Figure HE-1: The Number of Bachelor's Degrees Awarded in S&E Fields Shows Marked Fluctuations That Are Affected by Market Conditions and Research Funding.

Source: National Science Board. Science and Engineering Indicators 2004 (NSB 04-01). Arlington, Virginia. National Science Foundation. 2004. Appendix table 2-23.

Notes: Degree production for many STEM fields increased and computer science decreased in 2001. See graphs in the Attracting the Most Able US Students to Science and Engineering paper.

Table HE-1: Increasing Numbers of Students are Majoring in S&E Fields;
Substantial Gains among Women and Minority Groups.

Table 2-8

Ratio of bachelor's degrees to the 24-year-old population, by selected fieicis, sex, and race/ethnicity: 1990 and 2000

*NG&E degrees include natural (physical, biological, earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences), agricultural, and computer sciences; mathematics; and engineering.

"Number of degrees per 100 24-year-olds.

NOTE: Degrees by race/ethnicity do not sum to total because data not shown for unknown race/ethnicity or foreign citizens.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Education, Complatione Survey: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, WebCASPAR
database system, http://caspar.nsf.gov; and U.S. Bureau of the Census, Population Division. See appendix tables 2-4, 2-22, and 2-23.
Science & Engineering indicators - 2004

Source: National Science Board. Science and Engineering Indicators 2004 (NSB 04-01). Arlington,
Virginia. National Science Foundation. 2004. Table 2-8.

Figure HE-2: Minority-Group Representation among S&E Majors Is Increasing.

Source: National Science Board. Science and Engineering Indicators 2004 (NSB 04-01). Arlington, Virginia. National Science Foundation. 2004. Figure 2-13.

Figure HE-3: Master's Degree Attainment Increasing for Women and Minority-
Group Members.

Source: National Science Board. Science and Engineering Indicators 2004 (NSB 04-01). Arlington,
Virginia. National Science Foundation. 2004. Figure 2-17.

Figure HE-4: Overall S&E Doctoral-Degree Production Increased in the Early 1990s, Flattened, and in 2001 Started to Increase again; Minority-Group

Participation Increased Through the 1980s and 1990s and Experienced a Downturn Starting in 1999.

Source: National Science Board. Science and Engineering Indicators 2004 (NSB 04-01). Arlington,
Virginia. National Science Foundation. 2004. Figures 2-19 and 2-21.