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| Table 17. Community college attendance and associate's degree receipt among recent graduates with bachelor's degrees in science, engineering, or health, by major field of degree: October 2010 |
| Major field | All graduates | Attended community college | Earned associate's degree | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | SE | Percent | SE % | Number | SE | Percent | SE % | Number | SE | Percent | SE % | |
| All fields | 1,146,000 | 4,500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 610,000 | 15,500 | 53.2 | 1.35 | 197,000 | 16,500 | 17.2 | 1.45 |
| Science | 785,000 | 4,500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 382,000 | 11,000 | 48.7 | 1.40 | 116,000 | 8,000 | 14.8 | 0.95 |
| Biological/ agricultural/ environmental life sciences | 183,000 | 2,000 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 91,000 | 4,500 | 49.7 | 2.25 | 17,000 | 3,000 | 9.3 | 1.50 |
| Agricultural/ food sciences | 14,000 | 1,500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 8,000 | 1,000 | 57.1 | 4.60 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 14.3 | 3.45 |
| Biological sciences | 156,000 | 2,000 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 77,000 | 4,500 | 49.4 | 2.55 | 13,000 | 2,500 | 8.3 | 1.50 |
| Environmental life sciences | 13,000 | 1,500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 6,000 | 1,000 | 46.2 | 5.95 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 15.4 | 4.60 |
| Computer/ information sciences | 72,000 | 1,000 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 38,000 | 2,500 | 52.8 | 3.25 | 20,000 | 3,500 | 27.8 | 4.65 |
| Mathematics/ statistics | 30,000 | 500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 14,000 | 1,500 | 46.7 | 4.40 | 5,000 | 1,500 | 16.7 | 3.60 |
| Physical and related sciences | 44,000 | 500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 17,000 | 1,500 | 38.6 | 2.80 | 4,000 | 1,000 | 9.1 | 1.60 |
| Chemistry, except biochemistry | 23,000 | 500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 9,000 | 1,000 | 39.1 | 4.15 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 8.7 | 2.45 |
| Earth/ atmospheric/ ocean sciencesa | 10,000 | 500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 5,000 | 500 | 50.0 | 4.05 | 1,000 | 500 | 10.0 | 2.50 |
| Physics/ astronomy | 10,000 | 500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 4,000 | 500 | 40.0 | 4.75 | 1,000 | 500 | 10.0 | 2.35 |
| Psychology | 180,000 | 2,000 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 98,000 | 5,000 | 54.4 | 2.50 | 34,000 | 4,000 | 18.9 | 2.00 |
| Social and related sciences | 277,000 | 2,500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 125,000 | 5,500 | 45.1 | 1.85 | 36,000 | 3,500 | 13.0 | 1.15 |
| Economics | 50,000 | 1,500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 22,000 | 2,000 | 44.0 | 3.45 | 6,000 | 1,500 | 12.0 | 2.20 |
| Political and related sciences | 90,000 | 1,500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 35,000 | 3,000 | 38.9 | 3.00 | 7,000 | 1,500 | 7.8 | 1.55 |
| Sociology/ anthropology | 82,000 | 1,500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 41,000 | 3,000 | 50.0 | 3.00 | 16,000 | 2,000 | 19.5 | 2.30 |
| Other social sciences | 55,000 | 1,500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 26,000 | 2,000 | 47.3 | 3.40 | 7,000 | 1,500 | 12.7 | 2.05 |
| Engineering | 132,000 | 1,000 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 62,000 | 2,500 | 47.0 | 1.85 | 12,000 | 1,500 | 9.1 | 1.00 |
| Chemical engineering | 9,000 | 500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 4,000 | 500 | 44.4 | 4.40 | * | * | * | * |
| Civil/ architectural engineering | 22,000 | 500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 11,000 | 1,000 | 50.0 | 3.95 | 3,000 | 1,000 | 13.6 | 2.45 |
| Electrical/ computer engineering | 33,000 | 500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 16,000 | 1,500 | 48.5 | 3.85 | 4,000 | 1,000 | 12.1 | 2.45 |
| Industrial engineering | 6,000 | 500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 3,000 | 500 | 50.0 | 5.60 | * | * | * | * |
| Mechanical engineering | 34,000 | 500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 15,000 | 1,500 | 44.1 | 3.80 | 3,000 | 1,000 | 8.8 | 2.35 |
| Other engineering | 28,000 | 500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 13,000 | 1,000 | 46.4 | 3.55 | 2,000 | 500 | 7.1 | 1.60 |
| Health | 229,000 | 1,500 | 100.0 | 0.00 | 166,000 | 8,500 | 72.5 | 3.65 | 69,000 | 14,000 | 30.1 | 5.90 |
| * = value < 500. SE = standard error. |
| a 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. Percentages are based on rounded numbers and are rounded to the nearest 0.1%. Standard errors for percentages are rounded up to the nearest 0.05%. 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. |
