Table 5-5. Scientists and engineers employed in universities 

 and colleges, by field of employment, 1965-74 



January 



Field of employment 



All scientists and 

 engineers 



Engineers 



Aeronautical 



Chemical 



Civil 



Electrical 



Mechanical 



Other engineers 



Physical scientists 



Chemists 



Earth scientists' 



Physicists 



Other physical scientists 



Mathematicians and computer 



scientists 



Life scientists 



Agricultural 



Biological 



Medical 



Psychologists 



Social scientists 



Economists 



Sociologists 



Political scientists 



Historians 



Other social scientists 



1965 



1967 



1969 



1971 



1973 



1974 



178,904 



212,855 



246,183 



273,775 



282,631 



288,085 



' Includes atmosph^ic scientists and oceanographers 



SOURCE National Science Foundation, Manpower Resources for Scientific Activities at Universities and Colleges. January 1974. Detailed Statistical 

 Tables (NSF 75-300-A) 



Table 5-6. Scientists and engineers' employed in universities 

 and colleges, by level of attainment, 1965-74 



January 



Level of attainment 1965 



Total 178,904 



Ph.D. and Sc.D 74,278 



M.D and D.D.S 33,524 



Master's 52.380 



Bachelor's or equivalent 18.722 



1967 



1969 



1971 



1973 



1974 



212,855 



246,183 



273,775 



282,631 



288,085 



' Full-time and part-time 



SOURCE National Science Foundation. Manpower Resources tor Scientific Activities at Universities and Colleges. January 1974. Detailed Statistical 

 Tables (NSF 75-300-A), and special tabulations. 



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