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

  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
  Total  URM Non-URM Total  URM Non-URM Total  URM Non-URM Total  URM Non-URM Total  URM Non-URM Total  URM Non-URM
Undergraduate MajorsTotal 8,330 3,000 5,330 8,624 3,010 5,614 9,008 3,109 5,899 9,135 3,036 5,999 8,275 2,693 5,582 7,524 2,473 5,051
                                     
STEM Total                                    
Allied Health 155 63 92 193 66 127 250 80 170 247 69 178 183 50 133 143 46 97
Biology 257 96 161 261 121 140 294 119 175 334 106 228 299 94 205 327 95 232
Chemistry 208 55 153 242 44 198 246 59 187 246 58 188 228 54 174 261 48 213
Computer Science 69 28 41 78 32 46 96 26 70 113 34 79 145 52 93 136 38 98
Environmental Science 34 15 19 48 16 32 53 19 34 62 17 45 64 14 50 58 10 48
General Science * 16 11 5 20 12 8 26 18 8 47 6 41 71 13 58 58 5 53
Geography 91 31 60 95 31 64 93 25 68 61 21 40 80 29 51 64 21 43
Mathematics 103 37 66 98 28 70 111 39 72 137 36 101 134 39 95 145 44 101
Nursing 288 89 199 329 97 232 362 106 256 447 111 336 421 100 321 228 44 184
Physics 30 12 18 36 11 25 19 3 16 28 12 16 22 2 20 27 1 26
Psychology 1,107 476 631 1,177 486 691 1,360 593 767 1,621 631 990 1,845 688 1157 1,784 661 1123
Statistics 12 4 8 14 3 11 13 5 8 15 3 12 12 3 9 13 1 12
                                     
Undergraduate Majors Men 2,440 754 1,686 2,567 742 1,825 2,770 815 1,955 2,947 858 1,989 2,668 867 1,801 2,451 733 1,718
                                     
STEM Majors Men                                  
Allied Health 28 8 20 35 14 21 53 16 37 58 14 44 50 14 36 28 11 17
Biology 103 30 73 100 32 68 117 46 71 134 30 104 124 43 81 119 36 83
Chemistry 83 21 62 88 18 70 96 22 74 101 25 76 90 22 68 126 25 101
Computer Science 57 19 38 62 20 42 79 20 59 99 28 71 128 41 87 118 34 84
Environmental Science 12 6 6 18 5 13 22 8 14 24 8 16 27 6 21 25 3 22
General Science * 6 2 4 8 3 5 10 4 6 11 2 9 25 4 21 19 3 16
Geography 34 10 24 28 9 19 27 7 20 28 11 17 31 7 4 24 8 16
Mathematics 45 9 36 41 10 31 44 15 29 68 15 53 62 23 39 60 19 41
Nursing 55 13 42 48 13 35 56 14 42 72 18 54 63 13 50 41 6 35
Physics 17 5 12 22 5 17 10 2 8 22 6 16 19 2 17 20 1 19
Psychology 189 69 120 232 63 169 276 92 184 358 104 254 398 119 279 399 121 278
Statistics 6 3 3 7 2 5 7 2 5 10 2 8 7 2 5 6 1 5
                                     
Undergraduate Majors Women 5,890 2,246 3,644 6,057 2,268 3,789 6,238 2,294 3,944 6,188 2,178 4,010 5,607 1,826 3,781 5,073 1,740 3,333
                                     
STEM Majors Women                                   
Allied Health 127 55 72 158 52 106 197 64 133 189 55 134 123 24 75 120 35 85
Biology 154 60 94 161 59 102 177 73 104 219 76 124 175 42 97 208 59 149
Chemistry 125 34 91 154 37 117 150 37 113 145 33 112 138 21 87 135 23 112
Computer Science 12 6 6 16 7 9 17 5 12 14 6 8 17 6 8 18 4 14
Environmental Science 22 8 14 30 9 21 31 9 22 45 16 29 37 5 25 33 7 26
General Science * 10 4 6 12 3 9 16 6 10 36 4 32 46 6 34 39 2 37
Geography 57 19 38 71 25 46 66 17 49 57 17 40 49 17 21 40 13 27
Mathematics 58 19 39 57 14 43 67 19 48 73 22 49 72 11 49 85 25 60
Nursing 233 76 157 280 83 197 306 92 214 375 93 282 358 71 209 45 7 38
Physics 13 7 6 14 6 8 9 1 8 6 0 6 3 0 3 7 0 7
Psychology 918 407 511 945 423 522 1,084 501 583 1,263 527 736 1,447 469 698 1,385 540 845
Statistics 6 1 5 7 1 6 6 3 3 5 1 4 5 2 3 7 0 7
* includes special honors with second major as STEM major
Source:CUNY Show file, Fall 2012
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