These tables present detailed data on the demographic characteristics, educational history, sources of financial support, and postgraduation plans of doctorate recipients. Explore the Survey of Earned Doctorates data further via NCSES's new interactive data tool or WebCASPAR.
Kelly Kang, Project Officer
Human Resources Statistics Program
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
National Science Foundation
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| Table | Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2016 | Web | Excel | ||
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| Doctorate recipients from U.S. colleges and universities | |||||
| 1 | 1957–2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| Doctorate-granting institutions | |||||
| 2 | institutions and doctorate recipients per institution: 1973–2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 3 | top 50 institutions, ranked by number of doctorate recipients: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 4 | top 20 institutions, ranked by number of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| by state or location: 2016 | |||||
| 5 | ranked by number of doctorate recipients | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 6 | by broad field and sex of doctorate recipients | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 7 | by institution and major science and engineering field | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 8 | by institution and major non-science and engineering field | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| top 20 institutions, ranked by number of doctorate recipients | |||||
| 9 | minority U.S. citizen and permanent residents, by ethnicity and race: 5-year total, 2012–16 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 10 | temporary visa holders: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| by Carnegie category | |||||
| 11 | by broad field: 2006–16 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| Doctorate recipients | |||||
| field and demographic characteristics | |||||
| 12 | by major field: Selected years, 1986–2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 13 | by subfield: 2006–16 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 14 | by broad field and sex: Selected years, 1986–2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 15 | by sex and major field: 2006–16 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 16 | by subfield and sex: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 17 | by broad field and citizenship status: Selected years, 1986–2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 18 | by citizenship status and major field: 2006–16 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 19 | ethnicity, race, and citizenship status: 2006–16 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 20 | male | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 21 | female | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 22 | subfield, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| U.S. citizens and permanent residents | |||||
| 23 | by broad field, ethnicity, and race: Selected years, 1996–2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 24 | by major field, ethnicity, and race: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| temporary visa holders | |||||
| 25 | top 40 countries or economies of origin, ranked by number of doctorate recipients: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 26 | top 10 countries or economies of origin, ranked by number of U.S. doctorates awarded by field: 2006–16 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| by broad field, sex, and citizenship status: 2016 | |||||
| 27 | median age, ethnicity, and race | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 28 | with one or more functional limitations | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| educational history | |||||
| by broad field of doctorate, sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, ahd race: 2016 | |||||
| 29 | master’s degree related to doctorate | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 30 | attended community college | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| median years to doctorate, by broad field | |||||
| 31 | selected years, 1991–2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 32 | by sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 33 | parent's educational attainment, by sex, citizenship, ethnicity, race, and broad field: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 34 | highest educational attainment of either parent: selected years, 1986–2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| financial support for graduate study | |||||
| 35 | primary source, by broad field, sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 36 | sources, by broad field and sex: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 37 | percent distribution, by sex and broad field: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| education-related debt | |||||
| 38 | by broad field: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 39 | graduate school debt, by broad field: 2006–16 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 40 | by sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 41 | graduate school debt of U.S. citizen and permanent residents, by ethnicity, race, and broad field: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| postgraduation commitments | |||||
| 42 | by broad field: Selected years, 1996–2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 43 | by sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race: Selected years, 1996–2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| postgraduation plans: Selected years, 1996–2016 | |||||
| 44 | by broad field | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 45 | by sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| employment sector: Selected years, 1996–2016 | |||||
| 46 | by broad field | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 47 | by sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| median basic annual salary: 2016 | |||||
| 48 | by field, type of postgraduation plans, and sex | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 49 | by field and employment sector | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 50 | sources of postdoc support, by sex, citizenship status, ethnicity, and race: Selected years, 1996–2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| definite postgraduation commitments | |||||
| 51 | by citizenship status and major field: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 52 | by sex and major field: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 53 | temporary visa holders intending to stay in United States after doctorate, by country of citizenship: 2010–16 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| Statistical profile | |||||
| by sex and field of study: 2016 | |||||
| 54 | all broad fields | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 55 | all broad fields, postgraduation plans | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 56 | life sciences | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 57 | life sciences, postgraduation plans | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 58 | physical sciences and earth sciences | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 59 | physical sciences and earth sciences, postgraduation plans | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 60 | mathematics and computer sciences | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 61 | mathematics and computer sciences, postgraduation plans | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 62 | psychology and social sciences | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 63 | psychology and social sciences, postgraduation plans | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 64 | engineering | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 65 | engineering, postgraduation plans | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 66 | education | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 67 | education, postgraduation plans | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 68 | humanities and arts | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 69 | humanities and arts, postgraduation plans | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 70 | other | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 71 | other, postgraduation plans | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
| 72 | by ethnicity, race, and citizenship status: 2016 | View Web | View Excel | View PDF | |
