| Table 3-14 |
| Doctorate recipients holding tenure
and tenure-track appointments at 4-year institutions, by years since
receipt of doctorate: 1993, 1999, and 2001 |
| (Percent) |
| |
 |
| |
1993 |
|
1999 |
|
2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Doctorate field |
1–3 years |
4–6 years |
|
1–3 years |
4–6 years |
|
1–3 years |
4–6 years |
|
| All S&E fields |
18.4 |
26.6 |
|
13.7 |
22.2 |
|
16.2 |
19.2 |
| Engineering |
16.0 |
24.6 |
|
7.3 |
15.2 |
|
11.4 |
10.4 |
| Chemical |
8.1 |
14.0 |
|
2.4 |
6.5 |
|
5.8 |
4.3 |
| Civil |
24.7 |
27.1 |
|
20.3 |
33.6 |
|
18.8 |
21.7 |
| Electrical |
17.6 |
26.9 |
|
3.7 |
11.9 |
|
9.5 |
8.2 |
| Mechanical |
13.5 |
29.5 |
|
6.4 |
15.1 |
|
9.9 |
9.3 |
| Life sciences |
12.6 |
24.8 |
|
11.3 |
21.8 |
|
12.6 |
18.2 |
| Agriculture |
15.6 |
27.0 |
|
13.6 |
23.3 |
|
23.7 |
12.8 |
| Biological sciences |
12.1 |
24.8 |
|
10.9 |
22.0 |
|
11.3 |
18.3 |
| Mathematics/computer sciences |
39.7 |
54.1 |
|
20.8 |
36.7 |
|
22.5 |
26.6 |
| Computer sciences |
37.1 |
51.5 |
|
20.3 |
31.6 |
|
19.2 |
23.6 |
| Mathematics |
41.8 |
56.0 |
|
21.3 |
41.0 |
|
25.0 |
29.3 |
| Physical sciences |
9.7 |
18.2 |
|
8.1 |
15.2 |
|
10.2 |
14.9 |
| Chemistry |
7.7 |
16.3 |
|
9.4 |
14.2 |
|
10.2 |
11.5 |
| Geosciences |
12.7 |
26.2 |
|
14.3 |
24.0 |
|
17.7 |
25.4 |
| Physics and astronomy |
12.0 |
17.7 |
|
3.5 |
12.0 |
|
7.8 |
11.4 |
| Social sciences |
26.4 |
29.2 |
|
24.0 |
28.7 |
|
25.9 |
28.3 |
| Economics |
46.6 |
48.6 |
|
30.4 |
34.3 |
|
37.1 |
28.6 |
| Political science |
53.9 |
47.1 |
|
37.3 |
50.7 |
|
45.0 |
40.0 |
| Psychology |
12.7 |
15.5 |
|
14.9 |
16.0 |
|
14.8 |
19.3 |
| Sociology and anthropology |
37.9 |
46.9 |
|
33.4 |
43.4 |
|
41.3 |
44.1 |
|
|
| |
| SOURCE: National Science Foundation,
Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients,
1993, 1999, and 2001. |
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| Science & Engineering Indicators
— 2004 |
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