Text table 3-6. Representation index of racial/ethnic/gender categories in earned bachelor's degrees by field: 1994 1
Race/ethnicity/gender		All fields		Engineering		Physical sciences		Mathe- matical sciences		Computer sciences		Biological sciences		Argicultural sciences		Social sciences		Psychology		Non-science and engineering
White, non-Hispanic males		101.5		179.4		154.9		118.1		150.5		102.4		157.7		119.2		60.1		92.1
Asian or Pacific Islander males		98.9		384.8		156.2		161.6		286.4		251.5		27.3		101.3		50.5		64.1
Black, non-Hispanic males		57.9		67.4		57.4		72.5		115.7		40.0		23.5		75.4		39.6		55.5
Hispanic males		76.2		144.5		78.8		73.0		109.9		86.0		50.7		94.0		49.1		69.1
American Indian or Alaskan Native males		79.0		108.4		103.2		73.8		94.3		77.5		181.2		102.9		58.2		71.8
White, non-Hispanic females		110.9		30.0		66.8		95.1		43.8		95.4		87.3		91.2		148.8		121.8
Asian or Pacific Islander females		105.9		94.3		108.2		124.8		149.9		249.9		30.4		111.6		123.4		94.3
Black, non-Hispanic females		72.1		23.7		40.6		61.0		88.5		63.7		16.1		72.2		92.3		75.9
Hispanic females		87.7		30.3		48.8		47.8		51.4		85.8		30.3		80.0		119.1		94.4
American Indian or Alaskan Native females		93.2		20.4		53.1		65.9		26.2		80.1		101.9		94.9		124.9		99.7
1 Data used in the calculations of these indices are presented in appendix table 3-22.
NOTE: These data exclude nonresident aliens and U.S. citizens and permanent residents for whom their race/ethnicity was unknown.
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