Distribution of earned bachelor's degrees, by field, race, ethnicity, and gender: 1994
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| Text table 3-5. Distribution of earned bachelor's degrees, by field, race, ethnicity, and gender: 1994 |
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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 | |
1,123,862 | |
420,211 | |
26,420 | |
30,106 | |
25,860 | |
2,562 | |
497,913 | |
28,255 | |
52,210 | |
36,823 | |
3,502 |
| Engineering | 57,223 | 37,830 | 5,235 | 1,784 | 2,495 | 179 | 6,857 | 1,281 | 875 | 648 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Physical science | 17,449 | 9,958 | 648 | 464 | 415 | 52 | 4,658 | 448 | 457 | 318 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Mathematical science | 13,609 | 5,920 | 523 | 457 | 300 | 29 | 5,169 | 403 | 535 | 243 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Computer science | 21,674 | 12,022 | 1,476 | 1,161 | 719 | 59 | 3,794 | 771 | 1,237 | 416 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Biological science | 50,028 | 18,882 | 2,992 | 927 | 1,298 | 112 | 19,060 | 2,967 | 2,053 | 1,603 | 134 | |||||||||||
| Agricultural science | 12,619 | 7,333 | 82 | 137 | 193 | 66 | 4,400 | 91 | 131 | 143 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Social science | 132,989 | 58,409 | 3,204 | 4,644 | 3,774 | 395 | 48,454 | 3,522 | 6,191 | 3,974 | 422 | |||||||||||
| Psychology | 67,267 | 14,891 | 807 | 1,232 | 996 | 113 | 39,979 | 1,970 | 4,004 | 2,994 | 281 | |||||||||||
| Non-science and engineering | 751,004 | 254,966 | 11,453 | 19,300 | 15,670 | 1,557 | 365,542 | 16,802 | 36,727 | 26,484 | 2,503 | |||||||||||
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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 | 5.1% | 9.0% | 19.8% | 5.9% | 9.6% | 7.0% | 1.4% | 4.5% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.1% | |||||||||||
| Physical science | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | |||||||||||
| Mathematical science | 1.2% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.9% | |||||||||||
| Computer science | 1.9% | 2.9% | 5.6% | 3.9% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 0.8% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 0.5% | |||||||||||
| Biological science | 4.5% | 4.5% | 11.3% | 3.1% | 5.0% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 10.5% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 3.8% | |||||||||||
| Agricultural science | 1.1% | 1.7% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.2% | |||||||||||
| Social science | 11.8% | 13.9% | 12.1% | 15.4% | 14.6% | 15.4% | 9.7% | 12.5% | 11.9% | 10.8% | 12.1% | |||||||||||
| Psychology | 6.0% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 8.0% | 7.0% | 7.7% | 8.1% | 8.0% | |||||||||||
| Non-science and engineering | 66.8% | 60.7% | 43.3% | 64.1% | 60.6% | 60.8% | 73.4% | 59.5% | 70.3% | 71.9% | 71.5% | |||||||||||
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| Percentage distributions within field of degree categories: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total | |
100.0% | |
37.4% | |
2.4% | |
2.7% | |
2.3% | |
0.2% | |
44.3% | |
2.5% | |
4.6% | |
3.3% | |
0.3% |
| Engineering | 100.0% | 66.1% | 9.1% | 3.1% | 4.4% | 0.3% | 12.0% | 2.2% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.1% | |||||||||||
| Physical science | 100.0% | 57.1% | 3.7% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 0.3% | 26.7% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 1.8% | 0.2% | |||||||||||
| Mathematical science | 100.0% | 43.5% | 3.8% | 3.4% | 2.2% | 0.2% | 38.0% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 1.8% | 0.2% | |||||||||||
| Computer science | 100.0% | 55.5% | 6.8% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 0.3% | 17.5% | 3.6% | 5.7% | 1.9% | 0.1% | |||||||||||
| Biological science | 100.0% | 37.7% | 6.0% | 1.9% | 2.6% | 0.2% | 38.1% | 5.9% | 4.1% | 3.2% | 0.3% | |||||||||||
| Agricultural science | 100.0% | 58.1% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 34.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.3% | |||||||||||
| Social science | 100.0% | 43.9% | 2.4% | 3.5% | 2.8% | 0.3% | 36.4% | 2.6% | 4.7% | 3.0% | 0.3% | |||||||||||
| Psychology | 100.0% | 22.1% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 0.2% | 59.4% | 2.9% | 6.0% | 4.5% | 0.4% | |||||||||||
| Non-science and engineering | 100.0% | 34.0% | 1.5% | 2.6% | 2.1% | 0.2% | 48.7% | 2.2% | 4.9% | 3.5% | 0.3% | |||||||||||
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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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