Field of degree: Minorities

Overall

In 2014, nearly one in six adults with a bachelor's degree or higher was a member of an underrepresented minority group. Underrepresented minorities, like whites, earn a higher share of non-S&E degrees than of S&E degrees, particularly at the master's and doctoral levels. Underrepresented minorities' share of S&E bachelor's and master's degrees has been rising since 1995. Their share of doctorates in S&E fields was stable at or just under 7% between 2002 and 2010, but it has increased slightly in the past 4 years.