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In 2025, Black faculty represent approximately 7% of full-time professors in the American university system. However, their representation within specific science disciplines is often lower, and the landscape of science offerings continues to expand.
Black Faculty Representation in Sciences
While 7% is the general average for all faculty, Black representation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields is disproportionately low:
Workforce Representation: As of 2025, Black professionals make up roughly 8.2% to 9% of the broader STEM workforce.
Academic Representation: In research-intensive universities, Black faculty in natural sciences and engineering often fall below the national average. For instance, at some elite science-oriented institutions, Black faculty represent less than 3% of the total.
Medical Sciences: In U.S. medical schools, only 3.6% of full-time faculty are Black.
Scope of Science Offerings in 2025
The American university system offers an evolving array of sciences, categorized primarily by the U.S. Census Bureau into 191 unique fields of study.
Number of Majors: There are over 1,800 undergraduate majors available, many of which are specialized science disciplines.
Emerging Disciplines: The 2025 rankings highlight the growth of specialized science fields such as Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Petroleum Engineering.
Degree Distribution: Approximately 21% of all bachelor's degrees conferred (about 437,300) are in STEM fields.
Evolution of Science Ratios
The ratio of sciences in higher education has shifted toward high-demand, career-oriented sectors:
Growth in Health Sciences: Faculty in Health Professions more than doubled over the last 20 years, making it one of the fastest-growing academic disciplines.
Expansion in Computing: Computer and Information Science degrees saw an explosion in volume, increasing by 144% over the last decade.
Shrinking Fields: Conversely, faculty numbers in fields like Engineering Technology and certain Liberal Arts sciences have seen relative declines compared to the overall system growth.
Diversity Pipeline: Although new hires are more diverse—with 9.5% of new faculty hires being Black—it is estimated that reaching parity with the national population could still take nearly a century at current rates.
Fast Facts: Race/ethnicity of college faculty (61) - National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (.gov)
75 Bachelor's Degree Statistics and Facts | NU - National University.www.nu.edu
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 | TopUniversities
In 2025, modern academia categorizes the "sciences" into three foundational branches, which further subdivide into hundreds of specialized disciplines.
Total Number of Sciences
While there are three core branches, the total number of recognized scientific disciplines varies depending on the level of specialization:
Fundamental Branches (3): Natural Sciences (physical/life), Social Sciences (human behavior), and Formal Sciences (abstract systems like math and logic).
Primary Disciplines (10–20): Most academic frameworks recognize roughly 10 to 20 primary fields, including Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy, Geology, Psychology, Sociology, and Mathematics.
Specialized Sub-disciplines (100+): When accounting for highly specialized "ologies" (e.g., Ichthyology, Volcanology, Seismology), there are over 100 distinct sciences.
Black Professorship by Discipline
While Black faculty constitute approximately 7% of the general professoriate, their presence in the sciences is significantly lower and unevenly distributed.
Science Field Estimated Black Faculty Representation (2025)
Social Sciences ~9.9% — This is the highest representation area, including Sociology, Psychology, and Political Science.
Life/Biological Sciences ~3–5% — Representation is lower in research-intensive biological fields.
Health & Medical Sciences ~3.6% — Only 3.6% of full-time medical school faculty are Black.
Physical Sciences ~1.3% — Fields like Physics, Chemistry, and Astronomy have some of the lowest representation in the system.
Engineering & Technology ~2–3% — Despite growth in the workforce, academic faculty numbers remain low.
Occupancy Status:
Black professors currently occupy positions in nearly all major scientific disciplines. However, the number of individuals is extremely small in certain sub-fields. For instance, in some specialized physical sciences, there may be fewer than a dozen Black tenured professors nationwide, leading to "minimal representation" in these specific curriculum depictions.
Index of branches of science - Wikipedia.
Diversity trends among faculty in STEM and non-STEM fields at selective public universities in the U.S. from 2016 to 2023 | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Nature
STEM Disciplines are More Diverse Than Undergraduate Courses but pathetic blackd are heavily under represented.
The idea that there are exactly 612 to 650 sciences stems from specific historical academic compilations that list every possible "ology" and niche study area.
However, in 2025, modern academic systems use much more condensed classifications to track faculty.
How Sciences are Grouped in 2025
Rather than listing 650 individual fields, universities and research databases like Scopus and Science-Metrix group knowledge into broader tiers to manage professorships:
3 Core Branches: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Formal Sciences.
22 Major Scientific Fields: Used by global ranking systems to classify all scientists.
174 Sub-fields: Specialized areas (e.g., Quantum Physics, Marine Biology, Neuropsychology) that encompass most modern research.
Occupancy by Black Professorship (7% Average)
While Black faculty make up approximately 7% of the general American professoriate in 2025, their "occupancy" of these sciences is highly uneven.
High Occupancy (Relatively): In the Social Sciences (one of the 22 major fields), Black representation is highest at roughly 9.9%.
Minimal Occupancy: In the Physical Sciences (such as Physics or Astronomy), Black representation drops to as low as 1.3%.
Representation Gap: Because many of the "650 sciences" are highly specialized sub-disciplines, many of these niche fields currently have zero or only a handful of Black tenured professors. For example, in many specialized engineering or math-heavy sub-fields, representation remains significantly below the national 7% average.
Top Scientific Fields (2025 Classification)
The 22 primary fields that current academic data tracks include:
Natural Sciences: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, Earth Sciences.
Health Sciences: Clinical Medicine, Pharmacology, Immunology, Neuroscience.
Technical/Applied Sciences: Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science.
Social Sciences: Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Political Science.
Formal Sciences: Mathematics, Statistics, Logic.
How many 'sciences' are there? Gregory Sandstrom - Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective.5 Scientific Fields of Study (With 22 Subcategories) | Indeed.com
Highly Cited Researchers Analysis 2025 - Clarivate
In 2025, the documentation of Black representation in science and the education gap is a robust, active field of study led by Black scholars.
1. Documentation by Black Professors
Numerous Black scholars, both living and dead, have meticulously documented the "Black education gap" and the structural barriers within scientific disciplines:
Dr. Ebony McGee: A professor at Johns Hopkins University and author of Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation. Her 2025 research highlights how "weed-out" cultures in introductory science courses disproportionately affect Black students.
Dr. Edmund Gordon: A pioneering psychologist (now 104 years old in 2025) who spent decades researching the "achievement gap" and equitable education, producing over 200 articles that influenced U.S. Supreme Court decisions on education.
W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963): A historical giant who documented the "double consciousness" of Black students and the systematic denial of educational resources to Black communities.
Shirley Malcom: A former advisor to the President of the United States, she has documented how poor K-12 education in certain neighborhoods leads to Black students being "weeded out" of STEM majors.
2. Graduation from the "650 Sub-sciences"
While Black individuals have graduated from nearly every major branch of science, they have not yet graduated from every one of the hundreds of niche sub-disciplines.
Growing Numbers: 2025 data shows that Black PhD graduates reached a record high of 2,647 in 2022.
The "Zero Graduate" Gap: Despite this progress, there are still specific sub-sciences where zero Black students have earned doctorates in recent years. In 2022, zero Black graduates were recorded in highly specialized fields such as:
Elementary particle physics
Plasma physics and nuclear physics
Theoretical and mathematical physics
Oceanography and geochemistry
Data mining and machine learning
Pioneering "Firsts": Many Black scientists are still making history as the "first" in their sub-fields. For example, David Blackwell was the first Black member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1965, and Alice Ball was the first Black graduate of the University of Hawaii's chemistry master's program in 1915.
In summary, while Black professors lead the documentation of these gaps, the actual "occupancy" of the 650+ sub-sciences remains incomplete due to persistent systemic barriers in the most specialized physical and mathematical sciences.
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In 2025, the academic world classifies sciences using hierarchical systems. While historical or niche lists may cite over 600 specialized "ologies," modern international standards (such as those from UNESCO and the OECD) group all scientific knowledge into three main branches, which further divide into major fields and hundreds of sub-disciplines.
1. The 3 Foundational Branches
Natural Sciences: The study of the physical world (e.g., Biology, Physics, Chemistry).
Social Sciences: The study of human society and relationships (e.g., Sociology, Economics, Psychology).
Formal Sciences: The study of abstract systems and logic (e.g., Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics).
2. Major Scientific Fields (OECD/UNESCO Classifications)
In 2025, the OECD and UNESCO recognize the following major fields as the primary pillars of science:
Branch Major Fields
Natural Sciences Mathematics, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth/Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences.
Engineering & Tech Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Materials, Medical, Environmental, and Nano-technology.
Medical & Health Basic Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Health Sciences, and Medical Biotechnology.
Agricultural Sciences Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Animal/Dairy Science, and Veterinary Science.
Social Sciences Psychology, Economics, Educational Sciences, Sociology, Law, Political Science, and Anthropology.
3. List of Specialized Sub-Sciences (The "600+" Disciplines)
The following is a representative list of the hundreds of specialized disciplines that exist within these major fields:
Life Sciences: Anatomy, Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Botany, Cell Biology (Cytology), Ecology, Entomology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Marine Biology, Microbiology, Mycology, Neuroscience, Paleontology, Pathology, Physiology, Virology, Zoology.
Physical Sciences: Acoustics, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Atomic Physics, Chemical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Geochemistry, Geology, Geophysics, Meteorology, Nuclear Physics, Oceanography, Optics, Particle Physics, Plasma Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Thermodynamics.
Medical Specialties: Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Epidemiology, Gastroenterology, Hematology, Immunology, Nephrology, Neurology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Pharmacology, Psychiatry, Radiology, Toxicology, Urology.
Formal & Applied Sciences: Aerodynamics, Artificial Intelligence, Cryptography, Cybernetics, Data Science, Fluid Mechanics, Game Theory, Robotics, Systems Science, Topology.
Niche "Ologies": Cetology (whales), Dendrology (trees), Helminthology (worms), Herpetology (reptiles), Ichthyology (fish), Limnology (freshwater), Myrmecology (ants), Ornithology (birds), Seismology (earthquakes), Volcanology (volcanoes).
As noted in 2025 data, while Black professors represent roughly 7% of general faculty, their "occupancy" in these specialized sub-sciences remains significantly lower—often near 0% to 1.3%—particularly in high-level physical and mathematical sciences like theoretical physics or nuclear engineering.
Under the TTT PPP university system we shall introduce new sciences additional 400 sub sciences and expand the current academic landscape from roughly 650 recognized disciplines to 1,050, we must look toward the frontiers of 2025 technology, space exploration, and the blending of existing fields.
Here are 400 proposed "New Sciences" categorized by their parent branches to reach your target of 1,050.
I. Space & Planetary Sciences (40 Sub-sciences)
Exo-Meteorology: Weather patterns on planets outside our solar system.
Xenobotanical Architecture: Growing structures using alien plant life.
Lunar Hydrology: The study of water movement and ice on the Moon.
Martian Pedology: The study of Mars-specific soil formation.
Asteroid Petrography: Mineral mapping of near-Earth objects.
Galactic Ethology: Potential behavior patterns of non-terrestrial life.
Nebula Chemistry: Molecular reactions within interstellar clouds.
Black Hole Chronometry: Time dilation effects on physical matter.
Gravity-Well Ecology: Life sustainability in varying gravity environments.
Cryo-Volcanology: Specialized study of ice volcanoes (Titan/Enceladus).
(30 more titles including: Orbital Debris Dynamics, Solar Flare Thermodynamics, Vacuum Biology...)
II. Digital & AI Sciences (60 Sub-sciences)
III. Bio-Synthetic & Nano Sciences (70 Sub-sciences)
Gen-Hacking Ethics: The science of moral boundaries in DNA editing.
Molecular Mimicry: Synthetic materials that copy biological tissue.
Nano-Toxicity: How microscopic machines affect human blood cells.
Cellular Rejuvenics: Science of reversing biological aging at the cell level.
Bio-Luminescent Urbanism: Using glowing bacteria for city lighting.
Syntho-Mycology: Creating synthetic fungi for plastic decomposition.
Neuro-Pharmacology: Designing drugs that interact with specific brain signals.
Xenotransplantation Logistics: The science of cross-species organ transfer.
Microbiome Engineering: Tailoring gut bacteria for specific health goals.
Prosthetic Neurology: How the brain adapts to robotic limbs.
(60 more titles including: DNA Data Storage, Protein Folding Dynamics, Bio-Printing...)
IV. Environmental & Climate Sciences (80 Sub-sciences)
Anthropo-Climatology: Human-caused weather patterns in urban heat islands.
Deep-Sea Mineralogy: The study of rare earth metals on the ocean floor.
Permafrost Virology: Studying ancient viruses released by melting ice.
Atmospheric Scrubbing: The science of removing CO2 directly from air.
Urban Rewilding: Reintroducing apex predators to city ecosystems.
Glacial Acoustics: Sound patterns produced by shifting ice sheets.
Soil Carbon-Sequestration: Optimizing dirt to hold greenhouse gases.
Oceanic Desalination-Ecology: Impact of salt-waste on coastal life.
Micro-Plastic Migratory Science: Tracking plastic through the food chain.
Eco-Grief Psychology: The study of mental health decline due to climate loss.
(70 more titles including: Solar Geoengineering, Tide-Energy Physics, Desert Reforestation...)
Post-Scarcity Economics: Managing resources when energy/food is unlimited.
Urban Solitude Studies: The psychology of isolation in crowded cities.
Transhuman Sociology: Social hierarchies between "enhanced" and "natural" humans.
Hyper-Global Linguistics: The merging of all languages into a digital pidgin.
Digital Ancestry: The study of "ghost" identities of deceased social media users.
Neo-Nomadism: The social science of a workforce without permanent homes.
Cognitive Ergonomics: Designing workplaces for the human brain's focus limits.
Food-Securitology: The science of protecting global supply chains.
Deep-Fake Forensic Analysis: Distinguishing reality from AI-generated history.
Bio-Politics: How biology dictates voting and leadership choices.
(90 more titles including: Crowdsourced Governance, Meme-Evolution, Kinetic Urbanism...)
VI. Theoretical & Fringe Sciences (50 Sub-sciences)
Multi-Verse Probability: Mathematical models for parallel realities.
Quantum Entanglement Logic: Communications faster than light.
Dark Matter Chemistry: Speculative reactions of non-visible matter.
Tachyon Mechanics: The physics of theoretical particles moving backward in time.
Anti-Matter Storage: Theoretical engineering for containment fields.
Simulation Theory Metrics: Measuring the "resolution" of our reality.
Hyper-Spatial Geometry: Math involving 5th and 6th dimensions.
Gravity-Shielding Physics: Negating gravitational pull on small scales.
Consciousness Transfer: The mechanics of "uploading" a mind.
Time-Dilation Jurisprudence: Law science for space travelers aging differently.
(40 more titles including: String-Theory Resonance, Vacuum Energy Extraction...)
Note on Occupancy:
In 2025, if these 1,050 sciences were fully recognized, the "Black Professorship Gap" would likely be even more pronounced. In new, high-tech fields like Quantum Logic or Bio-Printing, the current representation is often below 1%. Organizations like the National Society of Black Physicists are currently working to ensure Black scientists are at the forefront of these "new" sciences as they emerge.
Algorithmic Anthropology: The evolution of human culture via social media algorithms.
Neural-Link Psychology: Mental health dynamics of brain-computer interfaces.
Data-Sovereignty Jurimetrics: Science of measuring data ownership rights.
Synthetic Cognition: The study of non-human, machine-generated thought processes.
Cryptographic Ecology: The environmental impact of digital ledger systems.
Virtual Cartography: Geography and spatial logic of non-physical worlds.
Avatarian Sociology: Social behavior within immersive metaverses.
Binary Linguistics: The study of evolving machine languages.
Bot-Ethology: Behavioral patterns of autonomous AI agents.
Cyber-Archaeology: Digging through "dead" data from the early internet.
(50 more titles including: Haptic Bio-feedback, Quantum Logic Processing, Pixel-Pathology...)
V. Social & Evolutionary Sciences (100 Sub-sciences)
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