USA Science and Engineering Degree Data – 2007

Posted on March 9, 2007  Comments (1)

A huge amount of interesting data can be found in NSF’s report on the USA: Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering (pdf)

Since 2000 women have received more science and engineering bachelors degrees than men. Men still receive more master’s and doctoral degrees in science and engineering.

2004 bachelor’s degrees Female Male
Engineering 13,257 51,418
Computer Science 14,406 42,999
Psychology 64,208 18,302
Science and engineering 227,813 224,525
Total non-S&E 583,004 371,667

200,000 more for bachelor’s degrees for women – wow. This is just a continuation of a trend but still is fairly amazing.

2004 Master’s degrees for US citizens Female Male
Engineering 7,135 26,737
Computer Science 6,195 13,658
Psychology 11,950 3,348
Science and engineering 51,420 66,631
Total non-S&E 276,782 160,704
     
2004 Doctoral degrees for US citizens Female Male
Engineering 1,014 4,353
Computer Science 195 690
Psychology 2,245 1,042
Science and engineering 9,819 15,728

Some more interesting data: 90% of Asian, 60% of Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander 40% of Hispanic doctoral S&E faculty were born outside the United States. Over 80 % of white, American Indian/Alaska Native, and multiple race doctoral S&E faculty were born in the United States.

Related: Worldwide Science and Engineering Doctoral Degree DataUSA Under-counting Engineering GraduatesBest Research Universities GloballyDiplomacy and Science Research

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