The percentage of bachelor's degrees conferred in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields in the U.S. was lower in 2008–09 than it was in 1998–99.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1998-99 and 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Completions Survey" (IPEDS-C:99); and Fall 2009.