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UC Berkeley tops in women PhDs in science.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief Article)

Women in Higher Education

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Berkeley gets another feather in its cap as the nation's top producer of women earning PhDs in science or engineering. According to a study of women who earned PhDs in science or engineering from 1997 to 2001 by the National Science Foundation, more women had earned bachelor's degrees from Berkeley than any other school.

The percentage of women earning PhDs in math, engineering or science has grown more than four-fold since the 1960s. Women now earn 37% of degrees in science and engineering (up from 8% in 1966) and 25% of degrees in math (up ...

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