Figure E-1. Minority share of S&E and non-S&E master's degrees: 1989–2006
Figure Updated: December 2008
NOTES: Underrepresented minority refers to blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians/Alaska Natives. Race/ethnicity breakouts are for U.S. citizens and permanent residents only. Data not available for 1999.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, special tabulations of U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Completions Survey, 1989–2006.
Minorities earned an increasing share of S&E and non-S&E master's degrees from 1989 to 2006.
- Underrepresented minorities (blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians/Alaska Natives) earned 12% of S&E master's degrees in 2006, up from 5% in 1989.
- Underrepresented minorities earned a higher proportion of non-S&E than of S&E master's degrees.
- Asians/Pacific Islanders earned a higher proportion of S&E than of non-S&E master's degrees.
- Asians/Pacific Islanders earned 7% of S&E master's degrees in 2006, up from 6% in 1989.
