Figure C-3. S&E bachelor's degrees awarded per 1,000 U.S. citizens and permanent residents 20–24 years old, by race/ethnicity: 1989–2000
NOTE: National data not available for 1999.
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, 1989–2001; and U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey.
Blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians/Alaskan Natives earn fewer S&E bachelor's degrees relative to their population than do whites, but the differences narrowed in the 1990s.
- The number of S&E bachelor's degrees earned by nonwhite groups has risen since 1989.
- The rate of increase in degrees earned exceeded the rate of population growth for these groups.
- Asians/Pacific Islanders earn more S&E bachelor's degrees than whites do relative to their college-age populations, and the difference widened during the 1990s.
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- Table C-6. Bachelor's degrees, by field, citizenship, and race/ethnicity: 1994–2001 Excel
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- Table C-7. Field distribution of U.S.-citizen and permanent-resident bachelor's degree recipients, by race/ethnicity: 1994–2001 Excel PDF
This figure will be updated as new data become available. This figure was last updated May 2004.