Distribution of earned bachelor's degrees, by field, race, ethnicity, and gender: 1995
| Text table 3-4. Distribution of earned bachelor's degrees, by field, race, ethnicity, and gender: 1995 |
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| Field of degree | |
Total | |
White males | |
Asian males | |
Black males | |
Hispanic males | |
American Indian males | |
White females | |
Asian females | |
Black females | |
Hispanic females | |
American Indian males |
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| Total | |
1,110,512 | |
407,155 | |
28,348 | |
30,998 | |
27,875 | |
2,669 | |
485,630 | |
30,947 | |
54,289 | |
38,816 | |
3,785 |
| Engineering | 57,228 | 36,785 | 5,340 | 1,846 | 2,895 | 176 | 6,941 | 1,445 | 999 | 756 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Physical science | 18,231 | 10,006 | 784 | 495 | 437 | 66 | 4,946 | 563 | 539 | 363 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Mathematical science | 12,897 | 5,456 | 519 | 476 | 315 | 29 | 4,887 | 446 | 519 | 221 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Computer science | 21,812 | 11,793 | 1,583 | 1,241 | 876 | 73 | 3,739 | 782 | 1,257 | 431 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Biological science | 54,277 | 19,790 | 3,467 | 981 | 1,340 | 128 | 20,838 | 3,576 | 2,250 | 1,750 | 157 | |||||||||||
| Agricultural science | 14,180 | 8,152 | 130 | 121 | 228 | 82 | 4,968 | 157 | 142 | 158 | 42 | |||||||||||
| Social science | 127,184 | 54,508 | 3,247 | 4,565 | 3,774 | 403 | 46,050 | 3,758 | 6,356 | 4,103 | 420 | |||||||||||
| Psychology | 69,936 | 15,241 | 969 | 1,402 | 1,166 | 120 | 40,673 | 2,362 | 4,339 | 3,377 | 287 | |||||||||||
| Non-science and engineering | 734,767 | 245,424 | 12,309 | 19,871 | 16,844 | 1,592 | 352,588 | 17,858 | 37,888 | 27,657 | 2,736 | |||||||||||
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| Percentage distributions within race/ethnic/gender categories: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total | |
100.0% | |
100.0% | |
100.0% | |
100.0% | |
100.0% | |
100.0% | |
100.0% | |
100.0% | |
100.0% | |
100.0% | |
100.0% |
| Engineering | 5.2% | 9.0% | 18.8% | 6.0% | 10.4% | 6.6% | 1.4% | 4.7% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 1.2% | |||||||||||
| Physical science | 1.6% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2.5% | 1.0% | 1.8% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.8% | |||||||||||
| Mathematical science | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.8% | |||||||||||
| Computer science | 2.0% | 2.9% | 5.6% | 4.0% | 3.1% | 2.7% | 0.8% | 2.5% | 2.3% | 1.1% | 1.0% | |||||||||||
| Biological science | 4.9% | 4.9% | 12.2% | 3.2% | 4.8% | 4.8% | 4.3% | 11.6% | 4.1% | 4.5% | 4.1% | |||||||||||
| Agricultural science | 1.3% | 2.0% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 3.1% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.1% | |||||||||||
| Social science | 11.5% | 13.4% | 11.5% | 14.7% | 13.5% | 15.1% | 9.5% | 12.1% | 11.7% | 10.6% | 11.1% | |||||||||||
| Psychology | 6.3% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 4.5% | 4.2% | 4.5% | 8.4% | 7.6% | 8.0% | 8.7% | 7.6% | |||||||||||
| Non-science and engineering | 66.2% | 60.3% | 43.4% | 64.1% | 60.4% | 59.6% | 72.6% | 57.7% | 69.8% | 71.3% | 72.3% | |||||||||||
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| Percentage distributions within field of degree categories: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total | |
100.0% | |
36.7% | |
2.6% | |
2.8% | |
2.5% | |
0.2% | |
43.7% | |
2.8% | |
4.9% | |
3.5% | |
0.3% |
| Engineering | 100.0% | 64.3% | 9.3% | 3.2% | 5.1% | 0.3% | 12.1% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.1% | |||||||||||
| Physical science | 100.0% | 54.9% | 4.3% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 0.4% | 27.1% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 2.0% | 0.2% | |||||||||||
| Mathematical science | 100.0% | 42.3% | 4.0% | 3.7% | 2.4% | 0.2% | 37.9% | 3.5% | 4.0% | 1.7% | 0.2% | |||||||||||
| Computer science | 100.0% | 54.1% | 7.3% | 5.7% | 4.0% | 0.3% | 17.1% | 3.6% | 5.8% | 2.0% | 0.2% | |||||||||||
| Biological science | 100.0% | 36.5% | 6.4% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 0.2% | 38.4% | 6.6% | 4.1% | 3.2% | 0.3% | |||||||||||
| Agricultural science | 100.0% | 57.5% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 35.0% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.3% | |||||||||||
| Social science | 100.0% | 42.9% | 2.6% | 3.6% | 3.0% | 0.3% | 36.2% | 3.0% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 0.3% | |||||||||||
| Psychology | 100.0% | 21.8% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 0.2% | 58.2% | 3.4% | 6.2% | 4.8% | 0.4% | |||||||||||
| Non-science and engineering | 100.0% | 33.4% | 1.7% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 0.2% | 48.0% | 2.4% | 5.2% | 3.8% | 0.4% | |||||||||||
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| NOTE: These data exclude nonresident aliens and U.S. citizens and permanent residents for whom their race/ethnicity was unknown. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Degrees, by Race/Ethnicity of Recipients, 1987–1994, (NSF 96-329) (Arlington, VA, 1996). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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