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	2003	2004	2005	2006	SOURCE
Black fourth graders test scores in Math			226		www.childtrendsdatabank.org
Black fourth graders test scores in Science			129		www.childtrendsdatabank.org
Black eighth graders test scores in Math			255		www.childtrendsdatabank.org
Black eighth graders test scores in Science			124		www.childtrendsdatabank.org

Black students average mathematics scale scores by age
9-year-olds		224			nces.ed.gov
13-year-olds		262			nces.ed.gov
17-year-olds		285			nces.ed.gov

Black students at or above selected mathematics proficiency levels (%)
9-year-olds
Simple arithmetic facts		97.6			nces.ed.gov
Beginning skills and understanding		77			nces.ed.gov
Numerical operations and beginning problem solving		23.6			nces.ed.gov
Moderately complex procedures and reasoning		#
13-year-olds
Beginning skills and understanding		97.2			nces.ed.gov
Numerical operations and beginning problem solving		67.2			nces.ed.gov
Moderately complex procedures and reasoning		9			nces.ed.gov
Multi-step problem solving and algebra		#
17-year-olds
Beginning skills and understanding		#
Numerical operations and beginning problem solving		91.7			nces.ed.gov
Moderately complex procedures and reasoning		26			nces.ed.gov
Multi-step problem solving and algebra		0.9			nces.ed.gov

Number of blacks who took the SAT	125,657	137,953	153,132	150,643	www.collegeboard.com

Average Math SAT scores for black students	426	427	431	429	www.collegeboard.com

Average ACT scores for black students	16.9	17. 1	17	17.1	www.act.org

Percentage of Black freshman intending to major in:
All Science and Engineering fields		34.3			www.nsf.gov
Computer Sciences		3.3			www.nsf.gov
Biological/Agricultural Sciences		9.5			www.nsf.gov
Mathematics/Statistics		0.5			www.nsf.gov
Physical Sciences		1.8			www.nsf.gov
Social/Behavioral Sciences		11.5			www.nsf.gov
Engineering		7.7			www.nsf.gov

All Undergraduate enrollment in engineering programs (Total)	25,986	25,313	24,343		www.nsf.gov
First time, first year undergraduates enrollment in engineering (Total)	7,619	7,374	7,212		www.nsf.gov

Blacks awarded Associate's degrees in:
All S&E fields	6,406	5,690			www.nsf.gov
Sciences	6,289	5,540			www.nsf.gov
Agricultural sciences	9	13			www.nsf.gov
Biological sciences	145	135			www.nsf.gov
Computer sciences	4,950	4,281			www.nsf.gov
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	17	0			www.nsf.gov
Mathematics and statistics	41	36			www.nsf.gov
Physical sciences	63	73			www.nsf.gov
Psychology	144	158			www.nsf.gov
Social Sciences	920	844			www.nsf.gov
Engineering	117	150			www.nsf.gov

Bachelor's degrees awarded by HBCU's in:
All S&E fields	8,619	8,828			www.nsf.gov
Sciences	7,969	8,178			www.nsf.gov
Agricultural sciences	130	121			www.nsf.gov
Biological sciences	1,738	1,802			www.nsf.gov
Computer sciences	1,487	1,563			www.nsf.gov
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	7	8			www.nsf.gov
Mathematics and statistics	302	290			www.nsf.gov
Physical sciences	374	378			www.nsf.gov
Psychology	1,753	1,816			www.nsf.gov
Social Sciences	2,178	2,200			www.nsf.gov
Engineering	650	650			www.nsf.gov

Bachelor's degrees awarded to Blacks in all instiutions by field:
All S&E fields	36,607	38,328			www.nsf.gov
Science	33,533	35,116			www.nsf.gov
Agricultural sciences	452	450			www.nsf.gov
Biological sciences	4,774	4,997			www.nsf.gov
Computer sciences	5,867	5,934			www.nsf.gov
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	60	65			www.nsf.gov
Mathematics and statistics	790	784			www.nsf.gov
Physical Sciences	928	958			www.nsf.gov
Astronomy	1	3			www.nsf.gov
Chemistry	744	756			www.nsf.gov
Physics	147	166			www.nsf.gov
Other physical sciences	36	33			www.nsf.gov
Psychology	8,011	8,479			www.nsf.gov
Social sciences	12,651	13,449			www.nsf.gov
Engineering	3,074	3,212			www.nsf.gov
Chemical engineering	317	303			www.nsf.gov
Civil engineering	292	320			www.nsf.gov
Electrical engineering	1,284	1,393			www.nsf.gov
Mechanical engineering	471	504			www.nsf.gov
Other engineering	710	692			www.nsf.gov

Black S&E graduate student enrollment by field in all institutions:
All S&E fields	24,174	24,695			www.nsf.gov
Science	20,962	21,283			www.nsf.gov
Agricultural sciences	460	394			www.nsf.gov
Biological sciences	2,757	2,886			www.nsf.gov
Computer sciences	1,951	1,818			www.nsf.gov
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	270	260			www.nsf.gov
Mathematics and statistics	655	692			www.nsf.gov
Physical Sciences	939	995			www.nsf.gov
Astronomy	9	10			www.nsf.gov
Chemistry	663	713			www.nsf.gov
Physics	236	248			www.nsf.gov
Other physical sciences	31	24			www.nsf.gov
Psychology	4,692	4,994			www.nsf.gov
Social sciences	9,238	9,244			www.nsf.gov
Engineering	3,212	3,412			www.nsf.gov
Chemical engineering	173	169			www.nsf.gov
Civil engineering	428	452			www.nsf.gov
Electrical engineering	812	861			www.nsf.gov
Mechanical engineering	382	369			www.nsf.gov
Other engineering	310	373			www.nsf.gov

Black S&E graduate students in HBCU's by field:
All S&E fields		4,106			www.nsf.gov
Science		3,707			www.nsf.gov
Agricultural sciences		170			www.nsf.gov
Biological sciences		568			www.nsf.gov
Computer sciences		208			www.nsf.gov
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences		57			www.nsf.gov
Mathematics and statistics		100			www.nsf.gov
Physical Sciences		205			www.nsf.gov
Astronomy		0			www.nsf.gov
Chemistry		126			www.nsf.gov
Physics		79			www.nsf.gov
Other physical sciences		0			www.nsf.gov
Psychology		882			www.nsf.gov
Social sciences		1,517			www.nsf.gov
Engineering		399			www.nsf.gov
Chemical engineering		13			www.nsf.gov
Civil engineering		60			www.nsf.gov
Electrical engineering		72			www.nsf.gov
Mechanical engineering		8			www.nsf.gov
Other engineering		162			www.nsf.gov

Master's degrees awarded to blacks by all institutions and HBCU's in:
All S&E fields	6,795	7,455			www.nsf.gov
Science	5,968	6,602			www.nsf.gov
Agricultural sciences	103	102			www.nsf.gov
Biological sciences	293	381			www.nsf.gov
Computer sciences	881	902			www.nsf.gov
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	18	22			www.nsf.gov
Mathematics and statistics	98	115			www.nsf.gov
Physical Sciences	113	120			www.nsf.gov
Astronomy	1	1			www.nsf.gov
Chemistry	76	87			www.nsf.gov
Physics	32	27			www.nsf.gov
Other physical sciences	4	5			www.nsf.gov
Psychology	1,801	1,923			www.nsf.gov
Social sciences	2,661	3,037			www.nsf.gov
Engineering	827	853			www.nsf.gov
Chemical engineering	43	31			www.nsf.gov
Civil engineering	96	76			www.nsf.gov
Electrical engineering	226	238			www.nsf.gov
Mechanical engineering	79	85			www.nsf.gov
Other engineering	383	423			www.nsf.gov

S&E doctorates awarded to blacks by field:
All S&E fields	644	746			www.nsf.gov
Science	587	652			www.nsf.gov
Agricultural sciences	22	20			www.nsf.gov
Biological sciences	108	148			www.nsf.gov
Computer sciences	17	17			www.nsf.gov
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	11	7			www.nsf.gov
Mathematics and statistics	16	10			www.nsf.gov
Physical Sciences	57	59			www.nsf.gov
Astronomy	1	0			www.nsf.gov
Chemistry	42	46			www.nsf.gov
Physics	12	13			www.nsf.gov
Other physical sciences	2	0			www.nsf.gov
Psychology	169	204			www.nsf.gov
Social sciences	187	187			www.nsf.gov
Engineering	77	94			www.nsf.gov
Chemical engineering	9	10			www.nsf.gov
Civil engineering	9	7			www.nsf.gov
Electrical engineering	21	33			www.nsf.gov
Mechanical engineering	9	18			www.nsf.gov
Other engineering	21	16			www.nsf.gov

Employed black scientists and engineers, by occupation and highest degree:
All degrees
S&E occupations	215,800				www.nsf.gov
Scientist	163,000				www.nsf.gov
Biological/life scientist	20,400				www.nsf.gov
Biological/medical scientist	9,500				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	8,700				www.nsf.gov
Computer and information scientist	96,600				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	1,300				www.nsf.gov
Mathematical scientist	9,300				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	5,800				www.nsf.gov
Physical scientist	8,800				www.nsf.gov
Chemist (except biochemist)	5,700				www.nsf.gov
Physicist/astronomer	600				www.nsf.gov
Other physical scientist	900				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	1,000				www.nsf.gov
Psychologist	10,300				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	1,400				www.nsf.gov
Social Scientist	17,700				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	4,000				www.nsf.gov
Engineer	53				www.nsf.gov
Chemical engineer	1,900				www.nsf.gov
Civil engineer	8,200				www.nsf.gov
Electrical engineer	14,600				www.nsf.gov
Mechanical engineer	5,700				www.nsf.gov
Other engineer	13,500				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	1,600				www.nsf.gov

Bachelor's Degree	139,400				www.nsf.gov
Scientist	99,900				www.nsf.gov
Biological/life scientist	7,800				www.nsf.gov
Biological/medical scientist	4,800				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	1,800				www.nsf.gov
Computer and information scientist	73,900				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	S				www.nsf.gov
Mathematical scientist	2,700				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	1,100				www.nsf.gov
Physical scientist	5,500				www.nsf.gov
Chemist (except biochemist)	4,100				www.nsf.gov
Physicist/astronomer	S				www.nsf.gov
Other physical scientist	S				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	200				www.nsf.gov
Psychologist	1,400				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	S				www.nsf.gov
Social Scientist	8,600				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	S				www.nsf.gov
Engineer	39,500				www.nsf.gov
Chemical engineer	1,200				www.nsf.gov
Civil engineer	6,200				www.nsf.gov
Electrical engineer	11,100				www.nsf.gov
Mechanical engineer	4,500				www.nsf.gov
Other engineer	9,800				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	S				www.nsf.gov

Master's Degree	53,100				www.nsf.gov
Scientist	41,800				www.nsf.gov
Biological/life scientist	5,100				www.nsf.gov
Biological/medical scientist	1,400				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	3,300				www.nsf.gov
Computer and information scientist	20,700				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	S				www.nsf.gov
Mathematical scientist	3,900				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	2,300				www.nsf.gov
Physical scientist	1,900				www.nsf.gov
Chemist (except biochemist)	1,100				www.nsf.gov
Physicist/astronomer	S				www.nsf.gov
Other physical scientist	S				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	200				www.nsf.gov
Psychologist	5,500				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	S				www.nsf.gov
Social Scientist	4,700				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	1,200				www.nsf.gov
Engineer	11,300				www.nsf.gov
Chemical engineer	S				www.nsf.gov
Civil engineer	1,900				www.nsf.gov
Electrical engineer	3,300				www.nsf.gov
Mechanical engineer	1,100				www.nsf.gov
Other engineer	3,500				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	S				www.nsf.gov

Doctorate	19,200				www.nsf.gov
Scientist	17,300				www.nsf.gov
Biological/life scientist	4,600				www.nsf.gov
Biological/medical scientist	2,400				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	1,700				www.nsf.gov
Computer and information scientist	1,800				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	500				www.nsf.gov
Mathematical scientist	2,700				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	2,400				www.nsf.gov
Physical scientist	1,400				www.nsf.gov
Chemist (except biochemist)	600				www.nsf.gov
Physicist/astronomer	100				www.nsf.gov
Other physical scientist	100				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	600				www.nsf.gov
Psychologist	3,000				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	900				www.nsf.gov
Social Scientist	3,800				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	2,600				www.nsf.gov
Engineer	1,900				www.nsf.gov
Chemical engineer	300				www.nsf.gov
Civil engineer	S				www.nsf.gov
Electrical engineer	300				www.nsf.gov
Mechanical engineer	100				www.nsf.gov
Other engineer	200				www.nsf.gov
Postsecondary Teacher	900				www.nsf.gov

Employment status of black scientists and engineers
Employed	1199200				www.nsf.gov
Full time	974,400				www.nsf.gov
Part time	61,200				www.nsf.gov
Postdoctoral appointment	600				www.nsf.gov
Not employed
Seeking employment	46,000				www.nsf.gov
Not seeking employment	50,000				www.nsf.gov
Retired	66,900				www.nsf.gov

Black scientists and engineers employed in schools and academic institutions
All educational institutions	255,800				www.nsf.gov
Preschool, elementary, middle or secondary	153,200				www.nsf.gov
2-year college, junior college, or technical institute	12,300				www.nsf.gov
4-year college or university	41,000				www.nsf.gov
Medical school	34,200				www.nsf.gov
University research insitutute	13,500				www.nsf.gov
Other	1,600				www.nsf.gov

Employed black doctoral scientists and engineers by sector of employment
All sectors	17,480				www.nsf.gov
Education	10,780				www.nsf.gov
Business or industry	3,330				www.nsf.gov
Self employed, not incorporated	530				www.nsf.gov
Nonprofit	870				www.nsf.gov
Government	1,980				www.nsf.gov

Black S&E doctorate holders employed in universities and 4-year colleges by occupation, years since doctorate, and tenure status
S&E occupations
Fewer than 10 years since doctorate	7,100				www.nsf.gov
Tenured	500				www.nsf.gov
Not-Tenured
On tenure track	2,100				www.nsf.gov
Not on tenure track	500				www.nsf.gov
Tenure not available	4,000				www.nsf.gov
10-19 years	3,000				www.nsf.gov
Tenured	1,900				www.nsf.gov
Not-Tenured
On tenure track	300				www.nsf.gov
Not on tenure track	400				www.nsf.gov
Tenure not available	400				www.nsf.gov
20-29 years	1,600				www.nsf.gov
Tenured	1,200				www.nsf.gov
Not-Tenured
On tenure track	S				www.nsf.gov
Not on tenure track	S				www.nsf.gov
Tenure not available	S				www.nsf.gov
30 and more years	700				www.nsf.gov
Tenured	500				www.nsf.gov
Not-Tenured
On tenure track	S				www.nsf.gov
Not on tenure track	S				www.nsf.gov
Tenure not available	S				www.nsf.gov

Note:

# indicates that the information was not complete or was not submitted
S = suppressed because fewer than 50 weighted cases

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