Powerful STEAMtistics

STEAM jobs are projected to grow 13% by 2027 compared to only 9% in non-STEAM jobs. (Change the Equation)

The U.S. placed 38th of 71 countries in Math and 24th in Science. (Programme for International Student Assessment)

Only 36% of all high school graduates are ready to take a college-level science course. (Pew Research Center)

Girls interest in STEAM peaks in middle school and then drops off in high school. (Microsoft)

U.S. universities are expected to produce only 29% of the required number of graduates to fill the 1.4 million computer specialist job openings. (U.S. Department of Labor)

75% of middle school girls express an interest in engineering, science, and math yet only .3% choose computer science as a major when they get to college. (Girlswhocode.org)

Out of 100 STEAM occupations, 93% of them had wages above the national average. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)