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Conclusion
U.S. higher education institutions that award the majority of S&E doctoral degrees. Among S&E fields, life sciences and engineering continue to dominate academic R&D. Overall
January 15, 2020
Human Resources and Academic R&D
Ensuring financial support for students, postdocs, and researchers in S&E and S&E... S&E leadership that the United States must maintain if it is to continue leading the world
October 05, 2023
Key to Acronyms and Abbreviations
Program PISA : Program for International Student Assessment S&E: science and engineering SES
September 04, 2019
STEM Pathways: Degree Attainment and Training of Workers in STEM
S&E and S&E-related degree fields are important discussions, this... Science and Engineering ” and the Indicators 2024 report “ Elementary and Secondary STEM Education .”
May 30, 2024
Occupational Composition of R&D-Intensive Industries
About a quarter (23%) of the workers in R&D-intensive industries were in S&E occupations. The proportion of S&E workers in R&D-intensive industries was close to 6 times higher than that of S&E workers
February 12, 2026
STEM Degrees by Demographics
The demographic composition of S&E degree recipients varies by field of study. This section presents data on S&E degrees by sex, race and ethnicity, and citizenship status.
February 12, 2026
Average scores of students in grades 4, 8, and 12 on the NAEP mathematics assessment, by student characteristics: 1990–2017
e A percentile is a score location below
September 04, 2019
Women with a bachelor's degree or above, by broad occupational group and highest degree: 1993, 2003, 2019
August 31, 2021
Executive Summary
Key takeaways: New and improved products and processes emerge from the U.S. science and engineering (S&E) enterprise through an interconnected system of invention, knowledge transfer, and innovation... The U.S. business sector coauthored 27,000 S&E articles with U.S. academics and 7,000
January 15, 2020
Academic R&D spending, by field: FYs 2013, 2018, and 2023
July 23, 2025
Value added of software publishing industry, by region, country, or economy: 2002–19
Value added is the amount contributed by a country, an industry, or other entity to the value of a good or service and excludes purchases of domestic and imported materials and inputs. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. The world total and regional totals do not include all countries
April 19, 2022
Value added of scientific research and development industry, by region, country, or economy: 2002–19
Value added is the amount contributed by a country, an industry, or other entity to the value of a good or service and excludes purchases of domestic and imported materials and inputs. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. The world total and regional totals do not include all countries
April 19, 2022
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