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News Release 10-221
Number of Doctorates Awarded Continued to Grow in 2009
Indicators of employment outcomes mixed
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A newly released National Science Foundation Survey shows doctorates awarded in science and engineering (S&E) fields were up 1.9 percent over 2008, owing entirely to growth in numbers of female S&E doctorate recipients. The count of male S&E doctorate recipients declined slightly.
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