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Attachment Rates
Little information is available on attachment rates of U.S. scientists and engineers. Rough estimates show that in the mid-1980s, fewer than half of those with degrees (at all levels) in engineering, and
fewer than one-quarter of those with degrees in the natural sciences were employed in S& E occupations (Citro and Kalton 1989, p. 50). The rate was below 10 percent for
social science majors. For those with masters or higher degrees in either the natural or social sciences, S& E employment rates were considerably higher--over one-third and nearly one-quarter, respectively. (There is relatively little difference
in the S& E employment rates of engineers with bachelors or masters degrees.) At the doctoral level, S& E employment rates reach and exceed 90 percent; only those with doctorates in the social sciences have S& E employment rates dipping much
below 90 percent. (See text table 3-2.)
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