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Table 1 Percentage of degrees conferred by STEM discipline for women (2016)

From: Mentoring in STEM higher education: a synthesis of the literature to (re)present the excluded women of color

Participation by %

White women

Black/African American women

Hispanic/Latina women

Asian women

Population

34.5

6.3

7.0

2.6

BioSciences

54.8

4.5

7.04

7

CompScience

18.7

2.2

1.87

< 1

Math/Stats

42.4

2.1

3.73

< 1

Engineering

20.9

1.0

2.31

< 1

PhysicalScience

19.3

2.5

3.73

< 1

  1. Adapted from “2019 women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering report”, by the National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. 2019. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2019. Special Report NSF 19–304. Alexandria, VA. (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd). Copyright 2019 by NCSES