their degree, and 70 percent of men remained in STEM after 10 years. (9) According to NCSES, STEM retention is even lower for women of color: in 2021, only 50 percent of Black women and 44 percent of Hispanic women who received STEM degrees in 2020 were employed in a STEM occupation, compared with 82 percent of white, non-Hispanic women. Less than 30 percent of Black or Hispanic women remained in STEM after 10 years, compared with 52 percent of white, non-Hispanic women. (10) According to NCSES, STEM retention rates for Black or Hispanic men are higher than for women of any race but lower than white, non-Hispanic men. In 2021, 87 percent of Black or Hispanic men who received STEM degrees in 2020 were employed in a STEM occupation, compared with 93 percent of white, non-Hispanic men. Only 51 percent of Black and 61 percent of Hispanic men remained in STEM after 10 years, compared with 74 percent of white, non-Hispanic men. (11) Data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that certain Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) subgroups are still underrepresented in STEM. From 2017 through 2021, while 8 percent of workers in the United States were employed in computing, engineering, and science occupations, less than 8 percent of Cambodian, Filipino, Hmong, and Laotian workers were employed in these occupations. Only 4 percent of Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (NHPI) workers were employed in these occupations. These subgroups are even less represented when compared to AANHPI workers as a whole, who on average represented 17 percent of the computing, engineering, and science workforce of the United States. (12) Also, according to NCES, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (NHPI) STEM degree recipients are underrepresented compared with their overall population (0.2 percent of all U.S. individuals). NHPI students received less than 0.2 percent of all bachelor’s degrees, and less than 0.1 percent of masters and doctoral degrees, awarded in STEM from 2020 through 2021. (13) According