Community Profile
Graduate Students
2245 total students enrolled in Fall 2019 for Master's and PhD degrees
| Applicants | 6,073 |
| Admits | 1,271 |
| Admit Rate | 21% |
| Enrolled first-time | 494 |
| Female | 1,149 |
| Male | 1,096 |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Asian or Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 4.8% |
| Black/African American | 5.7% |
| Hispanic of any race | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.8% |
| Total minority | 21% |
| International | 25.3% |
| Anthropology | 30 |
| Astrophysics | 19 |
| Biochemistry | 38 |
| Biological Sciences | 59 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 90 |
| Biomedical Informatics | 18 |
| Biostatistics | 30 |
| Cancer Biology | 29 |
| Cell & Developmental Biology | 60 |
| Chemical Engineering | 50 |
| Chemical & Physical Biology | 44 |
| Chemistry | 111 |
| Civil Engineering | 32 |
| Community Research & Action | 30 |
| Computer Science | 113 |
| Creative Writing | 17 |
| Earth & Environmental Sciences | 17 |
| Economic Development | 43 |
| Economics | 49 |
| Electrical Engineering | 90 |
| English | 33 |
| Environmental Engineering | 25 |
| Epidemiology | 20 |
| French & Italian | 14 |
| German | 18 |
| Hearing & Speech Sciences | 30 |
| History | 54 |
| Human Genetics | 15 |
| Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences | 57 |
| Interdisciplinary Materials Science | 31 |
| Latin American Studies | 5 |
| Law & Economics | 8 |
| Leadership & Policy Studies | 33 |
| Learning, Teaching, & Diversity | 38 |
| Liberal Arts & Science | 34 |
| Mathematics | 40 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 76 |
| Medicine, Health & Society | 22 |
| Microbiology & Immunology | 54 |
| Molecular Physiology & Biophysics | 25 |
| Neuroscience | 82 |
| Nursing Science | 28 |
| Pathology | 15 |
| Pharmacology | 45 |
| Philosophy | 26 |
| Physics | 40 |
| Political Science | 43 |
| Psychology (A&S) | 38 |
| Psychology (Peabody) | 38 |
| Quantitative & Chemical Biology | 14 |
| Religion | 60 |
| Sociology | 30 |
| Spanish & Portuguese | 26 |
| Special Education | 49 |
Most current data available, from Graduate School Annual Report for 2018
| Definite post-graduation study | 31% |
| Postdoctoral fellowship | 63% |
| Postdoctoral research associateship | 34% |
| Other/unknown | 3% |
| Definite employment | 26% |
| Academe | 54% |
| Government | 6% |
| Industry/business | 28% |
| Not for profit organization | 9% |
| Other/unknown | 3% |
| Seeking employment or study | 31% |
| Other | 12% |
n = 1,461
Postdoctoral Fellows & Trainees
Data as of Fall 2019
| University | 313 |
| Medical Center | 205 |