The Foreign-born with Science and Engineering Degrees: 2010
Knowledge and application of science, engineering and technology play an increasingly crucial role in the growth and stability of the U.S. economy. Over the past 10 years, growth in science and engineering (S&E) jobs was three times greater than that of other types of jobs and is expected to continue to grow at a faster rate than other jobs.
This brief discusses patterns of science and engineering educational attainment within the foreign-born population using data from the 2010 American Community Survey.
It finds that the foreign-born represented 33 percent of all bachelor's degree holders in engineering fields, 27 percent in computers, mathematics and statistics, 24 percent in physical sciences, and 17 percent in biological, agricultural and environmental sciences. A higher proportion of the foreign-born had bachelor's degrees in S&E fields than the native-born. The country of birth with the largest number of S&E degree holders was India.
Gambino, C. and Gryn, T. (2011). The Foreign-born with Science and Engineering Degrees: 2010. American Community Survey Brief. U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.