Female graduate students were considerably more likely to be enrolled in non-science and engineering fields in 1992 than were men (Syverson and Maguire 1994, p. 4). [4] Women were the majority in all non-science and engineering areas except business-ranging from 75 percent in the health fields to 54 percent in the humanities and arts. (See figure 6-17.)
Figure 6-17
The field choices of graduate students vary considerably among the different racial/ethnic groups. Almost one-half of the U.S. citizens who were Asian were enrolled in science and engineering programs,
compared to one-fourth or less in every other group.
The most popular non-science and engineering field for most groups was education, which accounted for more than 20 percent of every group except Asians, only 7 percent of whom were in education. Asian
students in non-science and engineering were more likely to be studying business, 17 percent, compared to 15 percent of whites and as few as 10 percent of American Indian students. (See figure 6-18.)
Figure 6-18
Only one-third of non-U.S. citizens on temporary visas were enrolled in non-science and engineering programs, and of these the largest group-12 percent-was studying business (Syverson and Maguire 1994,
p. 12).
