AIP Statistical Research Center

Increased Bachelor's Degrees, High PhD Rates Featured at Physics Education Symposium January 10, 2007
Seattle-More U.S. high-school students are taking physics than ever before, and the number of physics bachelor's degree recipients in the nation has increased 31 percent since 2000, according to new data presented today by the American Institute of Physics (AIP). In addition, physics bachelor's degree recipients are eight times more likely to go on to earn any kind of PhD than those with non-physics bachelor's, the new data show.