1. AGEP: Challenges and Opportunities
AGEP National Conference
Hyatt Regency Chicago
March 19-21, 2009

4. AGEP Accomplishments
In FY 98:
MGE institutions graduated approximately 9% of URM STEM PhDs
From 2002 to 2006:
AGEP institutions account for 56% of STEM PhDs awarded to URMs at 104 institutions
MGE awards in FY 1998 graduated over 9% of the minority PhDs in STEM.
Source: AIR, 2009

5. Minority PhD Production
From 2002 to 2006:
AGEP institutions represent 39% of the institutions that awarded PhDs to Blacks and Hispanics in STEM and …
AGEP institutions represent 77% of the top producers of Black PhDs & 81% of Hispanic PhDs
Source: AIR, 2009

6. Engineering PhDs
From 2002 to 2006:
64% (646) of URM PhDs in Engineering were awarded at 73 AGEP institutions
Among Hispanics, 63% (311) were awarded at 56 AGEP institutions
Among Blacks, 66% (305) were awarded at 62 AGEP institutions

7. Math and Statistics PhDs
From 2002 to 2006:
64% (125) of the URM PhDs in Math & Statistics were awarded at AGEPs
Of the 82 awarded to Blacks, 70% (57) were awarded at AGEPs
Of the 104 awarded to Hispanics, 62% (64) were at AGEPs

8. Physical Science PhDs
From 2002 to 2006:
Of the 321 PhDs in Physical Sciences earned by Blacks, 60% (193) were awarded at AGEPs
Of the 429 PhDs earned by Hispanics, 66% (284) were awarded at AGEPs

9. AGEP Budget FY

10. What’s Next?