# of doctoral degrees received by blacks in the US

[Paul Schlosser]

C&EN just posted the following results from an NRC survey.

Black Doctorates
(US citizens)		1980	1990	1991	1992
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Total, *all*
disciplines		1,031	898	1,003	961

Physical Sciences	25	27	40	34
Chemistry		10	14	18	13

Engineering		11	28	43	32
Chemical		0	4	4	8

Life Sciences		65	73	88	87

(The *all* disciplines includes social sciences, humanities,
education and "professional" [other fields.])

Paul
schlosser at beta.ciit.org