Women in Science and Engineering: Increasing Their Numbers in the 1990s: A Statement on Policy and Strategy

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Women in Science and Engineering: Increasing their Numbers in the 1990s

TABLE 9: 1980 High School Seniors Who Graduated from College by 1986, by Major Field of Study and by Race/Ethnicity and Sex

	College Graduates, by Major Field of Study
Sex and Race/Ethnicity	Total (sample size)	SEM*	Other	Percentage of All 1986 College Graduates	Percentage of All 1980 High School Seniors
Males
Total	100.0 (730)	30.8	69.2	100.0	100.0
White	100.0 (491)	31.1	68.9	91.2	79.9
Black	100.0 (114)	26.3	73.7	5. l	10.6
Hispanic	100.0 (125)	29.0	71.1	3.8	9.5
Females
Total	100.0 (868)	16.5	83.6	100.0	100.0
White	100.0 (575)	15.7	84.3	88.5	78.8
Black	100.0 (161)	23.8	76.2	7.8	12.2
Hispanic	100.0 (132)	18.1	81.9	3.7	9.0
* Science, engineering, or mathematics. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "High School and Beyond" survey, 1986, in Henry A. Gordon, Who Majors in Science? College Graduates in Science, Engineering, or Mathematics from the High School Class of 1980 (NCES 90-658), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990.