Minority Physics Statistics

APS and the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Statistical Research Center provide a variety of statistics on minorities in physics in the US.
Gray Arrow AIP Minorities in Physics Statistics

APS Minorities in Physics Statistics

APS generates statistical reports on minorities in physics. Current reports are shown below. These reports are freely available for your use. You may use our graphs in reports and presentations or you may use the raw data to create new graphs and charts. Credit APS and IPEDS as shown on each graph.

Degrees Earned by Marginalized by Race/Ethnicty in Physics

URMs Physics 0802 thumb

Percent of bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees awarded to underrepresented minorities (URMs) in physics.


Bachelor’s Degrees Earned by African Americans, by Major

Bachelors AfricanAmerican All Majors 2020 thumb

Percent of STEM bachelor’s degrees conferred to Black or African American students, by major (Biology, Chemistry, Math & Statistics, Earth Sciences, Physics, and Engineering)


Bachelor’s Degrees Earned by Hispanic Americans, by Major

Bachelor Hispanic All Majors 2020 thumb

Percent of STEM bachelor’s degrees conferred to Latino or Hispanic students, by major (Biology, Chemistry, Math & Statistics, Earth Sciences, Physics, and Engineering)


Physics Degrees Earned by Marginalized by Race/Ethnicity

URM Physics Degrees Earned 2020 thumb

Percent of bachelor’s and doctoral degrees awarded to marginalized by race/ethnicity in physics, normalized to population of college-age marginalized by race/ethnicity in the United States


Degrees Awarded to Marginalized by Race/Ethnicity, by Field

URM All Majors Average 2020 thumb

Average percent of bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees awarded to marginalized by race/ethnicity, by major (Biology, Chemistry, Math & Statistics, Earth Sciences, Physics, and Engineering)


Marginalized by Race/Ethnicity in Physics

Underrepresented Minorities thumb

Percentage of marginalized by race/ethnicity in physics compared to the percentage of marginalized by race/ethnicity in the US college age resident population


Bachelor’s Degrees by Gender and Race/Ethnicity

Bachelor Physics Gender Race Average 2020 thumb

Average percent of bachelor’s degrees granted to men and women for various races and ethnicities


Physics Degrees by Marginalized by Race/Ethnicity

URM Physics Average 2020 thumb

Percentage of physics bachelor’s and doctoral degrees awarded to people of various races and ethnicities


Physics Bachelor’s Degrees Awarded to African Americans at HBCUs

Bachelors physics HBCU 2020 thumb

The number of physics bachelor's degrees awarded to African Americans at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).