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STEM Talent: Education, Training, and Workforce | Path to STEM Employment

Community Colleges

STEM occupations (Table STAL-1). Community colleges awarded 75% of the S&E associate’s degrees … community colleges awarded the largest number of associate’s degrees in social sciences (23 … reported attending a community college; this was true for 63% of those who earned degrees in S
- February 12, 2026
- ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20261
Data Tables | Data Tables (Individual)

STEM Talent: Education, Training, and Workforce | Path to STEM Employment

Recent recipients of their first bachelor's degrees who reported attending community college, by timing of attendance and broad field area: 2023

This percentage is based on the number of respondents who earned their first bachelor's degree in 2019-21. b This percentage is based on the number of respondents who earned their first bachelor's degree in 2019-21 and reported attending community college at any point in time. … National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG), 2023. Science and Engineering Indicators … Numbers are rounded to the nearest 1,000. Detail may not add to total because of rounding and because respondents could have attended community college at more than one point in time. Recent recipients are those who earned their bachelor's degrees in 2019–21.
- February 12, 2026
- ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20261
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STEM Talent: Education, Training, and Workforce | Path to STEM Employment

Broad field for S&E associate's degrees awarded by community colleges: 2023

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, special tabulations (2024) of the National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Completions Survey, provisional release data. Science and Engineering Indicators
- February 12, 2026
- ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20261
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STEM Talent: Education, Training, and Workforce | Path to STEM Employment

Broad field for S&E-related associate's degrees awarded by community colleges: 2023

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, special tabulations (2024) of the National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Completions Survey, provisional release data. Science and Engineering Indicators
- February 12, 2026
- ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20261
Data Tables | Data Tables (Individual)

The Increasing Role of Community Colleges among Bachelor's Degree Recipients: Findings from the 2019 National Survey of College Graduates

Reasons for attending community college among employed college graduates reporting a first bachelor's degree and having attended community college, by broad field of major and calendar year of degree: 2019

S&E = science and engineering. … Numbers are rounded to the nearest 1,000. Sum of percentages in reasons for attending community college exceeds total because of multiple response. … National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Survey of College Graduates, 2019.
- January 27, 2021
- ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf21309
Analysis | Reports

Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2020 | Report

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awarded in science and engineering fields is an important part of the mission of NCSES … National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within … The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), the data source for this report, is an annual census
- November 30, 2021
- ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf22300
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The Increasing Role of Community Colleges among Bachelor's Degree Recipients: Findings from the 2019 National Survey of College Graduates

Reasons for Community College Attendance

In general, reasons reported by college graduates who had attended a community college were similar … community college was to earn credits for a bachelor’s degree (76% of recent graduates and 64 … In addition, 42% of recent graduates reported “to complete
- January 27, 2021
- ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf21309
Data Tables | Data Tables (Individual)

The Increasing Role of Community Colleges among Bachelor's Degree Recipients: Findings from the 2019 National Survey of College Graduates

Community college attendance and receipt of an associate's degree among employed college graduates reporting a first bachelor's degree, by field of study and calendar year of degree: 2019

S&E = science and engineering. … Numbers are rounded to the nearest 1,000. Excludes college graduates who earned a first bachelor's degree abroad ( n = 3,879,000) and those who did not report a first bachelor's degree ( n = 1,958,000). … National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Survey of College Graduates, 2019.
- January 27, 2021
- ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf21309
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Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2020 | Report

Doctorates awarded in S&E fields, by citizenship: 2000–20

S&E = science and engineering. … Excludes respondents who did not report citizenship. Counts of unreported citizenship fluctuated between 1,750 and 4,144. … National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2020. Related detailed table 17 and table 18.
- November 30, 2021
- ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf22300
Data Tables | Data Tables (Individual)

Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2021 | Data Tables

Top academic institutions awarding associate's degrees in S&E, S&E technologies, and interdisciplinary or other science fields, by sex of recipient: 2018

S&E technologies includes science, engineering, health, and other S&E technologies. Institutions awarding the same number of degrees are listed alphabetically. Data are based on degree-granting institutions eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. … S&E = science and engineering.
- April 29, 2021
- ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf21321

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