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| Table 8. Sex and disability status of recent graduates with master's degrees in science, engineering, or health, by major field of degree: October 2010 |
| Major field | Sex | Disability status | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All graduates | Male | Female | With disability | Without disability | ||||||
| Number | SE | Number | SE | Number | SE | Number | SE | Number | SE | |
| All fields | 339,000 | 2,500 | 143,000 | 1,500 | 196,000 | 1,500 | 18,000 | 1,500 | 321,000 | 3,000 |
| Science | 157,000 | 1,500 | 72,000 | 2,000 | 86,000 | 1,500 | 10,000 | 1,000 | 147,000 | 2,000 |
| Biological/ agricultural/ environmental life sciences | 23,000 | 500 | 10,000 | 1,000 | 13,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 22,000 | 1,000 |
| Agricultural/ food sciences | 3,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | D | D | 2,000 | 1,000 |
| Biological sciences | 18,000 | 1,500 | 8,000 | 1,500 | 11,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 17,000 | 1,500 |
| Environmental life sciences | 2,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | D | D | 2,000 | 1,000 |
| Computer/ information sciences | 32,000 | 500 | 23,000 | 1,000 | 9,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 500 | 30,000 | 1,000 |
| Mathematics/ statistics | 10,000 | 500 | 5,000 | 500 | 4,000 | 500 | * | * | 9,000 | 500 |
| Physical and related sciences | 11,000 | 500 | 6,000 | 500 | 5,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 10,000 | 500 |
| Chemistry, except biochemistry | 4,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | * | * | 3,000 | 500 |
| Earth/ atmospheric/ ocean sciencesa | 4,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | * | * | 3,000 | 500 |
| Physics/ astronomy | 3,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | * | * | 3,000 | 500 |
| Psychology | 45,000 | 500 | 11,000 | 1,000 | 34,000 | 1,000 | 3,000 | 1,000 | 42,000 | 1,000 |
| Social and related sciences | 37,000 | 1,000 | 16,000 | 1,000 | 21,000 | 1,000 | 3,000 | 500 | 34,000 | 1,000 |
| Economics | 5,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | * | * | 5,000 | 500 |
| Political and related sciences | 13,000 | 500 | 6,000 | 1,000 | 7,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 13,000 | 500 |
| Sociology/ anthropology | 6,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | 4,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 6,000 | 500 |
| Other social sciences | 12,000 | 500 | 5,000 | 500 | 7,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 11,000 | 500 |
| Engineering | 63,000 | 1,000 | 49,000 | 1,500 | 14,000 | 1,000 | 3,000 | 500 | 60,000 | 1,500 |
| Chemical engineering | 2,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | * | * | 1,000 | 500 |
| Civil/ architectural engineering | 7,000 | 500 | 5,000 | 500 | 2,000 | 500 | * | * | 7,000 | 500 |
| Electrical/ computer engineering | 25,000 | 1,000 | 20,000 | 1,000 | 4,000 | 1,000 | S | S | 24,000 | 1,000 |
| Industrial engineering | 4,000 | 500 | 3,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | * | * | 3,000 | 500 |
| Mechanical engineering | 8,000 | 500 | 7,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | * | * | 7,000 | 500 |
| Other engineering | 18,000 | 500 | 14,000 | 1,000 | 4,000 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 17,000 | 500 |
| Health | 119,000 | 1,500 | 22,000 | 1,500 | 97,000 | 2,000 | 6,000 | 1,000 | 113,000 | 1,500 |
| * = value < 500. D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information. S = suppressed for reliability; coefficient of variation exceeds publication standards. SE = standard error. |
| a 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. National Survey of Recent College Graduates asks the degree of difficulty—none, slight, moderate, severe, or unable to do—an individual has in seeing (with glasses), hearing (with hearing aid), walking without assistance, lifting 10 pounds, or concentrating, remembering, or making decisions. Those respondents who answered "moderate," "severe," or "unable to do" for any activity were classified as having a disability. |
| 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. |
