Figure 5-20 



Enrollment for advanced degrees in science and engineering, 1960-72 



Number 



100 



60 



40 



Social sciences 



Engineering^ « 



I I I I I 



' Life sciences 

 Physical sciences 

 Mathematical sciences 

 J I I I I 



1960 '62 '64 '66 '68 70 '72 



SOURCE: National Center for Educational Statistics and National Science Foundation. 



As a percent of enrollment for 

 advanced degrees In all fields 



(Percent) 

 40 1 



36 



32 



28 



24 



16 - 



Total science and engineering 



Engineering 



'^^^ 



Social sciences 



^^--. 



Life sciences 



Mathematical sciences 



J I L 



^_--, 



J \ L 



I960 



'62 



'68 



'70 



1969. The life sciences accounted for almost all 

 of the overall increase.^" 

 Master's degrees awarded 



Annual awards of master's degrees in science 

 and engineering for 1960 through 1972 are 



'" "Graduate Science Enrollment in 1974 Shows First 

 Increase Since 1969", Science Resources Studies Highlights, 

 National Science Foundation (NSF 75-328), October 22, 

 1975. 



shown in figure 5-21. The number of these 

 degrees awarded annually increased by over 150 

 percent between 1960 and 1972, with the largest 

 percentage increases occurring in the 

 mathematical sciences (307 percent) and the 

 social sciences (263 percent), and the smallest in 

 the physical sciences (86 percent). As a fraction 

 of master's degrees in all fields, sciences and 

 engineering degrees declined from a high of 30 



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