Table 1 Percentages of faculty by their parents’ highest-held degree
Some HS or less | HS | Some college | College | Masters | Ph.D. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All professors | 5.5 | 13.7 | 9.5 | 19.5 | 29.6 | 22.2 |
Anthropology professors | 3.1 | 14.9 | 7.3 | 19.4 | 32.1 | 23.1 |
Biology professors | 6.5 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 19.5 | 26.2 | 21.9 |
Business professors | 5.6 | 14.5 | 8.4 | 24.1 | 30.9 | 16.6 |
Computer Science professors | 6.6 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 21.6 | 26.1 | 26.0 |
History professors | 2.9 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 17.0 | 34.3 | 26.7 |
Physics/Astronomy professors | 8.2 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 18.3 | 27.3 | 24.1 |
Psychology professors | 3.7 | 17.4 | 9.9 | 17.1 | 31.1 | 20.8 |
Sociology professors | 4.5 | 17.4 | 6.9 | 17.0 | 35.3 | 18.8 |
Survey of Earned Doctorates (NSF) | ← 25.2 → | 14.0 | 23.1 | 26.0 | 11.8 | |
US population (Census) | 19.2 | 35.6 | 23.1 | 14.6 | 6.5 | 0.9 |
