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... TABLE A-3. Field Distribution of Bachelor's Degrees, NSF Hinority Graduate Fel lordship Appl ications and Offers, by Gender, 1979-1981 Females N % EMP Fields Males N % Bachelor's Degrees 1897 14.45452 37.0 Applications 149 22.0285 41.5 Offers 25 24.046 37.4 Success Rate 16.8% 16.1 Life Science Fields Bachelor's Degrees 2084 15.82190 14.9 Applications 204 30.1191 27.8 Offers 28 26.939 31.7 Success Rate 13.7% 20.4% Social Science Fields Bachelor's Degrees 9216 69.87084 48.1 Applications 324 47.9210 30.6 Offers 51 49.038 30.9 Success Rate 15.7% 18.1% Total Science and Engineering Bachelor's Degrees Applications Offers Success Rate 13197 100.014726 100.0 677 100.0686 100.0 104 100.0123 100.0 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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... Completion Rates for Black Applicants EMP Life Soc & Beh Total Other HBCU Other HBCU Other HBCU Other HBCU Total Applications16610113311230191600304 Awards Offered3 171 811481 09728 Success18~7%6~9%13~5%9~8%15.9%11.0%16~2%9~2% Rate 40 Awards Accepted20617104287924 Acceptance64 ~ 5%85 ~ 7%94 ~ 4%90 ~ 9%87. 5%80 ~ 0%81 ~ 4%85 ~ 7% Rate Awardees Completing Ph.D.s53751752913 Percent of25 ~ 050.041 ~ 250 ~ 040 ~ 562 ~ 536 ~ 754 ~ 2 Awardees SOURCES: Cumulative Index of NSF Fellowship Applicants and Awardees; Doctorate Records File.
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... & Soc. Total Percent50.033.331.861.938.947.6 23.18.334.738.9 Total777131420 311721 Percent57.931.732.051.742.440.6 .21.621.835.335.7 Total241318244237 1135340 SOURCES: Cumulative Index of NSF Fellowship Applicants and Awardees; Survey of Earned Doctorates.
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