| Table 2-12 | |||||||
| Median number of years from entering graduate school to receipt of S&E doctorate, by 2010 Carnegie classification of doctorate-granting institution: 1997–2011 | |||||||
| Year |
All institutions |
Research universities (very high research activity) |
Research universities (high research activity) |
Doctoral/research universities |
Medical schools and medical centers |
Other/not classified |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 7.7 | 8.2 | |
| 1998 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 7.7 | |
| 1999 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 7.7 | |
| 2000 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 7.2 | 7.9 | |
| 2001 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 6.9 | 7.7 | |
| 2002 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 6.9 | 7.9 | |
| 2003 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 6.9 | 8.7 | |
| 2004 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 6.9 | 7.7 | |
| 2005 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 9.3 | 7.0 | 7.9 | |
| 2006 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 6.9 | 7.7 | |
| 2007 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 6.9 | 7.7 | |
| 2008 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 6.7 | 7.6 | |
| 2009 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 6.8 | 7.7 | |
| 2010 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 6.7 | 7.4 | |
| 2011 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 7.7 | |
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SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, special tabulations (2012) of the Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2011. Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 |
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