| Table 3-13 |
| Labor market rate for recent doctorate
recipients 1–3 years after receiving doctorate, by field: 1999
and 2001 |
| (Percent) |
| |
 |
| |
Unemployment
rate |
|
Involuntarily
out-of-field rate |
|
|
|
|
| Doctorate field |
1999 |
2001 |
|
1999 |
2001 |
|
| All S&E fields |
1.2 |
1.3 |
|
4.2 |
3.4 |
| Engineering |
0.9 |
1.8 |
|
2.7 |
1.7 |
| Chemical |
1.7 |
1.6 |
|
1.8 |
2.0 |
| Civil |
1.5 |
3.5 |
|
0.0 |
3.6 |
| Electrical |
0.7 |
0.9 |
|
2.5 |
1.5 |
| Mechanical |
0.3 |
3.2 |
|
3.2 |
1.7 |
| Life sciences |
1.1 |
1.1 |
|
2.5 |
2.5 |
| Agriculture |
0.0 |
0.3 |
|
3.1 |
4.1 |
| Biological sciences |
1.3 |
1.0 |
|
2.5 |
2.4 |
| Mathematics/computer sciences |
0.8 |
0.3 |
|
4.1 |
2.4 |
| Computer sciences |
0.9 |
0.4 |
|
1.8 |
2.3 |
| Mathematics |
0.7 |
0.3 |
|
6.2 |
2.4 |
| Physical sciences |
0.4 |
1.3 |
|
6.6 |
5.0 |
| Chemistry |
0.5 |
0.8 |
|
2.4 |
3.2 |
| Geosciences |
1.2 |
1.9 |
|
9.4 |
3.0 |
| Physics and astronomy |
0.0 |
1.9 |
|
11.1 |
8.2 |
| Social sciences |
2.1 |
1.3 |
|
5.7 |
5.1 |
| Economics |
0.5 |
2.2 |
|
4.2 |
2.1 |
| Political science |
3.4 |
0.8 |
|
11.6 |
8.7 |
| Psychology |
1.0 |
1.4 |
|
3.5 |
3.8 |
| Sociology and anthropology |
1.6 |
1.2 |
|
11.9 |
6.3 |
|
|
| |
| SOURCE: National Science Foundation,
Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients,
1999 and 2001. |
| |
| Science & Engineering Indicators
– 2004 |
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