NOTE: Percents refer to percentage of each racial/ethnic group earning degrees in a given field. Physical sciences include earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, special tabulations of U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Completions Survey, 2004.
White, Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaskan Native S&E bachelor's degree recipients are similarly distributed across most broad S&E fields.
This figure will be updated as new data become available. This figure was last updated December 2006.