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Number of doctorates ........| 6,253 | 6,505 | 6,055 | 5,895 | 5,720 | 5,841 | 5,718 | 5,769 | 5,955 | 6,076 | 6,127 | 6,205 | 6,545 | 6,624 | 6,623
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Sex (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Men ............................| 65.4 | 64.4 | 60.7 | 59.2 | 58.9 | 57.6 | 57.2 | 55.0 | 54.8 | 53.7 | 50.6 | 52.6 | 50.7 | 50.6 | 49.2
Women ..........................| 34.6 | 35.6 | 39.3 | 40.8 | 41.1 | 42.4 | 42.8 | 45.0 | 45.2 | 46.3 | 49.4 | 47.4 | 49.3 | 49.4 | 50.8
Racial/ethnic group (percent)\2\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
American Indian ................| 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5
Asian ..........................| 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 7.3
Black ..........................| 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.2
Hispanic .......................| 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2
White ..........................| 90.7 | 91.0 | 90.7 | 90.0 | 89.8 | 89.7 | 89.0 | 88.8 | 88.7 | 88.2 | 87.2 | 87.7 | 86.9 | 85.0 | 82.8
Citizenship (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
United States ..................| 84.7 | 84.0 | 82.9 | 80.6 | 79.3 | 77.9 | 76.1 | 74.8 | 70.4 | 73.8 | 73.4 | 74.3 | 75.5 | 75.5 | 76.0
Foreign ........................| 11.6 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 18.0 | 19.8 | 21.2 | 21.3 | 21.7 | 21.4
Unknown ........................| 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.6
Median age at doctorate (years) ..| 31.6 | 32.0 | 32.4 | 32.7 | 33.0 | 33.4 | 33.5 | 34.1 | 33.9 | 34.2 | 34.1 | 34.3 | 34.3 | 34.1 | 34.1
Percent with bachelor's degree in | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
same field as doctorate ........| 58.6 | 59.1 | 58.9 | 59.3 | 58.5 | 57.0 | 56.4 | 54.5 | 52.3 | 55.4 | 54.2 | 53.1 | 53.7 | 53.2 | 52.2
Median time lapse from bachelor's | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to doctorate (years) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total time .....................| 8.7 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.5
Registered time ................| 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5
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