Percentage of Bachelor Degree Recipients with Disabilities

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Date updated: 2009-06-08
Data Brief 2009-004
Written and compiled by Leila Gonzales for AGI, June 2009

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Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) have relatively low percentages of bachelor degree recipients with physical disabilities. The average percentage of bachelor degree recipients with physical disabilities in all geosciences degree fields (6.45%) is on par with other STEM fields.

Four geoscience sub-disciplines have higher percentages of degree recipients with physical disabilities than other STEM disciplines: Geoscience, Oceanography, Geography, and Mining Engineering. Five sub-disciplines have below average percentages of bachelor degree recipients with physical disabilities than other STEM fields: Earth Science, Other Physical Sciences, Atmospheric Science, Petroleum Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

Percentage of Bachelor degree recipients with disabilities per STEM field (2006). Source: AGI Geoscience Workforce Program, data derived from NSF SESTAT 2006 dataset.

Percentage of all geoscience Bachelor degree recipients with disabilities by sub-field (2006). Source: AGI Geoscience Workforce Program, data derived from NSF SESTAT 2006 dataset.

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