STEM Education Topics
People: Students/Education
Colleges and Universities
People: Demographics
Current Topics
Fields of Study
Colleges and Universities, People: Students/Education
Colleges and Universities, People: Workforce
STEM Education Highlights
![Full-Time Master’s Student Enrollment in Science, Engineering, and Health.](/https/ncses.nsf.gov/679/assets/0/images/401587e2-9028-4e8f-9e6f-96d488839661.png)
![Sector of Employment of S&E Doctorate Recipients with Definite U.S. Commitments.](/https/ncses.nsf.gov/679/assets/0/images/d341b528-6bf6-4724-8412-2f698cc1fa3a.png)
![The STEM Labor Force: Scientists, Engineers, and Skilled Technical Workers.](/https/ncses.nsf.gov/679/assets/0/images/974078ea-4c6c-4038-8ec0-dd603f27fab7.png)
Data Highlights
The number of female doctorate recipients in S&E fields increased by 94%, compared with a 62% increase in the number of male S&E doctorate recipients
Underrepresented minorities constituted 15% of all full-time doctoral students in 2017 and 18.4% in 2021.
In the News
![Image 3448](/https/ncses.nsf.gov/pages/679/0/images/1a4c9b90-ce9f-41b1-9048-1c081de2ef55.jpg)
Report
Advancing Research Capacity at High Research Activity Historically Black Colleges and Universities
NCSES data are cited in a congressional report from the National Science and Technology Council on boosting research capacity at historically Black colleges and universities with high research activity status.
National Science and Technology Council
May 2024
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Article
U.S. Scientists Are Leaving Academia. That’s Bad News for Drug Companies
Our data are referenced on the number of postdocs in the biological and biomedical fields between 2018 and 2022.
CNN
April 1, 2024