Below: Percentage of Blacks in the Mathematical sciences new PhDs prior to 2006.

Data on Minority Doctorates after 2005, is suppressed

statistics on the numbers of Blacks receiving mathematics Ph.D.s before 1993

list of all Black US Ph.D.s in Mathematics by year


YEAR

TOTAL NEW PHDs in US

#US citizens

# Blacks

# African Americans
(% US citizens)

black men : women

1993

1,614

526

7 (1.3%)

1994

1,527

469

3 (<1%)

6 : 5

1995

1,226

567

6 (1.1%)

4 : 2

1996

1,153

493

9 (1.7%)

6 : 3

1997

1,158

516

9 (1.5%)

1998

1,216

586

20

11 (1.9%)

1999

1,113

438

19

12 (2.7%)

11 : 8

2000

1,119

537

20

15 (2.8%)

14 : 6

2001

1008

494

28

14 (2.8)

9 : 5

2002

948

418

24

12 (2.9)

2 : 1

2003

1037

499

30

16 (3.2)

2 : 1

2004

2005

TOTAL

10,126

4230

62 (1.4%)


numbers of Blacks receiving Ph.D.s
1977-1986

This data to the right comes from a 1988 handout that is a summary of NRC data for selected fields. It ONLY counts Blacks receiving doctoral degrees who are U.S. and permanent residents. In mathematics, physics (including astronomy) and computer science the numbers are:

Year

Math

Physics

Computer Science

77

10

10

78

13

8

0

79

11

8

1

80

12

4

0

81

9

6

2

82

6

11

1

83

3

9

3

84

4

11

3

85

7

4

3

86

6

8

1


references: The data comes from the NOTICES of the AMS published AMS-IMS-MAA Annual Surveys (first reports for PhD's in the mathematical sciences at US Universities:

  1. Annual Survey for 2004.
  2. also see Minority Doctorates Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans (2003)
  3. Annual Survey for 2003,
  4. Annual Survey for 2002,
  5. Annual Survey for 2001,
  6. Annual Survey for 2000,
  7. Annual Survey for 1999,
  8. Annual Survey for 1998,

NSF report of undergraduate math majors to PH.D.


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