Academic Disciplines Where African Americans Earned No Doctoral Degrees in 2013
According 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.
