Citizenship of U.S. graduate students in Science: 2012-2018
All U.S. Graduate Students Full-time U.S. Graduate Students
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Year Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent
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1 2012 104,991 25.4 308,042 74.6 93,679 30.7 211,116 69.3
2 2013 111,688 26.8 305,563 73.2 100,347 32.4 209,409 67.6
3 2014 128,896 29.5 308,499 70.5 114,615 35.5 208,099 64.5
4 2015 139,472 31.1 309,182 68.9 122,714 37.0 208,579 63.0
5 2016 145,336 32.2 306,710 67.8 127,542 38.1 207,228 61.9
6 2017 134,511 32.4 281,057 67.6 NA NA NA NA
7 2018 134,978 31.2 297,277 68.8 NA NA NA NA
Citizenship of U.S. graduate students in Engineering: 2012-2018
All U.S. Graduate Students Full-time U.S. Graduate Students
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Year Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent
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1 2012 71,084 47.9 77,301 52.1 62,228 56.8 47,361 43.2
2 2013 77,387 50.6 75,662 49.4 67,950 59.2 46,802 40.8
3 2014 90,475 55.0 74,013 45.0 78,595 63.2 45,787 36.8
4 2015 95,902 56.6 73,452 43.4 83,188 64.9 44,924 35.1
5 2016 95,404 56.6 73,039 43.4 82,718 64.5 45,485 35.5
6 2017 90,421 54.6 75,160 45.4 NA NA NA NA
7 2018 86,531 53.0 76,770 47.0 NA NA NA NA
Citizenship of U.S. graduate students in Computer Sciences: 2012-2018
All U.S. Graduate Students Full-time U.S. Graduate Students
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Temporary Visa U.S. Citizen Temporary Visa U.S. Citizen
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Year Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent
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1 2012 26,827 51.8 24,962 48.2 22,574 66.2 11,534 33.8
2 2013 32,148 57.1 24,191 42.9 27,787 70.8 11,481 29.2
3 2014 46,916 61.3 29,630 38.7 39,837 76.5 12,232 23.5
4 2015 55,165 64.0 31,027 36.0 45,790 78.5 12,539 21.5
5 2016 59,612 64.3 33,038 35.7 49,507 78.1 13,854 21.9
6 2017 53,062 59.0 36,847 41.0 NA NA NA NA
7 2018 51,011 54.6 42,467 45.4 NA NA NA NA
Citizenship of U.S. graduate students in Electrical Engineering: 2012-2018
All U.S. Graduate Students Full-time U.S. Graduate Students
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Temporary Visa U.S. Citizen Temporary Visa U.S. Citizen
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Year Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent
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1 2012 27,046 63.9 15,301 36.1 23,248 73.7 8,278 26.3
2 2013 30,670 67.3 14,892 32.7 26,530 76.5 8,130 23.5
3 2014 37,455 72.2 14,454 27.8 31,943 80.1 7,925 19.9
4 2015 38,594 72.9 14,346 27.1 32,736 80.8 7,783 19.2
5 2016 35,871 71.7 14,191 28.3 30,400 79.7 7,758 20.3
6 2017 33,148 69.4 14,604 30.6 NA NA NA NA
7 2018 31,045 67.2 15,182 32.8 NA NA NA NA
Citizenship of U.S. graduate students in Industrial Engineering: 2012-2018
All U.S. Graduate Students Full-time U.S. Graduate Students
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Citizenship of U.S. graduate students in Industrial Engineering: 2012-2018
Temporary Visa U.S. Citizen Temporary Visa U.S. Citizen
Year IntCount IntPrcnt US_Count US_Prcnt IntFTCnt IntFTPct USFT_Cnt USFT_Pct
1 2012 6,236 43.1 8,233 56.9 5,213 64.2 2,902 35.8
2 2013 6,357 44.3 8,006 55.7 5,345 64.1 2,991 35.9
3 2014 7,473 50.3 7,372 49.7 6,394 70.2 2,712 29.8
4 2015 8,923 54.8 7,361 45.2 7,676 75.1 2,539 24.9
5 2016 9,441 58.3 6,759 41.7 8,069 76.3 2,513 23.7
6 2017 9,246 58.1 6,659 41.9 NA NA NA NA
7 2018 8,582 53.7 7,405 46.3 NA NA NA NA
Citizenship of U.S. graduate students in Mechanical Engineering: 2012-2018
All U.S. Graduate Students Full-time U.S. Graduate Students
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Year Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent
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1 2012 10,229 44.3 12,859 55.7 9,084 53.4 7,916 46.6
2 2013 11,296 46.9 12,791 53.1 10,143 56.5 7,797 43.5
3 2014 12,955 50.5 12,696 49.5 11,312 59.5 7,703 40.5
4 2015 14,635 53.6 12,679 46.4 12,676 62.4 7,644 37.6
5 2016 15,059 54.0 12,839 46.0 13,135 62.8 7,789 37.2
6 2017 14,500 52.9 12,928 47.1 NA NA NA NA
7 2018 13,613 51.2 12,980 48.8 NA NA NA NA
Citizenship of U.S. graduate students in Petroleum Engineering: 2012-2018
All U.S. Graduate Students Full-time U.S. Graduate Students
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Citizenship of U.S. graduate students in Petroleum Engineering: 2012-2018
Temporary Visa U.S. Citizen Temporary Visa U.S. Citizen
Year IntCount IntPrcnt US_Count US_Prcnt IntFTCnt IntFTPct USFT_Cnt USFT_Pct
1 2012 1,136 74.5 389 25.5 1,044 81.0 245 19.0
2 2013 1,169 72.7 440 27.3 1,063 80.7 255 19.3
3 2014 1,499 72.9 557 27.1 1,342 80.7 320 19.3
4 2015 1,463 72.4 558 27.6 1,258 80.6 302 19.4
5 2016 1,318 70.8 544 29.2 1,138 77.9 323 22.1
6 2017 1,122 71.1 456 28.9 NA NA NA NA
7 2018 1,012 72.1 391 27.9 NA NA NA NA
Citizenship of U.S. graduate students in Mathematics and Statistics: 2012-2018
All U.S. Graduate Students Full-time U.S. Graduate Students
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Year Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent
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1 2012 9,835 40.0 14,740 60.0 8,982 47.3 10,008 52.7
2 2013 10,442 42.1 14,362 57.9 9,615 49.3 9,895 50.7
3 2014 11,434 44.2 14,440 55.8 10,581 51.8 9,864 48.2
4 2015 12,419 47.0 14,025 53.0 11,535 54.5 9,618 45.5
5 2016 13,706 48.9 14,344 51.1 12,640 57.0 9,531 43.0
6 2017 15,129 51.0 14,540 49.0 NA NA NA NA
7 2018 16,144 51.3 15,317 48.7 NA NA NA NA
Citizenship of U.S. graduate students in Health: 2012-2018
All U.S. Graduate Students Full-time U.S. Graduate Students
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Citizenship of U.S. graduate students in Health: 2012-2018
Temporary Visa U.S. Citizen Temporary Visa U.S. Citizen
Year IntCount IntPrcnt US_Count US_Prcnt IntFTCnt IntFTPct USFT_Cnt USFT_Pct
1 2012 7,471 11.3 58,354 88.7 6,094 13.5 39,020 86.5
2 2013 7,639 12.2 55,071 87.8 6,509 14.6 37,936 85.4
3 2014 7,906 12.2 56,797 87.8 6,705 14.9 38,369 85.1
4 2015 8,067 12.0 59,322 88.0 6,887 14.7 39,970 85.3
5 2016 7,946 12.4 56,390 87.6 6,745 14.7 39,055 85.3
6 2017 7,699 11.3 60,264 88.7 NA NA NA NA
7 2018 8,217 11.3 64,534 88.7 NA NA NA NA
Sources: National Science Foundation: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Full-time students: 2012-2016 Note: The full-time numbers appear to match those in Figure 1 on page 5 of NFAP Policy Brief >> OCTOBER 2017
Citizenship of U.S. graduate students in science: 2012-2018
Citizenship of U.S. graduate students in science: 1980-2018
U.S. Citizens Temporary visa
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Year Count Pct Count Pct
1 1980 220,903 87.9 30,362 12.1
2 1981 219,762 87.1 32,642 12.9
3 1982 215,397 84.4 39,749 15.6
4 1983 213,114 83.3 42,706 16.7
5 1984 212,717 82.8 44,186 17.2
6 1985 214,014 81.7 47,959 18.3
7 1986 214,097 80.5 51,980 19.5
8 1987 213,882 79.4 55,374 20.6
9 1988 213,945 78.6 58,364 21.4
10 1989 217,211 78.0 61,366 22.0
11 1990 224,792 77.7 64,591 22.3
12 1991 231,803 77.5 67,254 22.5
13 1992 244,514 78.2 67,964 21.8
14 1993 252,480 79.2 66,371 20.8
15 1994 253,008 79.5 65,110 20.5
16 1995 252,245 80.0 63,020 20.0
17 1996 248,907 79.8 63,050 20.2
18 1997 244,026 79.6 62,456 20.4
19 1998 240,630 78.9 64,188 21.1
20 1999 241,066 77.9 68,425 22.1
21 2000 234,000 75.6 75,424 24.4
22 2001 237,718 74.3 82,018 25.7
23 2002 247,842 73.9 87,324 26.1
24 2003 259,871 74.8 87,397 25.2
25 2004 265,643 75.4 86,664 24.6
26 2005 271,962 76.0 85,748 24.0
27 2006 275,905 76.0 87,341 24.0
28 2007 293,792 76.4 90,731 23.6
29 2008 295,530 75.5 95,889 24.5
30 2009 303,700 75.7 97,308 24.3
31 2010 308,108 75.6 99,183 24.4
32 2011 312,846 75.5 101,594 24.5
33 2012 308,042 74.6 104,991 25.4
34 2013 305,563 73.2 111,688 26.8
35 2014 308,499 70.5 128,896 29.5
36 2015 309,182 68.9 139,472 31.1
37 2016 306,710 67.8 145,336 32.2
38 2017 281,057 67.6 134,511 32.4
39 2018 297,277 68.8 134,978 31.2
Source: National Science Foundation
H-1B Data