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Science Degree Holders Don’t Stay In Science Fields

by Andrea Widener
July 21, 2014 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 92, Issue 29

Three-quarters of students who get degrees in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fields don’t end up working in STEM occupations, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released on July 10. Physical sciences, which include chemistry, follow the overall STEM trend in the 2012 data, whereas engineering and computer sciences retain more workers in STEM occupations.

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SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau 2012 Community Survey
Bar graph shows that three-quarters of students who get STEM degrees don’t end up working in STEM occupations.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau 2012 Community Survey

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