Appendix B 



Data Concerning Training of Personnel for Science and Technology 



The relatively small number of 

 able students who graduate from col- 

 lege must be shared by the various 

 professional schools and by the gradu- 

 ate schools which train for research 

 in the natural sciences, the social 

 sciences, and the arts and humanities. 



From compilations made by the 

 American Association of Collegiate 

 Registrars, the following figures show 

 the distribution of undergraduate de- 

 grees in 1941 among broad academic 

 and professional fields: 



Social sciences 17,947 



Social science and allied fields of 

 law, business administration, 

 education, divinity, library 



training, journalism, etc 70,829 



Mathematics and physical sciences 6,440 



Mathematics, physical science and 

 allied fields of engineering, min- 

 ing, chemistry, etc 25,044 



Biological sciences 5,812 



Biological sciences and allied fields 

 of medicine, nursing, dentistry, 

 pharmacy, agriculture, forestry, 

 home economics, etc.._ 28,490 



In the fields of research these fall 

 into broad groups, as follows: 



Social science 17,947 



Natural science 16,050 



Natural science and technology 53,534 



A compilation of Ph.D. degrees 

 in the 6 years before the war shows 

 the following distribution among 

 the physical, earth, biological and 

 medical sciences, psychology, public 

 health, and anthropolog)^: 



Subject 



Astronomy... 



Chemistry 



Engineering.. 

 Mathematics- 

 Metallurgy. - 

 Physics 



Geology 



Meteorology. 

 Mineralogy. . 

 Seismology.. 



Paleontology - 

 Biochemistry. 

 Agriculture. . 

 Anatomy 



1935 



11 

 470 

 63 

 77 

 11 

 150 



62 

 1 

 1 

 2 



12 



'77" 

 25 



1936 

 5 



482 

 48 

 84 

 16 



147 



64 

 

 5 



10 



'53" 

 15 



1937 



9 



497 

 70 

 76 



7 

 158 



42 

 1 

 3 



8 



"48" 

 14 



1938 

 12 



426 

 59 

 62 



7 

 165 



58 

 4 

 5 



9 



101 

 37 

 20 



1939 

 5 



482 



44 



91 



9 



148 



49 

 2 

 1 



13 



127 



40 



17 



1940 



6 



527 

 77 



103 

 11 



191 



55 

 

 4 

 2 



11 

 130 



58 

 21 



Average 



8 



479 



60 



82 



10 



160 



799 



55 

 1 

 3 



1 



60* 



11 



(120) 



52 



19 



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