Statistical Reports on the Education of Scientists and Engineers
1. Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS): Fall 2022
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Document History: Posted:  March 22, 2024. 

2. Graduate Enrollment in Science, Engineering, and Health Continues to Increase among Foreign Nationals, while Postdoctoral Appointment Trends Vary across Fields
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Document History: Posted:  March 22, 2024. 

3. Research Funding for U.S. Doctorate Recipients at Research-Intensive Institutions
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Document History: Posted:  December 4, 2023. 

4. Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2022
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Public Comment: This report summarizes trends in U.S. doctoral education by using data from the 2022 Survey of Earned Doctorates, an annual census of research doctorate recipients from U.S. universities. Important trends in this population are highlighted in this report, including the representation of women, minorities, and temporary visa holders; fields that are attracting graduate students; time to complete doctoral degree; employment opportunities after graduation; and educational pathways to the doctorate. A special section focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on doctorate recipients’ graduate experiences and postgraduation plans. Detailed data tables and additional resources are also available at https://ncses.nsf.gov/sed/.
Document History: Posted:  October 3, 2023. 

5. Research Doctorate Conferrals Rebound, Leading to Record Number of U.S. Doctorate Recipients in 2022
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Document History: Posted:  October 3, 2023. 

6. Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Science, Engineering, and Health Graduate Enrollment: U.S. Part-Time Enrollment Increases as Full-Time Temporary Visa Holder Enrollment Declines
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Document History: Posted:  April 6, 2022. 

7. Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 2020
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Document History: Posted:  April 6, 2022. 

8. Baccalaureate Origins of U.S. Research Doctorate Recipients
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Document History: Posted:  March 16, 2022. 

9. National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG WMPD): 2017
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Document History: Posted:  March 3, 2022. 

10. National Survey of College Graduates: 2019
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Document History: Posted:  February 25, 2022. 

11. Higher Education in Science and Engineering
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Document History: Posted:  February 23, 2022. 

12. Universities Report Growth in U.S. Citizen and Permanent Resident Enrollment along with Declines in Enrollment of Temporary Visa Holders at Master's and Doctoral Levels Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Document History: Posted:  January 21, 2022. 

13. Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2020
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Document History: Posted:  November 30, 2021. 

14. Where Are They Now? Most Early Career U.S.-Trained S&E Doctorate Recipients with Temporary Visas at Graduation Stay and Work in the United States after Graduation
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Document History: Posted:  August 20, 2021. 

15. Defining Postdocs in the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdocs (GSS): Institution Responses to the Postdoc Definitional Questions in the GSS 2010-16
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Document History: Posted:  May 5, 2021. 

16. Survey of Doctorate Recipients, 2019
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Document History: Posted:  April 27, 2021. 

17. Trends for Graduate Student Enrollment and Postdoctoral Appointments in Science, Engineering, and Health Fields at U.S. Academic Institutions between 2017 and 2019
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Document History: Posted:  March 31, 2021. 

18. Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 2019
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Document History: Posted:  March 31, 2021. 

19. The Increasing Role of Community Colleges among Bachelor's Degree Recipients: Findings from the 2019 National Survey of College Graduates
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Document History: Posted:  January 28, 2021. 

20. Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2019
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Document History: Posted:  December 2, 2020. 

21. Graduate Enrollment in Science, Engineering, and Health Rose 3% in 2018
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Document History: Posted:  March 19, 2020. 

22. Doctorate Recipients in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE): 2017
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Document History: Posted:  March 16, 2020. 

23. Publications Output: U.S. Trends and International Comparisons
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Document History: Posted:  December 18, 2019. 

24. Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2018
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Document History: Posted:  December 3, 2019. 

25. Science and Engineering Labor Force
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Document History: Posted:  September 30, 2019. 

26. Elementary and Secondary Mathematics and Science Education
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Document History: Posted:  September 4, 2019. 

27. Higher Education in Science and Engineering
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Document History: Posted:  September 4, 2019. 

28. Differences in Master's and Doctoral Enrollment in Science, Engineering, and Health in 2017
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Document History: Posted:  May 21, 2019. 

29. Number of Women with U.S. Doctorates in Science, Engineering, or Health Employed in the United States More Than Doubles since 1997
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Document History: Posted:  February 13, 2019. 

30. Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2017
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Document History: Posted:  December 6, 2018.