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Appendix E-6: Women of Color in Physics Departments: A Data Picture17
Appendix E-6: Women of Color in Physics Departments: A Data Picture17
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earned bachelor's degrees in physics. In the 33 years shown on Table E-6-1, more than 35,000 people have earned physics Ph.D.s in the U.S., but only 111 under-represented minority women have done so.
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Table E-6-1 Number of women who have earned Ph.D.s in Physics in the US, 1974-2006. Number in US Citizens and Permanent Residents 33 years percent African American 46 1.2 American Indian or Alaska 4 0.1 Native Asian American 492 12.8 Hispanic 61 1.6 White 1784 46.3 Temporary Residents 1466 38.0 Total 3853 100 Source: National Science Foundation.
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Hispanic women average fewer than 2. And the smallest number of all is American Indian women: there have been only four physics Ph.D.s earned by American Indian or Alaskan Native women since 1974.
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