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African Americans: College Majors and Earnings

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dc.contributor.authorCarnevale, Anthony P.en
dc.contributor.authorFasules, Megan L.en
dc.contributor.authorPorter, Andreaen
dc.contributor.authorLandis-Santos, Jenniferen
dc.date.accessed2018-02-16en
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-04T15:41:01Zen
dc.date.available2018-05-04T15:41:01Zen
dc.date.issued2016en
dc.description.abstractThis report points out that African Americans only account for 8 percent of general engineering majors, 7 percent of mathematics majors, and 5 percent of computer majors. Law and public policy is the top major group for African Americans with a Bachelor’s degree. The highest concentrated detailed major among African Americans is in health and medical administration. The second lowest-paying major among African American is in human services and community organization with median earnings at $39,000.en
dc.description.sponsorshipGeorgetown University Center on Education and the Workforceen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttps://cew-7632.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/AfricanAmericanMajors_2016_web.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/83057en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherGeorgetown University Center on Education and the Workforceen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectAfrican American studentsen
dc.subjectcollege majorsen
dc.subjecteducational attainmenten
dc.subjectlabor marketen
dc.subjectsalariesen
dc.titleAfrican Americans: College Majors and Earningsen
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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