Number 80 (Story #3), May 19, 1992 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein
PHYSICS BACHELOR'S DEGREE recipients, perhaps in response to the current economic recession, are going on to graduate school in greater numbers rather than taking up immediate employment. Of the 5145 physics/astronomy bachelors for the class of 1991, 35% sought a job, 37% went into physics-related graduate study, and 20% into other graduate study. Other facts contained in a new AIP report entitled 1990-91 Survey of Physics and Astronomy Bachelor's Degree Recipients: 17% were women, 6% were non-U.S. citizens, 2% were black, 2% were Hispanic Americans, and 5% were Asian Americans. (For more information contact Susanne Ellis, AIP, 212-661-9260.)
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