
Changes in the Racial and Ethnic Characteristics of the Sociology Discipline
Enrollment, degree, and faculty trends by race/ethnicity are presented in the tables and charts below. These tabulations are based on Integrated Postsecondary Educational Data System (IPEDS) Completions survey data collected by both the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Center for Education Statistics, available to the public via NSF’s WebCASPAR data table tool.
Race & Ethnicity Data
- Doctorate Recipients in Selected Disciplines by Race/Ethnicity, for Selected Years (1980, 1990, 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2010)
- Doctorate Recipients in Selected Disciplines by Race/Ethnicity, for Selected Years (1980 to 2010)
- Doctorate Degrees Awarded in Sociology by Race/Ethnicity, 1995-2010 (in Percents)
- Doctorate Degrees Awarded in Sociology by Race/Ethnicity, 1995-2010 (by Number of Degrees)
- Masters Degrees Awarded in Sociology by Race/Ethnicity, 1995-2010 (in Percents)
- Masters Degrees Awarded in Sociology by Race/Ethnicity, 1995-2010 (by Number of Degrees)
- Bachelors Degrees Awarded in Sociology by Race/Ethnicity, 1995-2010 (in Percents)
- Bachelors Degrees Awarded in Sociology by Race/Ethnicity, 1995-2010 (by Number of Degrees)
- Annual Sociology Graduate Enrollments by Citizenship Status and Race/Ethnicity, 1990-2010
- Full-Time Sociology Faculty by Racial/Ethnic Identity and Faculty Rank, Academic Years 2000/01 and 2006/07
- Few Departments Produced Most Minority PhDs in 2006
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