Table 2-4
U.S. citizen and permanent resident S&E doctorate recipients who reported earning college credit from a community or 2-year college, by race and ethnicity: 2007–11
 
Earned college credit from a
community or 2-year college
Race and ethnicity All Yes No Yes (%)
 
All races and ethnicities 99,029 18,484 80,545 18.7
American Indian or Alaska Native 360 125 235 34.7
Asian 10,197 1,279 8,918 12.5
Black or African American 4,755 819 3,936 17.2
Hispanica 5,517 1,236 4,281 22.4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 200 58 142 29.0
White 74,649 14,237 60,412 19.1
More than one race 2,076 461 1,615 22.2
Unknown or unreported 1,275 269 1,006 21.1
 

a Hispanic may be any race. American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, white, and more than one race refer to individuals who are not of Hispanic origin.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, special tabulations (2012) of the Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2007–11.

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