Figure D-2. Field distribution of S&E graduate students, by race/ethnicity: 2005
NOTES: Data are for U.S. citizens and permanent residents only. Physical sciences include earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2005.
Asian/Pacific Islander S&E graduate students are distributed among S&E fields differently from graduate students of other groups.
- In 2005, 50% or more of black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native graduate students and 39% of white students were in psychology or social sciences, compared to 24% of Asian/Pacific Islander students.
- Larger percentages of Asian/Pacific Islander graduate students than of other groups were in computer sciences and engineering.
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This figure will be updated as new data become available. This figure was last updated October 2007.