Table 5-13
S&E doctorate holders employed in academia, by sex, race/ethnicity, and Carnegie institution type: 2006
(Percent distribution)
 
Institution type   All S&E
doctorate
holders
  Female   Male   Asian, non-
Hispanic
  White, non-
Hispanic
  Under-
represented
minority
 
All institutions   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
Doctorate-granting universities—  
very high research activity   42.6   41.9   42.9   51.3   41.8   34.7
Other doctorate-granting institutions   17.6   15.6   18.6   15.9   17.6   20.3
Master's colleges and universities   17.6   18.0   17.4   12.4   18.2   20.9
Medical schools/medical centers   5.3   6.7   4.7   7.3   5.1   4.6
Baccalaureate colleges   7.7   8.0   7.6   3.2   8.5   8.2
Two-year institutions   3.6   3.8   3.5   1.8   3.8   4.2
Other   5.5   6.0   5.3   8.0   4.9   7.1
 

NOTES: Institutions designated by 2005 Carnegie classification code. For more information on these institutional categories, see chapter 2 sidebar, Carnegie Classification of Academic Institutions and The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/index.asp, accessed 25 May 2007. Underrepresented minority includes blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians/Alaska Natives.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients 2006, special tabulations (preliminary data).

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