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APPENDIX
DETAILED STATISTICAL TABLES
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TABLE A-1. NSF Minority Graduate Fellowship Applications Submitted, 1979-1981, and Applications Leading to Award Offers, by Carnegie Classification and for HBCUs
Carnegie Classification of B.A. Institution
Research
Doctorate-Granting
Comprehensive
Liberal Arts
I
II
I
II
I
II
I
II
Other
HBCUs *
Total
Percent
PUBLIC
NSF Fellowship
119
78
80
16
417
68
0
5
17
188
800
58.9
Applications Submitted 1979-1981
14.9%
9.8%
10.0%
2.0%
52.1%
8.5%
0.0%
0.6%
2.1%
23.5%
100.0%
Awards Offered 1979-1981
25
22.1%
12
10.6%
13
11.5%
3
2.7%
45
39.8%
10
8.8%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
5
4.4%
23
20.4%
113
100.0%
50.2
Award Rate of Applications
21.0%
15.4%
16.3%
18.8%
10.8%
14.7%
0.0%
29.4%
12.2%
14.1%
PRIVATE
NSF Fellowship
124
41
34
6
85
66
83
112
7
143
558
41.1
Applications Submitted 1979-1981
22.2%
7.3%
6.1%
1.1%
15.2%
11.8%
14.9%
20.1%
1.3%
25.6%
100.0%
Awards Offered 1979-1981
35
31.3%
10
8.9%
6
5.4%
1
0.9%
17
15.2%
9
8.0%
24
21.4%
10
8.9%
0
0.0%
31
112
100.0%
49.8
Award Rate of Applications
28.2%
24.4%
17.6%
16.7%
20.0%
13.6%
28.9%
8.9%
0.0%
21.7%
20.1%
* Note: HBCUs are a subset of the other Carnegie classifications.
SOURCE: Cumulative Index of NSF Fellowship Applicants and Awardees.
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TABLE A-2 . 1979-1981 Applicants Offered Awards, by Race/Ethnic Group
Race/Ethnic Group
Percent
Number of Applicants
Number of Awards*
Native American
26.7
56
15
Black
13.7
905
124
Mexican-American
30.8
146
45
Puerto Rican
15.7
254
40
TOTAL
16.5
1,361
224
SOURCE: Cumulative Index of NSF Fellowship Applicants and Awardees.
TABLE A-3 . Field Distribation of Bachelor's Degrees, NSF Minority Graduate Fellowship Applications and Offers, by Gender, 1979-1981
Females
Males
N
%
N
%
EMP Fields
Bachelor's Degrees
1897
14.4
5452
37.0
Applications
149
22.0
285
41.5
Offers
25
24.0
46
37.4
Success Rate
16.8%
16.1
Life Science Fields
Bachelor's Degrees
2084
15.8
2190
14.9
Applications
204
30.1
191
27.8
Offers
28
26.9
39
31.7
Success Rate
13.7%
20.4%
Social Science Fields
Bachelor's Degrees
9216
69.8
7084
48.1
Applications
324
47.9
210
30.6
Offers
51
49.0
38
30.9
Success Rate
15.7%
18.1%
Total Science and Engineering
Bachelor's Degrees
13197
100.0
14726
100.0
Applications
677
100.0
686
100.0
Offers
104
100.0
123
100.0
Success Rate
15.4%
17.9%
SOURCES: Cumulative Index of NSF Fellowship Applicants and Awardees, and National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics 1989 (Washington, D.C.: USGPO, 1990).
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TABLE A-4. Offer Rates for Minority Fellowship Applicants, by Gender and Quantitative GRE Score, 1979-1981
Quantitative GRE
Males
Females
Apps
Offers
Percent
Apps
Offers
Percent
< 500
330
35
10.6
487
58
11.9
500-519
32
4
12.5
39
9
23.1
520-539
41
6
14.6
37
4
10.8
540-559
34
5
14.7
25
3
12.0
560-579
41
7
17.1
24
8
33.3
580-599
33
8
24.2
16
7
43.8
600-619
29
11
37.9
17
9
52.9
620-639
34
6
17.6
19
10
52.6
640-659
22
8
36.4
8
6
75.0
660-679
23
8
34.8
8
2
25.0
680-699
19
8
42.1
8
5
62.5
700-719
20
10
50.0
5
2
40.0
720-739
13
6
46.2
3
2
66.7
740-759
10
5
50.0
4
2
50.0
760-779
12
6
50.0
780-799
6
4
66.7
> 800
5
4
80.0
Total
704
141
20.0
700
127
18.1
SOURCES: Cumulative Index of NSF Fellowship Applicants and Awardees; Doctorate Records File.
TABLE A-5. Award Acceptance and Ph.D. Completion Rates for Black Applicants
EMP
Life
Soc & Beh
Total
Other
HBCU
Other
HBCU
Other
HBCU
Other
HBCU
Total Applications
166
101
133
112
301
91
600
304
Awards Offered
31
7
18
11
48
10
97
28
Success Rate
18.7%
6.9%
13.5%
9.8%
15.9%
40
11.0%
16.2%
9.2%
Awards Accepted
20
6
17
10
42
8
79
24
Acceptance Rate
64.5%
85.7%
94.4%
90.9%
87.5%
80.0%
81.4%
85.7%
Awardees Completing Ph.D.s
5
3
7
5
17
5
29
13
Percent of Awardees
25.0
50.0
41.2
50.0
40.5
62.5
36.7
54.2
SOURCES: Cumulative Index of NSF Fellowship Applicants and Awardees; Doctorate Records File.
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TABLE A-6. NSF Graduate Fellowship Applications, Awards Offered, and Awards Accepted by Cohort, Field, and Gender, Minority Program: 1979-1981
Math
Phys & Astr
Chem
Earth Sci
Eng
EMP TOTAL
Bio Sci
Agri/Vet Sci
LIFE SCI TOTAL
Psych
Econ
Soc & Anthro
Poli Sci
Other Soc Sci
SOC SCI TOTAL
SOC & BEH SCI TOTAL
TOTAL
Applications from Men
Number of Applications
46
36
51
34
118
285
167
24
191
50
32
39
37
52
160
210
686
% of All Applications
48.4
81.8
56.0
70.8
75.6
65.7
46.5
66.7
48.4
26.3
58.2
36.1
54.4
46.0
46.5
39.3
50.3
Awards Offered
9
3
13
3
18
46
36
3
39
12
7
6
4
9
26
38
123
% of Men’s Applications
19.6
8.3
25.5
8.8
15.3
16.1
21.6
12.5
20.4
24.0
21.9
15.4
10.8
17.3
16.3
18.1
17.9
Awards Accepted
5
3
12
1
10
31
33
3
36
10
7
5
3
9
24
34
101
Acceptance Rate
55.6%
100.0%
92.3%
33.3%
55.6%
67.4%
91.7%
100.0%
92.3%
83.3%
100.0%
83.3%
75.0%
100.0%
92.3%
89.5%
82.1%
Applications from Women
Number of Applications
49
8
40
14
38
149
192
12
204
140
23
69
31
61
184
324
677
% of All Applications
51.6
18.2
44.0
29.2
24.4
34.3
53.5
33.3
51.6
73.7
41.8
63.9
45.6
54.0
53.5
60.7
49.7
Awards Offered
10
1
6
2
6
25
26
2
28
22
6
11
3
9
29
51
104
% of Women’s Applications
20.4
12.5
15.0
14.3
15.8
16.8
13.5
16.7
13.7
15.7
26.1
15.9
9.7
14.8
15.8
15.7
15.4
Awards Accepted
8
1
6
2
4
21
24
2
26
21
3
9
3
8
23
44
91
Acceptance Rate
80.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
66.7%
84.0%
92.3%
100.0%
92.9%
95.5%
50.0%
81.8%
100.0%
88.9%
79.3%
86.3%
87.5%
All Applications
Number of Applications
95
44
91
48
156
434
359
36
395
190
55
108
68
113
344
534
1363
Awards Offered
19
4
19
5
24
71
62
5
67
34
13
17
7
18
55
89
227
% of All Applications
20.0
9.1
20.9
10.4
15.4
16.4
17.3
13.9
17.0
17.9
23.6
15.7
10.3
15.9
16.0
16.7
16.7
Awards Accepted
13
4
18
3
14
52
57
5
62
31
10
14
6
17
47
78
192
Acceptance Rate
68.4%
100.0%
94.7%
60.0%
58.3%
73.2%
91.9%
100.0%
92.5%
91.2%
76.9%
82.4%
85.7%
94.4%
85.5%
87.6%
84.6%
SOURCE: Cumulative Index of NSF Fellowship Applicants and Awardees.
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TABLE A-7. Percentage Completing Ph.D. by Award Status, Gender, Quatity Group, and Field
Men
Women
Total
NSF Fellows
QG2 Non-Award
Decliners
NSF Fellows
QG2 Non-Award
Decliners
NSF Fellows
QG2 Non-Award
Decliners
QG1
QG2
Total
QG1
QG2
Total
QG1
QG2
Total
EMP Total
Percent
50.0
35.3
41.9
26.1
23.5
14.3
38.5
30.0
12.5
0.0
38.1
36.7
37.3
22.6
19.0
Total
7
6
13
6
4
1
5
6
1
0
8
11
19
7
4
Life Sciences
Percent
66.7
38.1
50.0
35.7
0.0
41.7
23.1
32.0
0.0
0.0
55.6
32.4
42.6
27.8
0.0
Total
10
8
18
5
0
5
3
8
0
0
15
11
26
5
0
Psychology
Percent
75.0
66.7
70.0
100.0
0.0
40.0
54.5
47.6
25.0
0.0
50.0
58.8
54.8
40.0
0.0
Total
3
4
7
1
0
4
6
10
1
0
7
10
17
2
0
Social Sci & Other
Percent
38.5
54.5
45.8
6.7
0.0
25.0
26.7
26.1
16.7
0.0
33.4
38.5
36.2
9.6
0.0
Total
5
6
11
1
0
2
4
6
1
0
7
10
17
2
0
Behav & Soc Total
Percent
47.1
58.8
53.0
12.5
0.0
33.3
38.5
36.4
20.0
0.0
40.0
46.5
43.6
15.4
0.0
Total
8
10
18
2
0
6
10
16
2
0
14
20
34
4
0
All Fields
Percent
54.3
43.6
48.5
24.5
15.4
32.4
34.6
33.7
13.6
0.0
44.5
39.2
41.5
21.3
9.1
Total
25
24
49
13
4
12
18
30
3
0
37
42
79
16
4
SOURCES: Cumulative Index of NSF Fellowship Applicants and Awardees; Survey of Earned Doctorates.
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Table A-8. Median Total Years to Degree for Doctorate Recipients, by Race and Field, 1989
Field of Ph.D.
Race
Eng
Life
SocSci
PhySci
Black
8.8
9.7
10.6
8.9
Hispanic
9.3
8.4
11.7
7.8
Asian
8.5
8.0
9.5
6.9
White
7.4
9.0
10.4
7.0
SOURCE: Delores Thurgood and Joanne Weinman, "Summary Report 1989 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities" (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1990), Table 7.
TABLE A-9. Completion of Ph.D. by 1988 by NSF Minority Graduate Fellows and Nonawardees of 1979-1981 by Field of Application, Control of B.A. Institution, Fellows’ Quality Group, and Award Status
QG1 Fellows
QG2 Fellows
All Awardees
QG2 Nonawardees
Total
Public
Private
Public
Private
Public
Private
Public
Private
Public
Private
EMP Total
Percent
54.5
20.0
25.0
44.4
39.1
35.7
20.8
28.6
9.8
34.3
Total
6
2
3
8
9
10
5
2
14
12
Life Sciences
Percent
64.7
40.0
34.8
27.3
47.5
33.3
21.4
0.0
40.7
30.4
Total
11
4
8
3
19
7
3
0
22
7
Behav. & Soc. Total
Percent
50.0
33.3
31.8
61.9
38.9
47.6
23.1
8.3
34.7
38.9
Total
7
7
7
13
14
20
3
1
17
21
All Fields
Percent
57.9
31.7
32.0
51.7
42.4
40.6
21.6
21.8
35.3
35.7
Total
24
13
18
24
42
37
11
3
53
40
SOURCES: Cumulative Index of NSF Fellowship Applicants and Awardees; Survey of Earned Doctorates.
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Table A-10. National Research Council Rating of Graduate Program Faculty at Ph.D. Institution for NSF Minority Graduate Fellows, Study Field, and Award Status for Applicants Who Attained Ph.D. by 1988
EMP
Life
B&S
Total
PROGRAM FACULTY RANKING
QG1 Fllow
QG2 Fllow
QG2 NonAwd
QG1 Fllow
QG2 Fllow
QG2 NonAwd
QG1 Fllow
QG2 Fllow
QG2 NonAwd
QG1 Fllow
QG2 Fllow
QG2 NonAwd
1979-1981 Fellows
Top 5 Percent
Number
1
2
2
1
1
0
2
8
1
4
11
3
Percent
12.5
18.2
28.6
6.7
9.1
0.0
14.3
40.0
25.0
10.8
26.2
21.4
Other Ranked
Number
5
7
3
10
6
1
9
9
2
24
22
6
Percent
62.5
63.6
42.9
66.7
54.5
33.3
64.3
45.0
50.0
64.9
52.4
42.9
Department
Number
2
2
2
4
4
2
3
3
1
9
9
5
Not Ranked
Percent
25.0
18.2
28.6
26.7
36.4
66.7
21.4
15.0
25.0
24.3
21.4
35.7
Total
Number
8
11
7
15
11
3
14
20
4
37
42
14
Percent
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
SOURCES: Cumulative Index of National Science Foundation Fellowship Applicants and Awardees; Survey of Earned Doctorates.
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TABLE A-11. Postdoctoral Plans of NSF Minority Graduate Fellow Ph.D. Recipients and All 1988 Ph.D. Recipients, by Ph.D. Field
EMP
Life
B&S
Total
MGFP Ph.D.s
All Ph.D.s
MGFP Ph.D.s
All Ph.D.s
MGFP Ph.D.s
All Ph.D.s
MGFP Ph.D.s
All Ph.D.s
POSTDOCTORAL PLANS
Definite Plans
Number
15
6,102
21
4,246
22
3,629
58
13,977
Percent
78.9
64.2
75.0
69.1
71.0
62.9
74.4
65.3
Postdoctoral Study
Number
4
2,256
18
2,575
5
573
27
5,404
Percent
21.1
23.7
64.3
41.9
16.1
9.9
34.6
25.2
Postdoctoral Employment
Number
11
3,846
3
1,671
17
3,056
31
8,573
Percent
57.9
40.5
10.7
27.2
54.8
53.0
39.7
40.0
Seeking Position
Number
2
2,408
7
1,347
7
1,454
16
5,209
Percent
10.5
25.4
25.0
21.9
22.6
25.2
20.5
24.3
Postdoctoral Study
Number
1
857
4
694
2
265
7
1,816
Percent
5.3
9.0
14.3
11.3
6.5
4.6
9.0
8.5
Postdoctoral Employment
Number
1
1,551
2
653
5
1,189
8
3,393
Percent
5.3
16.3
7.1
10.6
16.1
20.6
10.3
15.8
Unknown
Number
2
989
0
550
2
686
4
2,225
Percent
10.5
10.4
0.0
9.0
6.5
11.9
5.1
10.4
TOTAL PH.D.S
Number
19
9,499
28
6,143
31
5,769
78
21,411
Percent
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
SOURCES: Cumulative Index of NSF Fellowship Applicants and Awardees; Doctorate Records File.
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