Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report 2004
Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report 2004 Survey of Earned Doctorates SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AND THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION HIGHLIGHTS This report presents data on recipients of research doctorates awarded by U.S. universities from July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004. This information is taken from the 2004 Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), an annual census of new doctorate recipients. • The 419 universities in the United States that conferred research doctorates awarded 42,155 doctorates during the 2003-2004 academic year (the eligibility period for the 2004 SED), an increase of 3.4 percent from the 40,770 doctorates awarded in 2003, and the highest number since the all-time high of 42,647 in 1998. • The number of doctorates awarded by broad field in 2004 was greatest in life sciences, which conferred 8,819 Ph.D.s. The numbers in the other broad areas were 6,795 in social sciences; 6,635 in education; 6,049 in physical sciences and mathematics (combined); 5,776 in engineering; 5,467 in humanities; and 2,614 in business and other professional fields. • Women received 19,098 doctorates, or 45 percent of all doctorates granted in 2004. This is very similar to last year’s percentage for women. Women earned 50 percent of the doctorates granted in life sciences, 55 percent in social sciences, 52 percent in humanities, 66 percent in education, and 46 percent in business/other professional fields.
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