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Cost of Undergraduate Education
February 22, 2022
Average undergraduate charge at public 4-year institutions as a percentage of disposable personal income and state support for higher education per full-time equivalent student: 2000–19
February 22, 2022
Higher education R&D expenditures, by source of funds: FYs 1972–2018
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics did not attempt to estimate for nonresponse on non-S&E R&D expenditures items before FY 2010. Source of fund detail data do not sum to total for FYs 2003–09... Totals for FYs 1972–2002 represent R&D expenditures in S&E fields only. From FY 2003 through FY 2009
January 15, 2020
Foreign-born workers with a bachelor's degree or higher, by highest degree level and major occupation: 2019
Non-S&E occupations includes middle-skill and non-STEM occupations.
August 31, 2021
S&E doctorate holders employed in academia with federal support, by degree field, research activity, and type of position: 2021
October 05, 2023
S&E articles with authors at federal agencies cited by granted U.S. patents, by article field: 2013–22
February 29, 2024
Workforce, by occupational group and sex: 2023
Data include the employed, civilian, noninstitutionalized population ages 25–75 not currently in primary or secondary school. Missing occupations and those who have not worked in the past 5 years or have never worked are not included in the data. STEM includes S&E, S&E-related, and STEM middle
February 12, 2026
Public opinion on whether the federal government should fund basic scientific research, by respondent characteristic: 2018
Do you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree? Percentages may not add to 100% because... For science and mathematics education, "low" equates to five or fewer high school and college science or mathematics courses, "middle" is six through eight courses, and "high" means nine or more courses. b Categories do not add to total n because "don't know" responses and refusals to respond
May 15, 2020
Workforce, by occupational group and educational attainment: 2023
Data include the employed, civilian, noninstitutionalized population ages 25–75 not currently in primary or secondary school. Missing occupations and those who have not worked in the past 5 years or have never worked are not included in the data. STEM includes S&E, S&E-related, and STEM middle
February 12, 2026
Size of the workforce, by occupational group and education level: 2023
Data include the employed, civilian, noninstitutionalized population ages 25–75 not currently in primary or secondary school. Missing occupations and those who have not worked in the past 5 years or have never worked are not included in the data. STEM includes S&E, S&E-related, and STEM middle
February 12, 2026
Graduate Degree Awards
September 04, 2019
Graduate Degree Awards
February 22, 2022
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