Another thread is talking about Asian students etc. so I think it is interesting to see the data set here.
Bachelor's Degree or Higher Educational Attainment
Chinese American 51.8%
Non-Hispanic white 29.5%
Total US populaton 28.2%
USA Math Olympiad winners: 33% Chinese American
Putnam Math Competition winners: 15.5% Chinese American
PhD recipients in science and engineering in US: 25% ethnic Chinese (including non-Americans)
Ivy League students: 13% Chinese American
Among Chinese
international students in the US:
27.5% study business management, finance, or economics
19.2% study engineering,
11.5% study the life sciences
10.6% study math or computer science.
(41.3% study STEM majors)
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