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Table 20. Male doctorate recipients, by ethnicity, race, and citizenship status: 2005–15

Ethnicity, race, and citizenship status 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
All doctorate recipients 23,737 25,021 26,202 26,272 26,332 25,526 26,191 27,365 28,328 29,018 29,596
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 13,586 14,266 14,240 14,774 15,508 15,276 15,397 16,073 16,550 16,663 17,245
Temporary visa holder 8,749 9,398 9,994 9,984 9,565 8,768 9,179 9,556 10,103 10,207 10,413
Unknown citizenship 1,402 1,357 1,968 1,514 1,259 1,482 1,615 1,736 1,675 2,148 1,938
Hispanic or Latino 1,193 1,211 1,311 1,356 1,450 1,383 1,494 1,549 1,523 1,590 1,758
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 608 693 738 748 853 815 893 948 905 1,000 1,119
Temporary visa holder 585 514 563 605 595 563 598 599 612 581 634
Unknown citizenship 0 4 10 3 2 5 3 2 6 9 5
Not Hispanic or Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native 60 60 67 51 60 64 56 42 62 54 64
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 58 53 62 49 56 58 50 41 56 49 58
Temporary visa holdera 2 7 D D D 6 D D D D D
Unknown citizenship 0 0 D D D 0 D D D D D
Asian 6,456 7,323 7,766 7,658 7,386 6,919 7,407 7,730 8,038 8,094 8,244
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 1,062 1,152 1,059 1,127 1,163 1,220 1,263 1,312 1,264 1,244 1,359
Temporary visa holder 5,388 6,164 6,667 6,528 6,217 5,687 6,131 6,405 6,761 6,844 6,876
Unknown citizenship 6 7 40 3 6 12 13 13 13 6 9
Black or African American 879 913 1,003 999 1,065 977 917 1,047 1,101 1,152 1,121
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 641 649 680 712 790 697 666 741 801 822 813
Temporary visa holder 237 260 310 287 272 274 248 303 297 329 308
Unknown citizenship 1 4 13 0 3 6 3 3 3 1 0
White 12,759 13,240 13,217 13,380 13,571 13,440 13,602 14,042 14,608 14,624 15,123
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 10,614 11,075 11,005 11,297 11,661 11,605 11,738 12,169 12,582 12,590 12,996
Temporary visa holder 2,135 2,138 2,114 2,073 1,898 1,809 1,838 1,859 2,005 2,021 2,104
Unknown citizenship 10 27 98 10 12 26 26 14 21 13 23
More than one race 192 250 235 248 325 293 381 384 432 451 436
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 164 205 211 227 300 263 346 347 388 411 394
Temporary visa holder 28 44 22 21 25 28 35 37 44 40 42
Unknown citizenship 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Other race or race not reported 362 283 331 341 316 236 273 260 243 249 293
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 166 164 175 191 178 139 136 148 148 162 152
Temporary visa holder 177 116 D D D 94 D D D D D
Unknown citizenship 19 3 D D D 3 D D D D D
Ethnicity not reported 1,836 1,741 2,272 2,239 2,159 2,214 2,061 2,311 2,321 2,804 2,557
U.S. citizen or permanent resident 273 275 310 423 507 479 305 367 406 385 354
Temporary visa holder 197 155 168 322 417 307 189 243 290 305 323
Unknown citizenship 1,366 1,311 1,794 1,494 1,235 1,428 1,567 1,701 1,625 2,114 1,880
D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information.
a In most cases, non-U.S. American Indians are citizens of Canada or of a Latin American country.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates.