Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future

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Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future

TABLE HE-1 Ratio of Bachelor’s Degree to the 24-Year-Old Population, by Selected Fields, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity: 1990 and 2000

Sex and race/ethnicity	Degree					Degree
	All bachelor’s degrees	All S&E	NS&E	Social/behavioral sciences	24-year-old population	Bachelor’s	NS&E^a	Social/behavioral science
	Number					Ratio to 24-year-old populatio^b
1990 total	1,062,160	345,794	169,938	175,856	3,722,737	28.5	4.6	4.7
Male	495,876	199,917	117,249	82,668	1,855,513	26.7	6.3	4.5
Female	566,284	145,877	52,689	93,188	1,867,224	30.3	2.8	5.0
White	856,686	270,225	127,704	142,521	2,628,439	32.6	4.9	5.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	38,027	19,437	13,338	6,099	120,797	31.5	11.0	5.0
Underrepresented minority	107,377	33,419	15,259	18,160	973,500	11.0	1.6	1.9
Black	59,301	18,230	7,854	10,376	484,754	12.2	1.6	2.1
Hispanic	43,864	13,918	6,868	7,050	459,073	9.6	1.5	1.5
American Indian/Alaskan Native	4,212	1,271	537	734	29,674	14.2	1.8	2.5
2000 total	1,253,121	398,622	210,434	188,188	3,703,200	33.8	5.7	5.1
Male	536,158	197,669	128,111	69,558	1,886,400	28.4	6.8	3.7
Female	716,963	200,953	82,323	118,630	1,816,800	39.5	4.5	6.5
White	895,129	270,416	142,400	128,016	2,433,400	36.8	5.9	5.3
Asian/Pacific Islander	75,265	12,368	23,185	12,368	148,800	50.6	15.6	8.3
Underrepresented minority	200,967	63,519	27,939	35,559	1,121,000	17.9	2.5	3.2
Black	104,212	32,924	13,795	19,129	527,600	19.8	2.6	3.6
Hispanic	88,324	27,984	12,919	15,065	560,200	15.8	2.3	2.7
American Indian/Alaskan Native	8,431	2,611	1,246	1,365	33,200	25.4	3.8	4.1
^aNS&E degrees include natural (physical, biological, earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences), agricultural, and computer sciences; mathematics, and engineering. ^bNumber of degrees per 100 24-year-olds. NOTE: NS&E = natural sciences and engineering. SOURCE: National Science Board. Science and Engineering Indicators 2004. NSB 04-01. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, 2004. Table 2-8. This table was based on US Department of Education, Completions Survey; National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, WebCASPAR database system, available at: http://caspar.nsf.gov/; and US Bureau of the Census, Population Division.