NSF's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics has published data tables from its Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering for Fall 2018. Available at
https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/gradpostdoc/2018/index.html
In several tables (4-1 through 4-5), data are provided by detailed field. For economics, findings include:
Table 4-2
All graduate students Master's Doctoral
Total number Percent female Total number Percent female Total number Percent female
13,344 37.7 5,427 43.6 7,917 33.6
Table 4.4c -- Percent distribution of economics doctoral students by citizenship
Temporary visa holders Citizens and permanent residents
65.6 34.4
Breakdown of percent citizen/perm resident by race, ethnicity
White Asian Hispanic/Latino Unknown Black/African American >One race AIAN Native Hawaiian/PI
23.2 4.4 2.4 2.1 1.3 0.9 0.1 0.0
