Academic Disciplines Where African Americans Earned No Doctoral Degrees in 2013

NSF-LogoAccording to the annual Survey of Earned Doctorates from the National Science Foundation, in 2013, 1,806 doctoral degrees were awarded in the fields of wildlife/range management, zoology, astronomy, geochemistry, geomorphology, paleontology, oceanography, ocean and marine science, applied physics, atomic physics, plasma/fusion physics, nuclear engineering, Spanish, Asian history, Classics, archaeology, film studies, and music performance

None of the 1,806 doctoral degrees in these fields was awarded to an African American.

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