| Table 3-19 |
| Employment characteristics of recent SEH doctorate recipients up to 3 years after receiving doctorate, by field: 2001–08 |
| (Number and percent) |
| |
| |
Recent doctorates (n) |
|
Unemployment rate (%) |
|
Involuntarily out-of-field rate (%) |
| Field |
2001 |
|
2003 |
|
2006 |
|
2008 |
|
2001 |
2003 |
2006 |
2008 |
|
2001 |
2003 |
2006 |
2008 |
| |
All recent
SEH doctorates |
48,700 |
|
43,700 |
|
49,500 |
|
52,600 |
|
1.3 |
2.5 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
|
2.8 |
2.1 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
| Biological, agricultural, and environmental life sciences |
12,300 |
|
11,200 |
|
12,600 |
|
13,400 |
|
1.4 |
2.4 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
|
2.6 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
| Computer/information sciences |
1,600 |
|
1,400 |
|
1,500 |
|
2,400 |
|
0.3 |
4.1 |
1.9 |
S |
|
S |
S |
2.6 |
1.4 |
| Mathematics and statistics |
2,200 |
|
1,600 |
|
2,000 |
|
2,400 |
|
0.2 |
3.4 |
S |
S |
|
1.4 |
3.4 |
2.2 |
1.1 |
| Physical sciences |
7,700 |
|
6,500 |
|
7,400 |
|
7,500 |
|
1.5 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
3.0 |
|
5.4 |
4.2 |
2.6 |
2.3 |
| Psychology |
7,200 |
|
6,300 |
|
7,000 |
|
5,800 |
|
1.5 |
2.7 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
|
3.0 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
| Social sciences |
5,800 |
|
6,000 |
|
6,200 |
|
5,900 |
|
1.6 |
3.1 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
|
3.3 |
3.0 |
2.3 |
3.4 |
| Engineering |
9,400 |
|
8,000 |
|
9,500 |
|
12,000 |
|
1.5 |
3.0 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
|
2.0 |
3.0 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
| Health |
2,400 |
|
2,700 |
|
3,200 |
|
3,300 |
|
0.4 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
|
S |
1.1 |
S |
S |
| |
S = suppressed for reasons of confidentiality and/or reliability
SEH = science, engineering, and health
NOTES: Involuntarily out-of-field rate is proportion of individuals employed in job not related to field of doctorate because job in that field was not available. 2001 and 2006 data include graduates from 12 to 36 months prior to survey reference date; 2003 and 2008 data include graduates from 15 to 36 months prior to survey reference date.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR), (2001–08), http://sestat.nsf.gov.
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