Chapter: 2 Science & Engineering Indicators 93
Doctorates by Sex and Race/Ethnicity
Females received half the social and behavioral science degrees and over a quarter of the natural science degrees at the doctoral level in 1991. This represents a doubling of female participation rates in these S& E fields since 1975. However, women received relatively few
engineering or mathematics/ computer sciences degrees at the doctoral level--9 and 17 percent, respectively. (See appendix table 2-27.)
The number of doctorates obtained by underrepresented minorities has increased in all fields of S& E, especially the social and natural sciences. (Click here for footnote
29.) This growth is from a small base, however: These populations still represent only 0.4 percent of all S& E doctoral degrees. (See appendix table 2-28.)
Footnote 29:
Data on race/ethnicity reflect U.S. citizens and permanent residents only.
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