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First university degrees, by region: 1997 and 2002
Degrees (thousands)Social/behavioral sciencesNatural sciencesEngineering1997North America227.11175.06105.36Asia353.16323.76377.75Europe195.41277.99326.82Africa22.7141.3727.89Central/South America110.4745.2740.642002North America245.33214.72115.42Asia419.99411.64516.78Europe216.92343.61369.67Africa59.2277.2255.46Central/South America33.9653.3254.79SOURCES: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Education Research and Innovation,Education database, http://www1.oecd.org/scripts/cde/members/EDU_UOEAuthenticate.asp; United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Institute for Statistics, special tabulations; Iberoamerican Network of Science and Technology Indicators (RICYT), PrincipalesIndicadores de Ciencia y Tecnología (1999); and country sources. See appendix table 2-37.
Science and Engineering Indicators 2006
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