The number of students completing degrees in science and engineering barely budged over the past decade, despite a national push to increase workers’ skills to boost the competitiveness of the U.S. economy.
In 2014, 34% of all bachelor’s degrees were in so-called STEM fields, which cover subjects like biology, chemistry and mathematics, compared with 33% in 2004, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Excluding social science and psychology, those figures were 18% and 17%, respectively.
via Number of College Students Pursuing Science, Engineering Stagnates – WSJ.