Text table 3-7. Representation index of racial/ethnic/gender categories in earned bachelor's degrees by field: 1995 1
Race/ethnicity/gender		All fields		Engineering		Physical sciences		Math- ematical sciences		Computer sciences		Biological sciences		Argicultural sciences		Social sciences		Psychology		Non-science and engineering
White, non-Hispanic males		102.0		178.9		152.8		117.7		150.5		101.5		160.0		119.3		60.7		93.0
Asian or Pacific Islander males		102.0		372.9		171.9		160.8		290.0		255.3		36.6		102.0		55.4		66.9
Black, non-Hispanic males		57.4		66.3		55.8		75.8		116.9		37.1		17.5		73.8		41.2		55.6
Hispanic males		75.7		152.6		72.3		73.7		121.1		74.5		48.5		89.5		50.3		69.1
American Indian or Alaskan Native males		82.2		105.2		123.8		76.9		114.4		80.6		197.7		108.3		58.7		74.1
White, non-Hispanic females		111.2		30.8		69.0		96.4		43.6		97.6		89.1		92.1		147.9		122.0
Asian or Pacific Islander females		105.8		95.9		117.3		131.3		136.1		250.2		42.0		112.2		128.2		92.3
Black, non-Hispanic females		73.6		26.3		44.5		60.6		86.7		62.4		15.1		75.2		93.4		77.6
Hispanic females		84.5		31.9		48.1		41.4		47.8		78.0		26.9		78.0		116.8		91.0
American Indian or Alaskan Native females		94.7		21.8		48.8		62.5		47.1		80.4		82.3		91.8		114.0		103.5
1 Data used in the calculations of these indices are presented in appendix table 3-23.
NOTE: These data exclude nonresident aliens and U.S. citizens and permanent residents for whom their race/ethnicity was unknown.
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