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Table 3-20

Foreign-born proportion of total with S&E highest degrees, by field and level of highest degree: 2003

(Percent)

Field	All degree levels	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctoral
		Highest degree


All S&E	18.9	15.2	27.2	34.6
Engineering	26.7	21.5	38.3	50.6
Chemical	25.7	17.5	49.2	47.0
Civil	24.9	19.7	39.5	54.2
Electrical	34.0	28.1	45.9	57.0
Mechanical	22.9	19.5	34.2	52.2
Life sciences	16.7	12.6	21.2	36.2
Agriculture	11.7	8.8	15.6	32.7
Biological sciences	19.1	14.7	23.9	37.4
Mathematics/computer sciences	25.8	19.3	40.4	47.5
Computer sciences	29.9	22.3	46.5	57.4
Mathematics	18.5	14.4	25.2	43.1
Physical sciences	23.0	16.9	28.9	36.9
Chemistry	25.5	18.2	42.0	37.0
Geosciences	11.4	8.3	13.0	26.2
Physics/astronomy	32.2	26.6	34.4	40.1
Social sciences	11.5	10.8	13.3	16.9
Economics	21.6	19.7	30.5	31.5
Political science	11.0	9.5	17.1	24.2
Psychology	9.7	10.1	8.5	9.8
Sociology/anthropology	7.2	6.7	10.2	13.6

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT), preliminary estimates (2003), http://sestat.nsf.gov.

Science and Engineering Indicators 2006

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