5.5

-23.6

5,192

1.1

48.7

17.0

6,322

28.5

16.5

-396

-5.1

-0.4

-4.9

-36.1

2,983

0.6

33.3

15.6

3,886

29.4

15.5

-347

-4.9

-0.4

-5.0

-34.6

2,555

0.5

35.7

13.6

3,402

17.5

29.4

-49

-8.2

0.0

-4.2

-53.5

428

0.1

18.9

39.1

484

29.0

16.7

-232

-2.9

-0.4

-6.1

-50.6

11,730

2.5

34.8

51.1

13,524

27.5

17.1

-152

-2.2

-0.3

-5.6

-52.1

9,352

2.0

32.5

47.2

10,552

38.4

14.2

-80

-7.2

-0.1

-9.3

-41.7

2,378

0.5

43.6

74.6

2,972

16.5

18.4

147

0.8

-0.7

-4.2

-51.4

27,695

5.9

24.0

87.8

31,004

16.3

17.5

286

1.9

-0.5

-4.3

-52.2

17,866

3.8

21.6

60.5

21,317

17.9

23.3

-139

-5.0

-0.2

-3.4

-46.6

9,829

2.1

28.5

231.8

9,687

27.1

19.4

-281

-7.2

-0.2

-5.1

-42.4

11,949

2.6

29.1

122.4

13,814

28.2

17.9

-272

-11.7

-0.2

-6.3

-52.1

5,284

1.1

26.5

127.0

6,401

25.8

21.4

-9

-0.6

0.0

-2.9

-28.4

6,665

1.4

31.2

115.8

7,413

17.4

16.8

-264

-2.3

-0.5

-3.0

-41.1

15,718

3.4

17.2

47.3

18,096

26.1

14.8

-235

-4.8

-0.3

-5.1

-34.6

2,518

0.5

32.8

17.9

3,124

24.6

12.8

719

9.3

-0.1

-3.7

-39.4

12,276

2.6

28.4

53.1

14,222

34.4

17.6

93

13.9

0.0

-5.7

-45.4

519

0.1

43.0

34.1

579

22.7

16.4

140

9.6

0.0

-3.6

-36.2

782

0.2

30.3

18.3

1,172

19.0

5.7

-36

-3.5

-0.1

-1.8

-24.9

484

0.1

18.4

7.8

521

24.8

12.4

522

11.3

-0.1

-4.0

-43.0

10,491

2.2

28.0

77.0

11,950

69.7

2.5

39,938

240.1

11.3

0.3

-21.2

65,691

14.1

79.0

29.5

147,925

66.9

5.5

758

13.5

0.0

-4.8

-13.8

34,021

7.3

77.2

49.5

44,383

62.2

2.0

303

44.8

0.1

-4.4

-11.2

1,287

0.3

61.9

21.3

2,993

67.7

6.2

455

9.2

-0.1

-4.7

-14.1

32,734

7.0

77.8

53.4

41,390

70.0

2.1

39,180

355.6

11.2

1.8

-23.7

31,670

6.8

80.9

19.4

103,542

85.5

1.6

2,818

355.8

0.8

3.7

-16.3

17,406

3.7

95.6

27.0

20,642

51.9

16.5

-7

-3.2

0.0

-6.5

-38.3

1,500

0.3

53.6

135.6

1,745

46.8

5.8

-65

-6.3

-0.1

-3.1

-14.4

4,962

1.1

51.7

36.0

5,888

79.3

1.5

8,777

249.9

2.5

-7.1

-10.5

1,662

0.4

88.3

0.7

51,120

48.3

12.5

53

1.8

-0.1

-6.4

-39.9

1,939

0.4

66.3

20.9

3,733

67.4

1.1

27,604

1,091.5

8.1

4.8

-15.1

4,201

0.9

68.2

24.2

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Master's
NSC
Percent
female
Percent

Difference

Percentage Point

Percent
TVH

Number

Percent

Overall

Female

TVH

100.0

51.7

6.6

192,179

41.2

0.0

0.3

-37.3

60.8

49.0

7.7

95,065

31.1

-4.7

-4.0

-34.4

1.2

60.3

4.9

1,429

21.0

-0.3

-2.8

-22.0

1.1

58.1

5.2

1,456

25.1

-0.1

-2.5

-21.0

0.1

76.4

2.7

-27

-2.7

-0.1

-0.6

-29.7

7.8

62.6

3.9

8,964

21.0

-1.4

-3.6

-6.1

0.2

53.3

4.8

249

24.8

0.0

-3.9

0.2

1.6

62.3

2.7

1,923

23.2

-0.2

-2.1

-6.8

1.0

67.2

2.3

692

11.9

-0.2

0.0

-7.1

0.0

*

*

12

200.0

0.0

-16.7

0.0

0.6

47.6

12.0

439

12.5

-0.2

-9.9

-27.0

0.7

56.7

3.9

1,264

37.2

0.0

-4.3

-512.5

0.1

49.9

6.0

130

35.8

0.0

-9.1

0.1

0.2

57.6

2.8

278

23.0

-0.1

-4.4

-0.4

0.2

62.8

1.1

43

3.6

-0.1

-1.6

-2.1

0.7

66.8

8.2

1,051

29.0

-0.1

-7.6

-22.3

0.1

72.8

2.5

95

13.2

-0.1

-6.6

-0.4

0.3

66.0

2.1

265

13.2

-0.1

-2.9

-2.3

0.1

59.0

3.3

117

28.9

0.0

-7.2

-1.6

0.1

59.8

1.4

136

23.0

0.0

-3.1

0.5

0.5

83.5

3.5

696

24.2

-0.1

-4.1

-24.6

0.0

69.4

*

47

47.0

0.0

-6.6

-3.2

0.2

61.8

4.7

91

9.8

0.0

-4.5

-5.0

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1,733

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16.7

12,991

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20,649

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6,319

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601

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2,396

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466

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243

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454

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10,362

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1,706

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71,872

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3,236

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49,458

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1,794

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16,213

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