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APS and the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Statistical Research Center provide a variety of statistics on minorities in physics in the US.
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APS generates statistical reports on minorities in physics. Current reports are shown below. These reports are freely available for your use. You may use our graphs in reports and presentations or you may use the raw data to create new graphs and charts. Credit APS and IPEDS as shown on each graph.

Degrees Earned by Individuals Marginalized by Race/Ethnicity in Physics

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Percent of bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees awarded to individuals marginalized by race/ethnicity in physics

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Bachelor’s Degrees Earned by African Americans, by Major

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Percent of STEM bachelor’s degrees conferred to Black or African American students, by major (Biology, Chemistry, Math & Statistics, Earth Sciences, Physics, and Engineering)

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Bachelor’s Degrees Earned by Hispanic Americans, by Major

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Percent of STEM bachelor’s degrees conferred to Latino or Hispanic students, by major (Biology, Chemistry, Math & Statistics, Earth Sciences, Physics, and Engineering)

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Physics Degrees Earned by Individuals Marginalized by Race/Ethnicity

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Percent of bachelor’s and doctoral degrees awarded to individuals marginalized by race/ethnicity in physics, normalized to population of college-age individuals marginalized by race/ethnicity in the United States

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Degrees Awarded to Individuals Marginalized by Race/Ethnicity, by Field

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Average percent of bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees awarded to individuals marginalized by race/ethnicity, by major (Biology, Chemistry, Math & Statistics, Earth Sciences, Physics, and Engineering)

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Retention of Individuals Marginalized by Race/Ethnicity in Physics

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Percentage of individuals marginalized by race/ethnicity in physics compared to the percentage of marginalized by race/ethnicity in the US college age resident population

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Bachelor’s Degrees by Gender and Race/Ethnicity

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Average percent of bachelor’s degrees granted to men and women for various races and ethnicities

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Physics Degrees by Race/Ethnicity

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Percentage of physics bachelor’s and doctoral degrees awarded to people of various races and ethnicities

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Physics Bachelor’s Degrees Awarded to African Americans at HBCUs

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The number of physics bachelor's degrees awarded to African Americans at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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