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Physics Bachelor’s Degrees

SEP 01, 2012
Results from the 2010 Survey of Enrollments and Degrees
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Patrick Mulvey
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focus on Physics Bachelor's Degrees

An updated version of this report is now available:

This report presents findings from the annual AIP survey of Enrollments and Degrees. The trend data detailed in this focus on include bachelor’s degrees from the class of 2010. In addition to degree trends we also examine issues of gender and race. This focus on is part of a series that also covers astronomy enrollments and degrees, physics enrollments, and physics graduate degrees.

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