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| Table 31. Primary work activity of employed recent graduates with bachelor's degrees in science, engineering, or health, by major field of degree: October 2010 |
| Major field | All employed | Computer applications | Management, sales, or administration | Research and development | Teaching | Other work activitya | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | SE | Number | SE | Number | SE | Number | SE | Number | SE | Number | SE | |
| All fields | 922,000 | 7,500 | 43,000 | 3,000 | 245,000 | 8,500 | 166,000 | 5,500 | 100,000 | 6,000 | 368,000 | 8,000 |
| Science | 604,000 | 6,500 | 34,000 | 3,000 | 195,000 | 6,500 | 104,000 | 5,500 | 80,000 | 5,500 | 191,000 | 6,500 |
| Biological/ agricultural/ environmental life sciences | 120,000 | 4,000 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 29,000 | 3,000 | 28,000 | 3,000 | 14,000 | 2,500 | 47,000 | 3,500 |
| Agricultural/ food sciences | 11,000 | 1,000 | D | D | 5,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 1,000 |
| Biological sciences | 98,000 | 4,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 21,000 | 2,500 | 24,000 | 3,000 | 12,000 | 2,500 | 40,000 | 3,500 |
| Environmental life sciences | 10,000 | 1,000 | D | D | 3,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 4,000 | 1,000 |
| Computer/ information sciences | 64,000 | 1,500 | 24,000 | 2,000 | 11,000 | 1,500 | 13,000 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 1,500 | 13,000 | 1,500 |
| Mathematics/ statistics | 24,000 | 1,000 | S | S | 7,000 | 1,000 | 4,000 | 1,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 | 4,000 | 1,000 |
| Physical and related sciences | 35,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 7,000 | 1,000 | 14,000 | 1,500 | 6,000 | 1,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 |
| Chemistry, except biochemistry | 19,000 | 1,000 | D | D | 4,000 | 1,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 | 3,000 | 1,000 | 5,000 | 1,000 |
| Earth/ atmospheric/ ocean sciencesb | 9,000 | 500 | * | * | 2,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 |
| Physics/ astronomy | 8,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 |
| Psychology | 140,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 1,000 | 49,000 | 3,500 | 15,000 | 2,500 | 21,000 | 3,000 | 53,000 | 3,500 |
| Social and related sciences | 221,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 1,500 | 93,000 | 4,500 | 30,000 | 3,000 | 27,000 | 3,000 | 66,000 | 4,000 |
| Economics | 38,000 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 19,000 | 2,000 | 7,000 | 1,500 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 8,000 | 1,500 |
| Political and related sciences | 69,000 | 2,500 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 24,000 | 2,500 | 12,000 | 2,000 | 7,000 | 1,500 | 25,000 | 2,500 |
| Sociology/ anthropology | 69,000 | 2,500 | D | D | 31,000 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 1,500 | 10,000 | 2,000 | 22,000 | 2,500 |
| Other social sciences | 45,000 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 19,000 | 2,000 | 6,000 | 1,500 | 8,000 | 2,000 | 11,000 | 2,000 |
| Engineering | 113,000 | 2,000 | 9,000 | 1,000 | 25,000 | 2,000 | 54,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 22,000 | 1,500 |
| Chemical engineering | 8,000 | 500 | D | D | 1,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 500 | * | * | 2,000 | 500 |
| Civil/ architectural engineering | 20,000 | 1,000 | D | D | 5,000 | 1,000 | 9,000 | 1,000 | * | * | 5,000 | 1,000 |
| Electrical/ computer engineering | 28,000 | 1,000 | 6,000 | 1,000 | 6,000 | 1,000 | 12,000 | 1,500 | D | D | 4,000 | 1,000 |
| Industrial engineering | 5,000 | 500 | * | * | 2,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | * | * | 1,000 | 500 |
| Mechanical engineering | 29,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 6,000 | 1,000 | 17,000 | 1,500 | * | * | 5,000 | 1,000 |
| Other engineering | 23,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 5,000 | 1,000 | 12,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 4,000 | 1,000 |
| Health | 205,000 | 4,000 | D | D | 24,000 | 4,500 | 8,000 | 1,500 | 18,000 | 2,500 | 155,000 | 4,500 |
| * = value < 500. D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information. S = suppressed for reliability; coefficient of variation exceeds publication standards. SE = standard error. |
| a Other work activity includes production, operations, maintenance, and other activities not broken out separately. |
| 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. Primary work activity is defined as activity in which respondent worked most hours on principal job in typical work week. |
| 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. |
