Record Growth in PhD Production
According to CRA’s Taulbee Survey, the number of doctorates granted by CS and CE departments in the US and Canada increased 26% between academic year 2005 and 2006, to 1,499. This is the third year of strong growth in degree production. Even more doctorates are likely to be granted in 2007: the number of students who passed their thesis candidacy exams increased 19% from the previous year. Further along, there are some signs that the growth in production will ease. The number students who passed their qualifying exams dropped 5%, and the number of new students fell 6%– the fourth year with a decline. As a result, total enrollments have dropped slightly for the past two years, following several years of double-digit growth.
The full report is online at http://www.cra.org/CRN/articles/may07/taulbee.html
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