Number 211 (Story #3), January 19, 1995 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein 1369 NEW PHYSICS PHDs were awarded in the U.S. during the 1992-93 academic year, up slightly from the year before. Of these, 170 (or about 12.4%) went to women; 13 (about 1%) went to blacks; and 43 to Hispanics. The total number of physics graduate students for the period was 13,042, of which 42% were foreign students, a fraction which has held steady for several years. The number of physics bachelor's awarded edged downward to 4800. In astronomy, 119 PhDs were granted in 1992-93, the most recent academic year surveyed in the "Enrollment and Degrees Report" issued by the Education and Employment Statistics Division of the American Institute of Physics. (For more information, contact Patrick Mulvey at 301-209- 3076.)