Asian students' share of US AI software master's degrees is 3.1 times their share of all master's degrees

What the chart shows

Asian students are the most overrepresented group in AI software-related degrees at US institutions: their share of these degrees is 2.47 times their share of all associate’s degrees, 2.67 times at bachelor’s level and 3.09 times at master’s level. Multiracial students are close to parity (1.07 to 1.09).

Hispanic, Black, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and Native American or Alaska Native students are underrepresented at every level, most of all at master’s level, where Native American and Pacific Islander students are both at 0.40. White students are slightly underrepresented, at 0.82 to 0.91.

Key numbers

How to read it

• Each value is a group’s share of 2024 graduates in AI software-related majors divided by its share of all graduates at the same degree level; 1 means proportional representation.
• The data covers associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees. The report’s chart legend also lists PhD, but the file has no PhD values, so the report’s remark about white students at PhD level cannot be checked.
• US institutions only (IPEDS).