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U.S. Computer Science Doctoral Degree Totals
| Additional information for different degree levels: | ||||
| Bachelor's: | totals | by gender | by ethnicity | by citizenship |
| Master's: | totals | by gender | by ethnicity | by citizenship |
| Doctoral: | totals | by gender | by ethnicity | by citizenship |
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Women among all degrees |
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| CS and S&E Doctoral
Recipients Source: NORC |
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| Computer Sciences |
S&E |
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| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2005 | ||
| Total | 889 | 923 | 850 | 861 | 826 | 811 | 866 | 949 | 1,136 | 29,246 | |
| Men | % | 82.5 | 82.7 | 80.8 | 83.3 | 80.9 | 78.9 | 79.7 | 78.9 | 80.0 | 60.7 |
| Women | 16.2 | 17.0 | 18.4 | 16.5 | 18.8 | 20.7 | 20.2 | 20.5 | 19.8 | 39.2 | |
| Unknown | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| U.S. Citizenship | % | 46.9 | 50.6 | 48.5 | 44.9 | 44.2 | 44.0 | 44.3 | 41.9 | 35.7 | 54.0 |
| Non-U.S., Permanent Visa | 10.0 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.0 | |
| Non-U.S., Temporary Visa | 35.3 | 33.5 | 38.8 | 41.9 | 43.1 | 42.9 | 43.8 | 48.4 | 52.7 | 36.5 | |
| Unknown | 7.8 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 5.6 | |
| Never Married | % | 27.2 | 30.9 | 26.1 | 29.4 | 31.6 | 31.3 | 30.3 | 32.1 | 30.1 | |
| Married | 54.4 | 55.9 | 53.3 | 55.5 | 51.7 | 53.9 | 50.8 | 53.3 | 49.3 | 50.5 | |
| Separated, Divorced | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.1 | |||||
| Separated | ---- | 0.5 | |||||||||
| Divorced | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | ||||||||
| Marriage-like Relationship | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 6.0 | ||
| Widowed | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ---- | ---- | 0.2 | ||
| Unknown | 10.2 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 12.1 | 8.6 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 9.8 | |
| Median Age at Doct. | Yrs | 32.0 | 33.2 | 31.6 | 32.9 | 32.0 | 32.1 | 32.5 | 32.3 | 31.7 | 31.4 |
| Percent with Bachelor's in Same Field as Doctorate | % | 37.1 | 36.3 | 35.4 | 37.0 | 38.0 | 40.8 | 42.1 | 43.8 | 45.4 | 59.5 |
| Percent with Master's | % | 81.8 | 81.4 | 81.4 | 80.4 | 80.4 | 81.8 | 78.9 | 82.1 | 81.2 | 68.6 |
| Median Time Lapse from Bacc. to Doct. | |||||||||||
| Total Time | Yrs | 9.8 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 8.6 |
| Registered Time | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.2 | |
| Postdoctoral Study Plans | % | 13.5 | 12.6 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 11.4 | 17.8 | 19.2 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 48.4 |
| Fellowship | 5.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 20.8 | 5.8 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 26.3 | |
| Research Assoc. | 7.5 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 71.5 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 17.7 | |
| Traineeship | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.3 | ---- | 0.5 | ||
| Intern, clinical residency | ---- | 1.6 | |||||||||
| Other Study | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.1 | 2.3 | |
| Planned Employment after Doctorate | % | 75.1 | 77.2 | 80.6 | 80.4 | 77.1 | 73.0 | 68.9 | 77.7 | 78.1 | 51.6 |
| Educ. Institution | 21.7 | 25.1 | 28.7 | 28.9 | 27.2 | 31.7 | 37.6 | 43 | 38.1 | 24.2 | |
| Industry/Business | 45.4 | 43.6 | 44.4 | 43.6 | 43.8 | 34.4 | 24.6 | 27.7 | 35.0 | 18.4 | |
| Government | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 5.6 | |
| Nonprofit | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.7 | ||
| Other & Unknown | 3.3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | ||
| Postdoc. Plans Unknown | 11.4 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 9.2 | 11.9 | ||||
| Definite Postdoc. Study | % | 9.6 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 15.4 | 15.9 | 33.7 |
| Seeking Postdoc. Study | 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.5 | ||||
| Seeking Employment or Study | 27.8 | 25.5 | 28.3 | ||||||||
| Definite Employment | 56.1 | 55.7 | 59.6 | 62.4 | 57.9 | 54 | 50.5 | 53.7 | 56.7 | 35.9 | |
| Seeking Employment | 19.0 | 21.6 | 20.9 | 18.0 | 19.2 | 19 | 18.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | ||
| Other/Unknown | 3 | ||||||||||
| Employment Commitments after Doctorate | |||||||||||
| Primary Activity | |||||||||||
| R & D | % | 68.3 | 62.1 | 60.9 | 63.3 | 67.7 | 63.3 | 61.8 | 63.7 | 64.3 | 51.0 |
| Teaching | 18.4 | 24.3 | 25.6 | 22.5 | 20.3 | 25.2 | 30.1 | 27.2 | 26.5 | 27.8 | |
| Administration | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 7.2 | |
| Prof. Services | 7.4 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 12.3 | |
| Other | 3.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.7 | |
| Secondary Activity | |||||||||||
| R & D | % | 26.9 | 28.6 | 27.6 | 24.0 | 22.4 | 27.3 | 28.2 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 29.0 |
| Teaching | 20.0 | 16.0 | 20.3 | 24.6 | 24.9 | 25.4 | 31.2 | 27 | 20.2 | 17.4 | |
| Administration | 12.4 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 15.1 | |
| Prof. Services | 10.4 | 12.3 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 4.1 | 7.3 | ||
| Other | 3.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 | ||
| No Secondary Activity | 25.1 | 28.0 | 24.1 | 24.4 | 27.5 | 24.9 | 17.2 | 31.4 | 39.4 | 30.2 | |
| Activity(ies) Unknown | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 | |
| Region of Employment after Doctorate | |||||||||||
| New England | % | 8.4 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 6.4 |
| Middle Atlantic | 17.4 | 19.6 | 20.0 | 18.2 | 18.4 | 19.9 | 18.1 | 18.3 | 15.9 | 14.4 | |
| East No. Central | 10.6 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 6.3 | 9.4 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 10.5 | 11.3 | |
| West No. Central | 3.0 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 4.9 | |
| South Atlantic | 12.8 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 12.1 | 12.8 | 17.1 | 15.3 | 20 | 14.0 | 16.6 | |
| East So. Central | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | |
| West So. Central | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 9.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 7.6 | |
| Mountain | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 5.7 | |
| Pacific & Insular | 24.6 | 23.9 | 22.6 | 26.4 | 33.5 | 25.1 | 20.6 | 19.4 | 29.5 | 17.0 | |
| Foreign | 9.8 | 7.0 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 9.4 | 14.8 | 12.2 | 12.8 | |
| Region Unknown | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Notes & Sources:
According to NSF, data are missing for Bachelor's and Master's degrees granted in 1999 because "detailed national data were not released for the academic year ending 1999 by the National Center for Education Statistics."
Degrees in a given July-through-June period are referred to by the year in which the period ended; e.g., 2005 means the 12-month period ending June 2005.
Hoffer, T.B., V. Welch, Jr., K. Webber, K. Williams, B. Lisek, M. Hess, D. Loew, and I. Guzman-Barron. 2006. Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report 2005. Chicago: National Opinion Research Center. (The report gives the results of data collected in the Survey of Earned Doctorates, conducted for six federal agencies, NSF, NIH, USED, NEH, USDA, and NASA by NORC.)
National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. 2004. Science and Engineering Degrees, by Race/Ethnicity of Recipients: 1992-2001, NSF 04-318, Project Officers, Susan T. Hill and Jean M. Johnson. Arlington, VA .
National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. 2006. S&E Degrees, by Race/Ethnicity of Recipients: 1995–2004. January 2007. Susan T. Hill and Maurya M. Green, project officers. Arlington, VA.
National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. 2006. Science and Engineering Degrees: 1966–2004. January 2007 . Maurya M. Green, project officer. Arlington, VA.
National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics. 2006. Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2005. NSF 07-305. Susan T. Hill, project officer. Arlington, VA.
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