NCSES SDR 2013 DST 6

Table 6. Doctoral scientists and engineers, by field of doctorate, ethnicity, and race: 2013

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	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 sciences^d	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.