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Science and Engineering Doctorates

Data Tables

These tables present detailed data on the demographic characteristics, educational history, sources of financial support, and postgraduation plans of doctorate recipients.

Mark K. Fiegener, Project Officer
Human Resources Statistics Program
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
National Science Foundation

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Doctorate recipients from U.S. colleges and universities
1 1957–2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
Doctorate-granting institutions
2 institutions and doctorate recipients per institution: 1973–2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
3 top 50 institutions, ranked by number of doctorate recipients: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
4 top 20 institutions, ranked by number of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
by state or location: 2015
5 ranked by number of doctorate recipients View HTML View Excel View PDF
6 by broad field of study and sex of doctorate recipients View HTML View Excel View PDF
7 by institution and major science and engineering field View HTML View Excel View PDF
8 by institution and major non-science and engineering field View HTML View Excel View PDF
top 20 institutions, ranked by number of doctorate recipients
9 minority U.S. citizen and permanent residents, by ethnicity and race: 5–year total, 2011–15 View HTML View Excel View PDF
10 temporary visa holders: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
by Carnegie category
11 by broad field: 2005–15 View HTML View Excel View PDF
Doctorate recipients
field and demographic characteristics
12 by major field: Selected years, 1985–2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
13 by subfield: 2005–15 View HTML View Excel View PDF
14 by sex and broad field: Selected years, 1985–2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
15 by sex and major field: 2005–15 View HTML View Excel View PDF
16 by sex and subfield: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
17 by citizenship status and broad field: Selected years, 1985–2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
18 by citizenship status and major field: 2005–15 View HTML View Excel View PDF
19 ethnicity, race, and citizenship status: 2005–15 View HTML View Excel View PDF
20 male View HTML View Excel View PDF
21 female View HTML View Excel View PDF
22 citizenship status, ethnicity, race, and subfield of study: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
U.S. citizens and permanent residents
23 by broad field, ethnicity, race: Selected years, 1995–2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
24 by major field, ethnicity, and race: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
temporary visa holders
25 top 40 countries or economies of origin, ranked by number of doctorate recipients: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
26 top 10 countries or economies of origin, ranked by number of U.S. doctorates awarded by field: 2005–15 View HTML View Excel View PDF
by broad field, sex, and citizenship status: 2015
27 median age, ethnicity, and race View HTML View Excel View PDF
28 with one or more functional limitations View HTML View Excel View PDF
educational history
by broad field of doctorate, sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race: 2015
29 master’s degree related to doctorate View HTML View Excel View PDF
30 attended community college View HTML View Excel View PDF
median years to doctorate, by broad field
31 selected years, 1990–2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
32 by sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
33 parent’s educational attainment, by sex, citizenship, ethnicity, race, and broad field: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
34 highest educational attainment of either parent: selected years, 1985–2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
financial support for graduate study
35 primary source, by broad field, sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
36 sources, by sex and broad field: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
37 percent distribution, by sex and broad field: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
education-related debt
38 by broad field: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
39 by broad field: 2005–15 View HTML View Excel View PDF
40 by sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
41 U.S. citizen and permanent residents, by broad field, ethnicity, and race: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
postgraduation commitments
42 by broad field: Selected years, 1995–2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
43 by sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race: Selected years, 1995–2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
postgraduation plans: Selected years, 1995–2015
44 by broad field View HTML View Excel View PDF
45 by sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race View HTML View Excel View PDF
employment sector: Selected years, 1995–2015
46 by broad field View HTML View Excel View PDF
47 by sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race View HTML View Excel View PDF
median basic annual salary: 2015
48 by field, type of postgraduation plans, and sex View HTML View Excel View PDF
49 by field and employment sector View HTML View Excel View PDF
50 sources of postdoc support, by sex, citizenship, ethnicity, and race: Selected years, 1995–2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
definite postgraduation commitments
51 by citizenship status and major field: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
52 by sex and major field: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF
53 temporary visa holders intending to stay in United States after doctorate, by country of citizenship: 2009–15 View HTML View Excel View PDF
Statistical profile
by sex and field of study: 2015
54 all broad fields View HTML View Excel View PDF
55 all broad fields, postgraduation plans View HTML View Excel View PDF
56 life sciences View HTML View Excel View PDF
57 life sciences, postgraduation plans View HTML View Excel View PDF
58 physical sciences and earth sciences View HTML View Excel View PDF
59 physical sciences and earth sciences, postgraduation plans View HTML View Excel View PDF
60 mathematics and computer sciences View HTML View Excel View PDF
61 mathematics and computer sciences, postgraduation plans View HTML View Excel View PDF
62 psychology and social sciences View HTML View Excel View PDF
63 psychology and social sciences, postgraduation plans View HTML View Excel View PDF
64 engineering View HTML View Excel View PDF
65 engineering, postgraduation plans View HTML View Excel View PDF
66 education View HTML View Excel View PDF
67 education, postgraduation plans View HTML View Excel View PDF
68 humanities and arts View HTML View Excel View PDF
69 humanities and arts, postgraduation plans View HTML View Excel View PDF
70 other View HTML View Excel View PDF
71 other, postgraduation plans View HTML View Excel View PDF
72 by ethnicity, race, and citizenship status: 2015 View HTML View Excel View PDF

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