Figure O-23
First university degrees in NS&E as share of total first university degrees:1997 and 2002
PercentS&E NS&E1997200219972002United States33.9532.7618.7518.79Rest of world44.0937.6530.0627.12NS&E = natural sciences and engineeringSOURCES: China—National Research Center for Science and Technology for Development, unpublished tabulations;Japan— Government of Japan, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Monbusho Survey of Education (annual series,2005); South Korea—Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Education Research andInnovation, Education database, http://www1.oecd.org/scripts/cde/members/ EDU_UOEAuthenticate.asp; Taiwan—Ministryof Education, Educational Statistics of the Republic of China (annual series, 2004); Germany—Federal Statistical Office,Prüfungen an Hochschulen 2003 (annual series, 2004); United Kingdom—Higher Education Statistics Agency, specialtabulations (2005); and United States— U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IntegratedPostsecondary Education Data System, Completions Survey; and National Science Foundation, Division of ScienceResources Statistics, WebCASPAR database, http://webcaspar.nsf.gov. See appendix table 2-38.
Science and Engineering Indicators 2006
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