Table 2-9: Asian recipients of U.S. S&E doctorates by field and country/economy of origin: 1985

Table 2-9

Asian recipients of U.S. S&E doctorates by field and country/economy of origin: 1985–2000

Field	All Asian recipients	China	Taiwan	India	South Korea

All fields	80,310	28,698	18,508	16,029	17,075
S&E	68,550	26,534	15,487	13,274	13,255
Physical sciences	11,987	6,356	1,923	1,856	1,852
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	1,731	972	327	180	252
Mathematics	3,585	1,954	614	438	579
Computer/information sciences	3,221	673	839	1,178	531
Engineering	25,923	7,207	7,518	6,146	5,052
Biological sciences	12,251	6,790	2,175	1,766	1,520
Agricultural sciences	2,333	901	601	316	515
Psychology/social sciences	7,519	1,681	1,490	1,394	2,954
Non-S&E^a	11,760	2,164	3,021	2,755	3,820

^aIncludes medical and other life sciences.

NOTE: Foreign doctorate recipients include permanent and temporary residents.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates, special tabulations, 2003.

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