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 PhDs Earned in Physics, 1972-2017

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Percent of Women among First-year Graduate Astronomy Students at PhD Granting Astronomy Departments, Fall of 1997 through 2017

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Physics Departments Awarding at Least 40% of Bachelor's Degrees to Women, Classes of 2013 through 2017

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Percent of Faculty Members Who Are Women in Physics Departments, 2002-2014

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Percent of Physics Departments with Women Faculty members in Professorial Ranks, 2014

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Number of Newly Hired Women Faculty in Physics and Astronomy Departments,2012-2016

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Gender differences in Salary Amounts at Various Career Stages

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Gender Differences in Doctoral Advisor Ratings by Physics Graduate Students, 2010

Women in Physics and Astronomy, 2019
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Percent of PhDs Awarded to Women in Specific Fields, Classes of 1920 through 2016

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Percent of Women among Physics Faculty Members in 2014 and among PhD Recipients in Previous Years