Cumulative Total STEM Degrees (2012-2022) (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Cumulative Total STEM Degrees (2012-2022)

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Between 2012 and 2022, a national target of 4 million STEM degrees earned in the United States was surpassed by 16%, cumulatively totaling 4.65 STEM degrees (red line) over that decade. This exceeded a projected need (blue dashed line) of 4 million, which was one million more than the baseline projection (green dotted line).

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Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education

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