The data are provided in the following forms:
Table |
Title |
Data |
Standard Error Table |
8-1 |
Fourth grade mathematics performance |
 |
 |
8-2 |
Fourth grade mathematics proficiency |
 |
 |
8-3 |
Fourth grade science performance |
 |
 |
8-4 |
Fourth grade science proficiency |
 |
 |
8-5 |
Eighth grade mathematics performance |
 |
 |
8-6 |
Eighth grade mathematics proficiency |
 |
 |
8-7 |
Eighth grade science performance |
 |
 |
8-8 |
Eighth grade science proficiency |
 |
 |
8-9 |
Public school teacher salaries |
 |
NA |
8-10 |
Elementary and secondary public school expenditures as a percentage of gross domestic product |
 |
NA |
8-11 |
Expenditures per pupil for elementary and secondary public schools |
 |
na |
8-12 |
Public high school students taking Advanced Placement exams |
 |
na |
8-13 |
Public high school students scoring 3 or higher on at least one Advanced Placement exam |
 |
na |
8-14 |
Public high school students scoring 3 or higher on Advanced Placement Calculus AB exam |
 |
na |
8-15 |
High school graduates or higher among individuals 25–44 years old |
 |
 |
Table |
Title |
Data |
Standard Error Table |
8-16 |
Associate's degrees in science, engineering, and technology conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old |
 |
NA |
8-17 |
Bachelor's degrees conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old |
 |
NA |
8-18 |
Bachelor's degrees in science and engineering conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old |
 |
NA |
8-19 |
Bachelor's degrees in natural sciences and engineering conferred per 1,000 individuals 18–24 years old |
 |
NA |
8-20 |
Science and engineering degrees as a percentage of higher education degrees conferred |
 |
na |
8-21 |
Natural sciences and engineering degrees as a percentage of higher education degrees conferred |
 |
na |
8-22 |
Science and engineering graduate students per 1,000 individuals 25–34 years old |
 |
NA |
8-23 |
Advanced science and engineering degrees as a percentage of S&E degrees conferred |
 |
na |
8-24 |
Advanced natural sciences and engineering degrees as a percentage of NS&E degrees conferred |
 |
na |
8-25 |
Science and engineering doctoral degrees as a percentage of S&E degrees conferred |
 |
na |
8-26 |
Average undergraduate charge at public 4-year institutions |
 |
NA |
8-27 |
Average undergraduate charge at public 4-year institutions as a percentage of disposable personal income |
 |
NA |
8-28 |
Appropriations of state tax funds for operating expenses of higher education as a percentage of gross domestic product |
 |
NA |
8-29 |
State expenditures on student aid per full-time undergraduate student |
 |
na |
8-30 |
State funding for public research universities per full-time equivalent student |
 |
na |
8-31 |
Postsecondary degree holders among individuals 25–44 years old |
 |
 |
8-32 |
Bachelor's degree holders among individuals 25–44 years old |
 |
 |
Table |
Title |
Data |
Standard Error Table |
8-33 |
Bachelor's degree holders potentially in the workforce |
 |
 |
8-34 |
Individuals in science and engineering occupations as a percentage of all occupations |
 |
 |
8-35 |
Employed science and engineering doctorate holders as a percentage of the workforce |
 |
 |
8-36 |
Engineers as a percentage of all occupations |
 |
 |
8-37 |
Life and physical scientists as a percentage of all occupations |
 |
 |
8-38 |
Computer specialists as a percentage of all occupations |
 |
 |
8-39 |
Technical workers as a percentage of all occupations |
 |
 |
Table |
Title |
Data |
Standard Error Table |
8-40 |
R&D as a percentage of gross domestic product |
 |
NA |
8-41 |
Federal R&D obligations per employed worker |
 |
 |
8-42 |
Federal R&D obligations per individual in science and engineering occupation |
 |
 |
8-43 |
State agency R&D expenditures per $1 million of gross domestic product |
 |
NA |
8-44 |
State agency R&D expenditures per employed worker |
 |
 |
8-45 |
State agency R&D expenditures per individual in science and engineering occupation |
 |
 |
8-46 |
Business-performed R&D as a percentage of private-industry output |
 |
 |
8-47 |
Academic science and engineering R&D per $1,000 of gross domestic product |
 |
NA |
Table |
Title |
Data |
Standard Error Table |
8-48 |
Science and engineering doctorates conferred per 1,000 employed S&E doctorate holders |
 |
 |
8-49 |
Academic science and engineering article output per 1,000 S&E doctorate holders in academia |
 |
 |
8-50 |
Academic science and engineering article output per $1 million of academic S&E R&D |
 |
na |
8-51 |
Academic patents awarded per 1,000 science and engineering doctorate holders in academia |
 |
 |
8-52 |
Patents awarded per 1,000 individuals in science and engineering occupations |
 |
 |
Science and technology in the economy
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Table |
Title |
Data |
Standard Error Table |
8-53 |
High-technology establishments as a percentage of all business establishments |
 |
na |
8-54 |
Net high-technology business formations as a percentage of all business establishments |
 |
na |
8-55 |
Employment in high-technology establishments as percentage of total employment |
 |
NA |
8-56 |
Average annual federal small business innovation research funding per $1 million of gross domestic product |
 |
NA |
8-57 |
Venture capital disbursed per $1,000 of gross domestic product |
 |
NA |
8-58 |
Venture capital deals as a percentage of high-technology business establishments |
 |
na |
8-59 |
Venture capital disbursed per venture capital deal |
 |
na |
na = not applicable
NA = not available