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Table 3-12

S&E doctorate recipients holding tenure and tenure-track appointments at academic institutions, by years since receipt of doctorate: 1993, 2001, and 2003

(Percent)

	1993		2001		2003

Doctorate field	1–3	4–6	1–3	4–6	1–3	4–6

All S&E	18.4	26.6	16.2	19.2	9.0	19.8
Engineering	16.0	24.6	11.4	10.4	10.8	16.3
Chemical	8.1	14.0	5.8	4.3	4.6	8.4
Civil	24.7	27.1	18.8	21.7	29.8	26.0
Electrical	17.6	26.9	9.5	8.2	13.3	14.5
Mechanical	13.5	29.5	9.9	9.3	8.8	27.0
Life sciences	12.6	24.8	12.6	18.2	7.3	18.0
Agriculture	15.6	27.0	23.7	12.8	10.2	33.0
Biological sciences	12.1	24.8	11.3	18.3	5.0	15.1
Mathematics/computer sciences	39.7	54.1	22.5	26.6	32.2	38.5
Computer sciences	37.1	51.5	19.2	23.6	32.0	29.4
Mathematics	41.8	56.0	25.0	29.3	32.4	46.7
Physical sciences	9.7	18.2	10.2	14.9	11.9	16.7
Chemistry	7.7	16.3	10.2	11.5	13.7	14.4
Geosciences	12.7	26.2	17.7	25.4	20.2	34.2
Physics/astronomy	12.0	17.7	7.8	11.4	6.3	12.8
Social sciences	26.4	29.2	25.9	28.3	26.6	30.8
Economics	46.6	48.6	37.1	28.6	45.3	38.0
Political science	53.9	47.1	45.0	40.0	43.8	50.4
Psychology	12.7	15.5	14.8	19.3	11.7	18.8
Sociology/anthropology	37.9	46.9	41.3	44.1	42.7	50.3

NOTE: Two-year institutions not included.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients (1993, 2001, and 2003).

Science and Engineering Indicators 2006

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