resident aliens
Hispanic
Pacific Islander
Hispanic
Alaskan Native
unknown
sciences
technologies
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| Percentage distribution of associate's degrees, by race/ethnicity and field: 1996 | |||||||||
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| Field | Total | U.S. citizens and permanent residents | Non- resident aliens |
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Asian/ Pacific Islander |
Black, non- Hispanic |
Hispanic | American Indian/ Alaskan Native |
Other/ unknown |
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| All fields | 100.0 | 74.6 | 4.2 | 9.1 | 7.2 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | |
| Science and engineering, total | 100.0 | 73.1 | 4.9 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | |
| Mathematics | 100.0 | 57.9 | 13.6 | 4.7 | 14.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 6.3 | |
| Computer science | 100.0 | 66.3 | 5.6 | 11.8 | 10.0 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.6 | |
| Physical sciences | 100.0 | 65.5 | 10.1 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 0.1 | |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences |
100.0 | 84.6 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 1.5 | |
| Agricultural sciences | 100.0 | 90.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | |
| Biological sciences | 100.0 | 65.4 | 10.4 | 5.5 | 10.7 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | |
| Psychology | 100.0 | 69.1 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 11.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.0 | |
| Social sciences | 100.0 | 59.1 | 6.3 | 11.0 | 13.2 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 3.9 | |
| Engineering | 100.0 | 73.1 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.4 | |
| Science technologies | 100.0 | 72.8 | 6.2 | 11.1 | 5.8 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 1.0 | |
| Engineering technologies | 100.0 | 75.8 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 1.0 | |
| Other science and engineering technologies |
100.0 | 82.2 | 4.0 | 13.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Interdisciplinary or other sciences | 100.0 | 76.6 | 4.6 | 10.4 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.0 | |
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| SOURCE: Tabulations by National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Studies; data from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Completions Survey. | |||||||||
| Women, Minorities and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2000 | |||||||||