Characteristics of Recent Science and Engineering Graduates: 1999 [Early Release Tables]

This report presents summary data tabulations about the demographic and employment characteristics of persons receiving bachelor's or master's degrees in science or engineering fields from U.S. institutions during the 1997 and 1998 academic years. These statistics are derived from the 1999 cycle of the National Science Foundation's National Survey of Recent College Graduates (NSRCG), the fourteenth in a biennial series. The statistics in this set of Early Release Tables are final and will not be revised unless errors are found that warrant revision.

Initial data collection for the 1999 survey was conducted by computer assisted telephone interview (CATI) and mail. Nonrespondents to the CATI were followed up with a mail instrument. Information in the 1999 survey was collected for the week of April 15, 1999. Data collection took place between October 1999 and March 2000. The overall unweighted response rate for the 1999 survey was 79 percent. As in most sample surveys, weighting was used to adjust for the effects of survey nonresponse and imputation techniques were used to compensate for item nonresponse. The statistics in this report are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error.

The final report, Characteristics of Recent Science and Engineering Graduates: 1999, containing the full set of statistics from this survey will be published later this year. It will provide information on the number of science and engineering graduates by educational characteristics such as type of degree (bachelor's or master's), field of degree, academic year of degree; by demographic characteristics such as citizenship and place of birth; and employment-related characteristics such as occupation, sector of employment, median salary, and various labor force rates. The report will also contain detailed information about the methodological aspects of the 1999 survey.

John Tsapogas
Division of Science Resources Studies
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 965
Arlington, VA 22230

(703) 292-7799
E-mail: jtsapoga@nsf.gov

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Table Title
S-1 Recipients of science and engineering bachelor's degrees in 1997 and 1998, primary education and employment status, and median salary by field of degree: April 1999
S-2 Recipients of science and engineering master's degrees in 1997 and 1998, primary education and employment status, and median salary by field of degree: April 1999
S-3 Recipients of science and engineering bachelor's degrees in 1997 and 1998, primary education and employment status, by median salary, field of degree, and sex: April 1999
S-4 Recipients of science and engineering master's degrees in 1997 and 1998, primary education and employment status, by median salary, field of degree, and sex: April 1999
S-5 Recipients of science and engineering bachelor's degrees in 1997 and 1998, primary education and employment status, by median salary, field of degree, and race/ethnicity: April 1999
S-6 Recipients of science and engineering master's degrees in 1997 and 1998, primary education and employment status, by median salary, field of degree, and race/ethnicity: April 1999

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