Table 3-18 | |||||||||
Employed SEH doctorate recipients holding tenure and tenure-track appointments at academic institutions, by field of and years since degree: 1993–2010 | |||||||||
(Percent) | |||||||||
Years since doctorate and field | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 3 years | |||||||||
All SEH fields | 18.1 | 16.3 | 15.8 | 13.5 | 16.5 | 18.6 | 17.7 | 16.2 | 14.7 |
Biological, agricultural, and environmental life sciences | 9.0 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 7.6 |
Computer and information sciences | 31.5 | 36.5 | 23.4 | 18.2 | 20.7 | 32.5 | 31.2 | 22.0 | 20.8 |
Mathematics and statistics | 40.9 | 39.8 | 26.9 | 18.9 | 25.2 | 38.4 | 31.6 | 31.3 | 26.1 |
Physical sciences | 8.8 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 10.0 | 13.3 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 6.8 |
Psychology | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.6 | 17.0 | 18.1 | 16.0 |
Social sciences | 43.5 | 35.9 | 37.4 | 35.4 | 38.5 | 44.8 | 39.3 | 45.4 | 41.1 |
Engineering | 15.0 | 11.5 | 9.4 | 6.4 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 12.4 | 9.3 | 7.5 |
Health | 33.9 | 34.2 | 30.1 | 28.1 | 32.1 | 30.3 | 36.2 | 27.7 | 24.2 |
3–5 years | |||||||||
All SEH fields | 27.0 | 24.6 | 24.2 | 21.0 | 18.5 | 23.8 | 25.9 | 22.9 | 19.7 |
Biological, agricultural, and environmental life sciences | 17.3 | 17.0 | 18.1 | 16.4 | 14.3 | 15.5 | 13.7 | 14.3 | 10.6 |
Computer and information sciences | 55.7 | 37.4 | 40.7 | 25.9 | 17.3 | 32.2 | 45.7 | 37.8 | 22.2 |
Mathematics and statistics | 54.9 | 45.5 | 48.1 | 41.0 | 28.9 | 45.5 | 50.6 | 40.7 | 41.7 |
Physical sciences | 18.8 | 15.5 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 15.8 | 18.3 | 19.7 | 16.5 | 14.7 |
Psychology | 17.0 | 20.7 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 17.5 | 19.9 | 23.8 | 18.3 | 19.1 |
Social sciences | 54.3 | 52.4 | 50.4 | 46.5 | 38.8 | 46.0 | 50.4 | 48.9 | 46.7 |
Engineering | 22.7 | 19.3 | 19.4 | 12.6 | 10.8 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 15.5 | 13.0 |
Health | 47.4 | 40.2 | 41.1 | 39.5 | 25.1 | 40.8 | 43.1 | 34.4 | 33.3 |
SEH = science, engineering, and health. NOTES: Proportions are calculated on the basis of all doctorates working in all sectors of the economy. Data for 1993–99, 2001, and 2006 include graduates from 12 months to 60 months prior to the survey reference date; data for 2003, 2008, and 2010 include graduates from 15 months to 60 months prior to the survey reference date. SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients (1993–2010), http://sestat.nsf.gov. Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 |