Table 23: Breakdown of Undergraduate STEM majors By Race, Sex and Discipline

	2006			2007			2008			2009			2010
	Total	URM	Non-URM	Total	URM	Non-URM	Total	URM	Non-URM	Total	URM	Non-URM	Total	URM	Non-URM
Undergraduate Majors Total	8,305	3,121	5,184	8,330	3,000	5,330	8,624	3,010	5,614	9,008	3,109	5,899	9,135	3,036	5,999

Allied Health	143	60	83	155	63	92	193	66	127	250	80	170	247	69	174
Biology	298	85	213	257	96	161	261	121	140	294	119	175	334	106	228
Chemistry	190	61	129	208	55	153	242	44	198	246	59	187	246	58	188
Computer Science	62	21	41	69	28	41	78	32	46	96	26	70	113	34	79
Environmental Science	23	9	14	34	15	19	48	16	32	53	19	34	62	17	45
General Science *	14	12	2	16	11	5	20	12	8	26	18	8	47	6	41
Geography	81	25	56	91	31	60	95	31	64	93	25	68	61	21	40
Mathematics	108	46	62	103	37	66	98	28	70	111	39	72	137	36	101
Nursing	245	80	165	288	89	199	329	97	232	362	106	256	447	111	336
Physics	32	14	18	30	12	18	36	11	25	19	3	16	28	12	16
Psychology	995	428	567	1,107	476	631	1,177	486	691	1,360	593	767	1,621	631	990
Statistics	9	2	7	12	4	8	14	3	11	13	5	8	15	3	12

Undergraduate Majors Men	2,380	784	1,596	2,440	754	1,686	2,567	742	1,825	2,770	815	1,955	2,947	858	1,989

STEM Majors Men
Allied Health	34	17	17	28	8	20	35	14	21	53	16	37	58	14	44
Biology	122	39	83	103	30	73	100	32	68	117	46	71	134	30	104
Chemistry	63	16	47	83	21	62	88	18	70	96	22	74	101	25	76
Computer Science	52	17	35	57	19	38	62	20	42	79	20	59	99	28	71
Environmental Science	6	2	4	12	6	6	18	5	13	22	8	14	24	8	16
General Science *	4	1	3	6	2	4	8	3	5	10	4	6	11	2	9
Geography	31	11	20	34	10	24	28	9	19	27	7	20	28	11	17
Mathematics	46	18	28	45	9	36	41	10	31	44	15	29	68	15	53
Nursing	45	9	36	55	13	42	48	13	35	56	14	42	72	18	54
Physics	23	8	15	17	5	12	22	5	17	10	2	8	22	6	16
Psychology	182	76	105	189	69	120	232	63	169	276	92	184	358	104	254
Statistics	3	2	1	6	3	3	7	2	5	7	2	5	10	2	8

Undergraduate Majors Women	5,925	2,337	3,588	5,890	2,246	3,644	6,057	2,268	3,789	6,238	2,294	3,944	6,188	2,178	4,010

STEM Majors Women
Allied Health	109	43	66	127	55	72	158	52	106	197	64	133	189	55	134
Biology	176	76	100	154	60	94	161	59	102	177	73	104	219	76	124
Chemistry	127	40	82	125	34	91	154	37	117	150	37	113	145	33	112
Computer Science	10	4	6	12	6	6	16	7	9	17	5	12	14	6	8
Environmental Science	17	5	12	22	8	14	30	9	21	31	9	22	22	6	16
General Science *	12	6	6	10	4	6	12	3	9	16	6	10	36	4	32
Geography	50	15	35	57	19	38	71	25	46	66	17	49	57	17	40
Mathematics	62	24	38	58	19	39	57	14	43	67	19	48	73	22	49
Nursing	196	67	129	233	76	157	280	83	197	306	92	214	375	93	282
Physics	9	6	3	13	7	6	14	6	8	9	1	8	6	0	6
Psychology	814	352	462	918	407	511	945	423	522	1,084	501	583	1,263	527	736
Statistics	6	0	6	6	1	5	7	1	6	6	3	3	5	1	4
Source:CUNY IRDB
* includes special honors with second major as STEM major

Source:CUNY IRDB

* includes special honors with second major as STEM major

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