Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: Stats & Plans

Initiatives & Efforts

2022-2023 Highlights


Funded
student attendance for 2022 Grace Hopper Conference


Sponsored
2022 Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference


Sponsored
the 2022 Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Conference


Continued
the CURP program for Summer 2023


Started
AI, Misinformation, and Policy Seminar Series


Co-Sponsored
NYU Race and Racism in the Sciences Series (collaboration with Psychology, Neural Science, Biology, and Chemistry)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2022

  • Started​ Diversity Affinity student group
  • Sponsored​ Grace Hopper Conference
  • Participated​ in Out in STEM conference
  • Continued the CURP program for Spring 2022 and Summer 2022

ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-2021

  • Supported students, researchers, and faculty to participate in the 2020 Grace Hopper Annual Conference.
  • Participated in the National Association of African American Honors Programs (NAAHP) Graduate Program recruiting event.

ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-2020

  • Participated in Great Minds in STEM to connect with Latinx students who are studying STEM.
  • Attended the SACNAS National Diversity in STEM Conference to promote CDS’s graduate programs to underrepresented STEM students.
  • Participated in New York University Graduate and Professional School Fair.

ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-2019

  • Attended the Idealist Graduate School Fair in Washington DC, and the National Diversity College Fair in Boston to reach diverse prospective graduate students.
  • Took part in Beckman Scholar STEM Symposium and STEM Opportunities Fair at Barnard College.

In addition to these admissions efforts, the Center for Data Science: 

  • Developed and launched Data Science Student Affinity Group.
  • Created a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee that meets on a regular basis.
  • Leveraged the Diversity Initiative supported by the Partners Program to provide financial support to approx. 25 underrepresented graduate students.
  • Gave a talk, presented by Faculty, Prof. Andrea Jones-Rooy, to NYU College and Career labs, which is designed to serve economically disadvantaged, first-generation college-going, and historically underrepresented students from New York City schools.
  • Launched CDS Women in Data Science student group.
  • Hosted events with Women in Data Science NYC meet-ups.
  • Collaborated with NYU Courant GSTEM to help provide mentoring resources to female high school students who are interested in STEM.
  • Supported the student-led community-building group, Leadership Circle.
  • Launched the CDS Undergraduate Research Program (CURP) to provide faculty mentorship to a diverse group of undergraduate students.

Where We Are Now…

Below you’ll find enrollment statistics on race, gender, country of origin, and first generation status.

Race

2023-2024 MS Race Stats Chart
2023-2024 MS Race Stats Chart

MS Race Statistics Numbers

  • Hispanic: 2.45%
  • Black: 1.22%
  • Asian: 78.29%
  • White: 9.17%
2023-2024 PhD Race Stats Chart
2023-2024 PhD Race Stats Chart

PhD Race Statistics

  • Hispanic: 7.55%
  • Black: 3.77%
  • Asian: 56.60%
  • White: 30.19%
  • American Indian: 1.89%
2023-2024 UG Race (Majors Only) Stats Chart
2023-2024 UG Race (Majors Only) Stats Chart

Undergraduate Race Statistics

  • Hispanic: 3.22%
  • Black: 2.08%
  • Asian: 78.98%
  • Pacific Islander: 0.19%
  • White: 9.47%

Gender

2023-2024 MS Gender Stats Chart
2023-2024 MS Gender Stats Chart

MS Gender Statistics

  • Female​:​ 47.40% 
  • Male​: 56.60% 
2023-2024 PhD Gender Stats Chart
2023-2024 PhD Gender Stats Chart

PhD Gender Statistics

  • Female: 32.08%
  • Male: 67.92%
2023-2024 Undergraduate Gender (Majors Only) Stats Chart
2023-2024 Undergraduate Gender (Majors Only) Stats Chart

Undergraduate Statistics

  • Female: 43.94%
  • Male: 56.06%

Country of Origin / Country of Citizenship

2023-2024 MS Country of Origin Chart
2023-2024 MS Country of Origin Chart

MS Country of Origin Statistics

  • Canada: 1.96%
  • China: 74.51%
  • Columbia: 0.65%
  • Ecuador: 0.65%
  • Great Britain: 0.65%
  • Guatemala: 0.65%
  • India: 6.54%
  • Japan: 0.65%
  • Korea: 0.65%
  • Mexico: 0.65%
  • Pakistan: 0.65%
  • Peru: 0.65%
  • Singapore: 0.65%
  • Spain: 0.65%
  • United States: 15.69%
  • Zimbabwe: 0.65%
2023-2024 PhD Country of Origin Chart
2023-2024 PhD Country of Origin Chart

PhD Country of Origin Statistics

  • Bolivia: 11.11%
  • China: 44.44%
  • Mexico: 22.22%
  • Spain: 11.11%
  • United States: 11.11%
  • Vietnam: 11.11%
2023-2024 Undergraduate Country of Citizenship Chart

Undergraduate Country of Citizenship Statistics

  • China: 46.21%
  • United States of America: 35.80%
  • Korea: 4.17%
  • India: 3.60%
  • Canada: 1.70%
  • Taiwan: 1.52%
  • Brazil: 0.57%
  • Indonesia: 0.57%
  • Malaysia: 0.57%
  • Hong Kong: 0.38%
  • Peru: 0.38%
  • Russian Federation: 0.38%
  • Thailand: 0.38%
  • United Arab Emirates: 0.38%
  • Vietnam: 0.38%
  • Columbia: 0.19%
  • Croatia: 0.19%
  • Egypt: 0.19%
  • Ethiopia: 0.19%
  • France: 0.19%
  • Germany: 0.19%
  • Israel: 0.19%
  • Japan: 0.19%
  • Jordan: 0.19%
  • New Zealand: 0.19%
  • Nigeria: 0.19%
  • Pakistan: 0.19%
  • Philippines: 0.19%
  • Poland: 0.19%
  • Singapore: 0.19%
  • Sri Lanka: 0.19%
  • United Kingdom: 0.19%

First Generation Stats By Program

2023-2024 First Generation Student Statistics By Program Stats Chart
2023-2024 First Generation Student Statistics By Program Stats Chart

First Generation Statistics by Program

  • MS​: 16.88%
  • PhD​: 44.44%
  • Undergraduate: 16.29%

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