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Number of doctorates ........| 5,325 | 5,461 | 5,540 | 5,745 | 5,748 | 5,720 | 5,742 | 6,143 | 6,343 | 6,613 | 6,928 | 7,108 | 7,397 | 7,734 | 7,913
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Sex (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Men ............................| 74.8 | 73.6 | 69.0 | 68.9 | 67.7 | 66.0 | 64.8 | 63.2 | 61.8 | 62.6 | 61.4 | 60.7 | 58.3 | 58.4 | 57.9
Women ..........................| 25.2 | 26.4 | 31.0 | 31.1 | 32.3 | 34.0 | 35.2 | 36.8 | 38.2 | 37.4 | 38.6 | 39.3 | 41.7 | 41.6 | 42.1
Racial/ethnic group (percent)\2\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
American Indian ................| 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5
Asian ..........................| 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 15.7 | 18.5
Black ..........................| 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1
Hispanic .......................| 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.0
White ..........................| 91.8 | 91.7 | 91.6 | 91.5 | 90.8 | 90.5 | 89.4 | 90.0 | 90.1 | 89.6 | 88.0 | 87.3 | 85.1 | 78.2 | 74.9
Citizenship (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
United States ..................| 80.4 | 80.3 | 79.9 | 79.4 | 77.1 | 75.9 | 73.5 | 71.3 | 71.1 | 68.0 | 66.8 | 65.7 | 65.3 | 64.0 | 63.1
Foreign ........................| 17.6 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 19.3 | 18.8 | 20.5 | 22.2 | 22.1 | 26.3 | 29.1 | 31.8 | 32.6 | 34.9 | 35.2
Unknown ........................| 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.7
Median age at doctorate (years) ..| 30.0 | 30.1 | 30.6 | 31.0 | 31.3 | 31.6 | 31.7 | 31.9 | 32.2 | 32.3 | 32.4 | 32.7 | 32.5 | 32.7 | 32.4
Percent with bachelor's degree in | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
same field as doctorate .........| 40.9 | 40.7 | 56.3 | 58.1 | 58.3 | 57.1 | 55.6 | 55.4 | 53.4 | 53.8 | 54.1 | 53.5 | 51.9 | 51.0 | 50.8
Median time lapse from bachelor's | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to doctorate (years) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total time .....................| 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.5
Registered time ................| 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.0
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