FIGURE 2-C1.  Medium-low participation fields for women: Physical sciences and mathematics, 1989–2008
Year Physical sciences PhD Mathematics PhD Mathematics MA Physical sciences MA Mathematics BA Physical sciences BA
   
1989 19.8 19.4 39.9 26.7 46.0 29.8
1990 19.4 18.5 40.1 26.5 46.4 31.4
1991 19.7 19.2 40.9 27.6 47.2 31.7
1992 22.0 21.3 39.5 27.2 46.8 32.9
1993 21.9 23.9 40.8 29.1 47.1 32.9
1994 21.8 21.8 39.2 29.2 46.3 33.8
1995 23.6 22.3 40.2 30.3 46.9 35.2
1996 23.1 20.6 40.2 32.2 45.9 36.2
1997 23.1 24.1 41.4 32.6 46.3 37.6
1998 25.3 25.7 41.7 36.0 46.8 38.8
1999 NA NA NA NA NA NA
2000 25.5 25.3 45.5 35.6 47.8 40.8
2001 26.8 28.2 42.3 36.6 48.0 41.6
2002 28.0 28.9 43.1 37.7 46.9 42.7
2003 28.0 27.3 45.2 37.5 45.6 41.7
2004 28.1 28.3 45.4 39.5 45.9 42.2
2005 28.4 28.6 43.7 39.2 44.6 42.6
2006 30.2 29.6 42.7 40.0 44.9 42.2
2007 31.8 29.9 41.7 39.2 43.9 41.1
2008 30.2 31.1 42.8 38.3 43.9 41.2
NA= not available
NOTE: Data not available for 1999
SOURCE:  National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, special tabulations of U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Completions Survey, 1989–2008.