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Appendix A: STEM Participation Rates
Pages 233-236

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... . It analyzes data collected from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program's annual Freshman Survey, which surveys hundreds of thousands of students at four-year colleges and universities nationwide.
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... (20,763) Gender Men 40 79 75 57 30 Women 61 21 25 43 70 Race American Indian <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 Asian 14 13 16 10 7 Black 8 6 8 5 10 Latino 9 9 8 6 14 White 54 59 53 65 53 Other 15 13 15 14 15 Income Below $50K 30 25 32 26 38 $50K-$100K 30 32 31 34 29 Above $100K 40 43 37 40 33 Mother's education No college 26 23 27 22 31 Some college 16 15 16 16 17 College degree or 59 62 58 62 52 higher Precollege preparation HS GPA: A- or higher 62 62 55 64 45 Years of HS math: 92 94 92 92 84 4 or more Years of HS physical 29 39 33 50 28 science: 3 or more Years of HS 29 12 13 16 18 biological science: 3 or more Completed calculus 39 51 45 45 24 Completed AP 42 60 51 50 22 calculus
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... In this analysis, "STEM d ­ egrees" includes degrees categorized by the National Science Foundation as "­ cience S & Engineering" (but excludes degrees in psychology and social sciences) in data tables prepared by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and based on data from the U.S.
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... Board on Science Education. Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.


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