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| Table 2-1. Education and employment status of recent graduates with master's degrees in science, engineering, or health, by major field of degree: October 2010 |
| Major field | Education and employment status | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not full-time student | ||||||||||
| All graduates |
Full-time student |
Employed in S&E or S&E-related occupationa | Employed in non-S&E occupation | Not employed |
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| Number | SE | Number | SE | Number | SE | Number | SE | Number | SE | |
| All fields | 339,000 | 2,500 | 58,000 | 2,500 | 195,000 | 5,000 | 67,000 | 3,500 | 20,000 | 1,500 |
| Science | 157,000 | 1,500 | 37,000 | 2,000 | 65,000 | 2,500 | 44,000 | 2,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 |
| Biological/ agricultural/ environmental life sciences | 23,000 | 500 | 7,000 | 1,500 | 11,000 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 500 |
| Agricultural/ food sciences | 3,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | D | D |
| Biological sciences | 18,000 | 1,500 | 6,000 | 1,500 | 9,000 | 1,500 | 2,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 |
| Environmental life sciences | 2,000 | 1,000 | S | S | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | D | D |
| Computer/ information sciences | 32,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 1,000 | 25,000 | 1,500 | 4,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 |
| Mathematics/ statistics | 10,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 500 | 5,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 |
| Physical and related sciences | 11,000 | 500 | 4,000 | 500 | 6,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | * | * |
| Chemistry, except biochemistry | 4,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | * | * | * | * |
| Earth/ atmospheric/ ocean sciencesb | 4,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 500 | * | * | D | D |
| Physics/ astronomy | 3,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | D | D | D | D |
| Psychology | 45,000 | 500 | 9,000 | 1,500 | 11,000 | 1,500 | 21,000 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 1,000 |
| Social and related sciences | 37,000 | 1,000 | 11,000 | 1,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 3,000 | 500 |
| Economics | 5,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | * | * |
| Political and related sciences | 13,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 500 | 7,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 |
| Sociology/ anthropology | 6,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | * | * |
| Other social sciences | 12,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 500 | 5,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 |
| Engineering | 63,000 | 1,000 | 12,000 | 1,000 | 45,000 | 1,500 | 4,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 500 |
| Chemical engineering | 2,000 | 500 | * | * | 1,000 | 500 | * | * | * | * |
| Civil/ architectural engineering | 7,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 6,000 | 500 | * | * | * | * |
| Electrical/ computer engineering | 25,000 | 1,000 | 4,000 | 1,000 | 19,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 |
| Industrial engineering | 4,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | * | * | * | * |
| Mechanical engineering | 8,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | 6,000 | 500 | * | * | * | * |
| Other engineering | 18,000 | 500 | 4,000 | 500 | 11,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 |
| Health | 119,000 | 1,500 | 9,000 | 1,500 | 84,000 | 4,000 | 19,000 | 3,000 | 7,000 | 1,500 |
| * = value < 500. D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information. S = suppressed for reliability; coefficient of variation exceeds publication standards. |
| S&E = science and engineering; SE = standard error. |
| a S&E occupations include S&E postsecondary teachers. S&E-related occupations include health occupations. For details, see technical notes. |
| b Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences includes other physical sciences. |
| NOTES: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 1,000. Standard errors for numbers are rounded up to the nearest 500. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Estimates are from recent college graduates who received bachelor's or master's degrees in science, engineering, or health fields in the 2008 and 2009 academic years; estimates may differ from degree counts published elsewhere. |
| SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Survey of Recent College Graduates, 2010. |
| Data from survey cycle 2010, as of September 19, 2012. |
