NCSES SDR FY2010 DST 6

Table 6. Doctoral scientists and engineers, by field of doctorate, ethnicity, and race: 2010

Field					Not Hispanic or Latino^b
	Total		Hispanic or Latino^a		American Indian or Alaska Native		Asian		Black or African American		White		Other race^c
	Number	SE	Number	SE	Number	SE	Number	SE	Number	SE	Number	SE	Number	SE
All fields	805,500	950	25,800	350	1,700	200	147,500	700	24,500	300	596,300	900	9,700	350
Science	626,200	950	20,800	350	1,400	200	89,800	700	19,600	300	486,600	900	8,000	350
Biological/ agricultural/ environmental life sciences	201,800	550	6,700	200	400	100	33,700	500	5,000	200	153,400	600	2,600	200
Agricultural/ food sciences	20,600	500	800	100	D	D	3,100	250	600	100	15,800	400	200	100
Biochemistry/ biophysics	31,100	750	800	150	D	D	6,300	400	700	100	23,000	650	300	100
Cell/ molecular biology	22,800	750	700	150	D	D	5,600	400	500	100	15,600	600	300	100
Environmental life sciences	8,600	400	300	100	D	D	900	150	200	50	7,100	350	D	D
Microbiology	14,400	600	600	150	D	D	2,100	300	400	100	11,000	550	100	100
Zoology	12,600	550	300	100	D	D	700	150	200	100	11,200	550	100	100
Other biological sciences	91,700	1,100	3,100	200	200	100	15,000	550	2,300	150	69,600	900	1,400	150
Computer/ information sciences	20,000	250	400	100	D	D	7,200	250	500	100	11,700	250	300	100
Mathematics/ statistics	38,200	350	1,000	100	D	D	8,500	250	800	100	27,600	350	300	100
Physical sciences	145,900	550	3,700	150	200	100	27,000	450	2,400	150	111,100	550	1,500	200
Astronomy/ astrophysics	5,400	450	100	50	D	D	600	150	*	*	4,500	400	100	50
Chemistry, except biochemistry	75,300	400	2,100	150	100	100	14,900	400	1,700	150	55,700	400	800	150
Earth/ atmospheric/ ocean sciences^d	22,100	250	600	100	D	D	2,600	200	200	50	18,400	300	200	100
Physics	43,100	450	900	150	D	D	8,800	350	500	100	32,500	500	400	100
Psychology	116,700	400	5,100	200	400	100	4,300	200	5,700	200	99,400	400	1,800	200
Social sciences	103,600	550	3,900	150	400	150	9,100	350	5,100	200	83,400	550	1,600	200
Economics	27,000	300	1,000	100	D	D	4,400	200	900	150	20,500	350	200	100
Political sciences	23,900	550	700	100	100	100	1,400	200	1,500	150	19,900	500	300	100
Sociology	17,900	500	600	100	D	D	1,000	100	1,200	150	14,800	500	300	100
Other social sciences	34,800	700	1,600	150	200	100	2,400	200	1,500	150	28,200	700	800	150
Engineering	143,800	550	3,800	200	100	100	53,000	500	2,800	150	82,800	550	1,200	200
Aerospace/ aeronautical/ astronautical engineering	5,800	450	100	50	D	D	1,400	200	200	100	4,100	400	D	D
Chemical engineering	18,800	750	600	150	D	D	6,300	400	400	100	11,400	600	200	100
Civil engineering	12,300	600	500	100	D	D	4,500	350	300	100	6,800	450	D	D
Electrical/ computer engineering	41,400	300	900	100	D	D	17,200	350	800	150	22,000	300	400	100
Materials/ metallurgical engineering	14,200	700	200	100	D	D	5,300	400	100	100	8,400	550	100	50
Mechanical engineering	20,200	750	600	150	D	D	8,100	450	300	100	11,000	550	100	100
Other engineering	31,100	850	800	100	D	D	10,100	500	700	100	19,100	750	300	100
Health	35,500	250	1,200	100	100	50	4,700	200	2,100	100	27,000	300	500	100

* = value < 50; D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information.
SE = standard error.

^a Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
^b American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, black or African American, and white are single race.
^c Other race includes Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and persons reporting more than one race who are not of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.

^d Includes other physical sciences.

NOTES: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100. Standard errors are rounded up to the nearest 50. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients, 2010.

Data from survey cycle 2010, as of August 21, 2013.