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NCSES SDR 2013 DST 6 SAS Output
Table 6. Doctoral scientists and engineers, by field of doctorate, ethnicity, and race: 2013
 

Field                 Not Hispanic or Latinob
Total Hispanic or Latinoa American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American White Other racec
Number SE Number SE Number SE Number SE Number SE Number SE Number SE
All fields 837,900 950 28,800 250 1,800 200 159,400 750 25,900 300 611,400 900 10,700 400
Science 649,000 1,000 23,100 250 1,500 150 97,500 700 20,700 300 497,500 900 8,800 350
Biological/ agricultural/ environmental life sciences 211,900 700 7,500 150 400 100 36,700 550 5,500 200 158,800 750 3,000 250
Agricultural/ food sciences 19,900 500 800 100 D D 3,000 250 600 100 15,300 450 200 100
Biochemistry/ biophysics 32,400 1,000 800 150 D D 6,800 400 700 150 23,600 850 400 100
Cell/ molecular biology 23,600 650 800 150 D D 5,900 400 500 100 16,000 550 400 100
Environmental life sciences 9,100 400 300 100 D D 800 150 300 50 7,500 400 D D
Microbiology 15,200 650 800 150 D D 2,300 250 500 100 11,400 550 200 100
Zoology 12,000 550 300 100 D D 600 150 200 100 10,700 550 100 100
Other biological sciences 99,700 1,350 3,600 200 200 100 17,300 650 2,700 200 74,300 1,250 1,700 200
Computer/ information sciences 23,000 300 500 100 D D 8,500 300 500 100 13,100 300 400 100
Mathematics/ statistics 39,200 400 1,100 150 D D 9,300 250 800 100 27,700 400 300 100
Physical sciences 148,800 500 3,900 150 300 100 28,300 450 2,700 150 112,100 600 1,600 200
Astronomy/ astrophysics 5,700 400 200 50 D D 600 150 D D 4,800 350 100 100
Chemistry, except biochemistry 76,600 450 2,100 150 100 100 15,700 400 1,900 150 55,900 500 900 150
Earth/ atmospheric/ ocean sciencesd 22,500 300 600 100 D D 2,700 200 200 100 18,700 300 200 100
Physics 44,000 500 1,000 100 D D 9,300 300 600 100 32,600 500 500 100
Psychology 120,200 500 5,600 200 400 100 4,800 250 5,700 200 102,000 550 1,800 150
Social sciences 105,900 600 4,500 150 500 150 9,900 300 5,400 200 83,900 550 1,700 200
Economics 27,600 350 1,100 100 D D 4,500 250 900 150 20,900 300 300 100
Political sciences 24,400 650 800 100 100 100 1,700 200 1,600 150 19,800 650 300 100
Sociology 17,800 500 700 100 D D 1,100 100 1,300 150 14,300 450 300 100
Other social sciences 36,100 750 1,900 150 300 100 2,600 250 1,600 150 28,900 700 800 150
Engineering 150,600 650 4,400 150 200 100 57,000 600 2,900 150 84,700 600 1,400 200
Aerospace/ aeronautical/ astronautical engineering 5,800 450 200 100 D D 1,500 300 100 50 4,100 400 D D
Chemical engineering 19,300 750 700 150 D D 6,600 400 400 100 11,500 600 100 50
Civil engineering 12,700 650 600 150 D D 4,500 400 400 100 7,100 500 100 50
Electrical/ computer engineering 43,800 400 1,000 150 D D 19,500 350 900 150 21,900 400 500 150
Materials/ metallurgical engineering 15,700 650 300 100 D D 5,700 450 200 100 9,300 550 200 100
Mechanical engineering 21,000 800 600 100 D D 8,300 600 400 100 11,600 500 100 50
Other engineering 32,200 850 1,000 150 D D 11,000 500 600 100 19,300 700 400 100
Health 38,300 350 1,300 100 100 50 4,900 250 2,300 100 29,200 350 600 100

Codes used in data tables: * = suppressed when population estimate < 50. D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information. S = suppressed for reliability; coefficient of variation exceeds publication standards.
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 Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 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, 2013.
Data from survey cycle 2013, as of 18 February 2014.