Women in Physics and Astronomy

These reports and graphics provide data on the education and employment of women in physics in the U.S. and working women physicists across the world.

Latest reports

Specific Figures and Tables on women

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Number of Bachelor's Degrees Earned in Physics, Classes 1982 through 2017

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Percent of Astronomy Bachelors and PhDs Earned by Women, Classes of 1987 through 2017

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Number of PhDs Earned in Astronomy, 1972-2017

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Percent of PhDs Earned by Women in Selected Fields, Classes of 1981 through 2016

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Women's Colleges that Award at Least a Bachelor's Degree in Physics, 2017

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Number and Percent of Faculty Members in Physics Departments Who are Women by Highest Degree Granted, 2002-2014

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PhD-granting Physics Department with Six or More Women in Professional Ranks, 2014

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Gender differences in Job Satisfaction Outcomes

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Gender Differences in Doctoral Advisor Ratings by Astronomy Graduate Students, 2007-2016

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Percent of Physics Bachelors and PhDs Earned by Women, Classes of 1977 through 2017.