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| Table 290. | Statistical profile of persons receiving doctor's degrees,\1\ by field of study: 1992-93 |
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| | Field of study
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Item | All | | | | |Physical sciences\2\|Business| Social | Other
|fields |Educa-| Engi- |Human- | Life |____________________| and | sciences | profes-
| | tion |neering| ities |sciences| | Mathe- |manage- | and | sional
| | | | | | Total | mathics | ment |psychology| fields
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11
_________________________________________|_______|______|_______|_______|________|__________|_________|________|__________|_________
Doctor's degrees conferred (number) ...|39,754 |6,647 | 5,696 | 4,481 | 7,397 | 6,496 | 1,146 | 1,280 | 6,545 | 1,212
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Sex (percent) | | | | | | | | | |
Men ...................................| 62.0 | 41.3 | 90.9 | 52.5 | 58.3 | 79.3 | 77.0 | 72.3 | 50.7 | 55.4
Women .................................| 38.0 | 58.7 | 9.1 | 47.5 | 41.7 | 20.7 | 23.0 | 27.7 | 49.3 | 44.6
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Racial/ethnic group (percent) \3\ | | | | | | | | | |
American Indian .......................| 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5
Asian .................................| 7.1 | 2.4 | 19.7 | 3.6 | 8.7 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 8.2 | 4.0 | 4.3
Black .................................| 4.5 | 9.4 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 8.4
Hispanic ..............................| 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 3.2
White .................................| 84.6 | 83.7 | 75.9 | 88.9 | 85.1 | 83.8 | 82.1 | 86.5 | 86.9 | 83.6
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Citizenship (percent) | | | | | | | | | |
United States .........................| 66.4 | 86.4 | 39.1 | 78.3 | 65.3 | 53.5 | 43.3 | 59.7 | 75.5 | 73.9
Non-U.S., permanent visa ..............| 5.7 | 2.6 | 8.2 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 5.6
Non-U.S., temporary visa ..............| 25.0 | 8.2 | 48.9 | 12.7 | 26.9 | 36.4 | 45.1 | 30.7 | 16.4 | 17.1
Unknown ...............................| 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.4
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Median age at doctorate (years) .........| 34.1 | 43.0 | 31.6 | 35.6 | 32.5 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 35.5 | 34.3 | 39.4
Percent with bachelor's degree in | | | | | | | | | |
same field as doctorate ..............| 55.6 | 37.4 | 80.1 | 56.4 | 51.9 | 67.9 | 73.3 | 36.6 | 53.7 | 25.9
Median time lapse from bachelor's | | | | | | | | | |
to doctorate (years) | | | | | | | | | |
Total time ............................| 10.5 | 19.2 | 8.8 | 11.9 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 14.8
Registered time .......................| 7.1 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.8
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Postdoctoral plans (percent) | | | | | | | | | |
Postdoctoral study plans ..............| 26.4 | 4.1 | 25.1 | 7.3 | 58.6 | 43.8 | 24.3 | 2.7 | 18.2 | 5.8
Fellowship ..........................| 13.8 | 1.8 | 8.5 | 4.1 | 34.6 | 19.8 | 12.7 | 0.8 | 12.3 | 3.1
Research associateship ..............| 10.1 | 1.2 | 15.1 | 1.0 | 17.8 | 22.4 | 9.0 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 1.4
Traineeship .........................| 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.8
Other ...............................| 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.4
Postdoctoral employment ...............| 65.6 | 87.5 | 66.7 | 84.1 | 35.3 | 47.9 | 66.1 | 89.7 | 73.3 | 84.1
Educational institution\4\ ..........| 39.3 | 67.7 | 20.5 | 70.4 | 17.5 | 20.6 | 48.6 | 74.7 | 39.4 | 52.9
Industry, business ..................| 12.9 | 4.6 | 34.0 | 3.7 | 7.6 | 19.8 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 6.7
Government ..........................| 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 8.3 | 7.6
Nonprofit organization ..............| 3.4 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 7.8 | 12.1
Other and unknown ...................| 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 7.2 | 4.9
Postdoctoral plans unknown ............| 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 10.1
Definite postdoctoral study ...........| 17.6 | 1.9 | 12.7 | 3.8 | 43.5 | 29.8 | 14.4 | 0.9 | 12.0 | 3.0
Seeking postdoctoral study ............| 8.8 | 2.2 | 12.4 | 3.5 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 9.9 | 1.8 | 6.2 | 2.8
Definite employment ...................| 43.4 | 64.1 | 37.5 | 51.1 | 24.3 | 30.1 | 39.1 | 71.1 | 47.9 | 61.3
Seeking employment ....................| 22.2 | 23.3 | 29.2 | 33.1 | 11.0 | 17.8 | 27.0 | 18.6 | 25.3 | 22.9
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Primary postdoctoral activity (percent)\5| | | | | | | | | |
Research and development ..............| 27.1 | 5.7 | 63.4 | 7.7 | 42.9 | 55.1 | 34.8 | 26.9 | 23.1 | 11.7
Teaching ..............................| 33.4 | 31.2 | 15.3 | 65.3 | 25.7 | 25.3 | 46.2 | 51.0 | 27.1 | 44.4
Administration ........................| 11.4 | 32.5 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 14.7
Professional services .................| 10.3 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 27.5 | 11.7
Other .................................| 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 4.3
Activity unknown ......................| 15.1 | 20.1 | 11.2 | 16.7 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 13.1
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Region of employment after doctorate | | | | | | | | | |
(percent)\5\ | | | | | | | | | |
New England ...........................| 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.7
Middle Atlantic .......................| 13.4 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 15.0 | 10.1 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 13.9
East North Central ....................| 12.8 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 14.5 | 11.2 | 12.9 | 15.0 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 12.7
West North Central ....................| 6.9 | 8.5 | 4.4 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.4
South Atlantic ........................| 15.4 | 17.8 | 11.0 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 13.0 | 16.5 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 14.4
East South Central ....................| 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 4.7
West South Central ....................| 8.3 | 10.3 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 10.1 | 6.4 | 13.2
Mountain ..............................| 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.8
Pacific and insular ...................| 11.0 | 10.6 | 13.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.7 | 9.6 | 7.5 | 11.9 | 8.1
U.S., region unknown...................| 3.9 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 3.7
Foreign ...............................| 13.1 | 5.7 | 22.6 | 9.4 | 19.9 | 14.8 | 17.4 | 16.6 | 13.4 | 14.1
Region unknown ........................| 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2
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\1\Includes Ph.D., Ed.D., and comparable degrees at the doctoral level. Excludes first-professional degrees, such as M.D.,
D.D.S., and D.V.M. NOTE.--The above classification of degrees by field differs somewhat from that in most publications of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The major differences are that history is included under humanities rather than social sciences and that psychology is included under social sciences. The number of degrees also differs slightly from that reported in the NCES "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" survey. The above tabulation excludes some non-research doctorate degrees such as doctor's degrees in theology. Because of rounding, percents may not add to 100.0. SOURCE: National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, Summary Report 1993: Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities. (This table was prepared June 1995.) |
