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News Release 05-205
Science and Engineering Doctorates Are Up for Second Year in a Row
Life sciences Ph.D.s reach all-time high, but physics drops nearly 20 percent in 10 years
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Despite the gains, the 26,275 Ph.D. degrees earned in the 2004 academic year--the period the survey covers--are still shy of the 1998 peak of 27,278.
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