SOARS by the Numbers
Since 1996, 152 proteges have participated in SOARS. The following statistics are as of February 2013.
Protégés achieve academic success and participate in the workforce
- 20 earned their PhD in Science or Engineering
- 24 currently in PhD graduate programs
- 64 earned their MS in Science or Engineering
- 21 currently in MS graduate programs
- 129 have earned undergraduate degrees in Science or Engineering
- 6 are presently undergraduates
Protégés contribute to science
- 111 oral presentations or panel participants at national or regional conferences
- 332 posters presented at national or regional conferences
- 20 refereed, protégé co-authored published papers from SOARS research
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STEM Degrees Map
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- Click on a marker to see how many SOARS protégés got a degree at that university
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The Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring was awarded to SOARS in 2001.







