The following is a listing of the main tables and a selection of the appendix tables included in the 2006 SED Summary Report. For additional data available based on the Survey of Earned Doctorates, please refer to the Standard Products on the main SED page.

Table 1: Number of doctorates awarded and annual percentage change in doctorates awarded by U.S. colleges and universities, 1957–2006 (pdf)

Table 2: Number of U.S. colleges and universities awarding doctorates and average doctorate recipients per institution, 1966-2006 (pdf)

Table 3: Top 20 doctorate-granting institutions, by broad field of study, 2006 (pdf)

Table 4: State of awarding institution, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, ranked by number of doctorate recipients, 2006 (pdf)

Table 5: Major field of study of doctorate recipients for selected years, 1976–2006 (pdf)

Table 6: Number of doctorate recipients and percent female, by major field of study, 1996 and 2006 (pdf)

Table 7: Number and percent of doctorate recipients, by sex within broad field of study for selected years, 1976–2006 (pdf)

Table 8: Number of U.S. citizen doctorate recipients, by race/ethnicity and broad field of study, for selected years, 1986–2006 (pdf)

Table 9: Major field of study for U.S. citizen doctorate recipients, by race/ethnicity, 2006 (pdf)

Table 10: Doctorate-granting institutions having the largest number of U.S. citizen minority doctorate recipients, by race/ethnicity, 2002-2006 (pdf)

Table 11: Citizenship status of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study for selected years, 1976-2006 (pdf)

Table 12: Top 30 countries/economies of origin of non-U.S. citizens earning doctorates at U.S. colleges and universities (ranked by number of doctorate recipients), 2006 (pdf)

Table 13: Doctorate-granting institutions having the largest number of non-U.S. citizen doctorate recipients (ordered by number of doctorate recipients), 2006 (pdf)

Table 14: Parental education attainment of doctorate recipients, by selected demographic characteristics and field of study, 2006 (pdf)

Table 15: Highest educational attainment of either parent for selected years, 1976-2006 (pdf)

Table 16: Percentage of doctorate recipients who earned a master's degree, by whether related to field of doctorate, broad field of doctoral study, and demographic characteristics, 2006 (pdf)

Table 17: Percentage of doctorate recipients who attended community college, broad field of study and demographic characteristics, 2006 (pdf)

Table 18: Median number of years to doctorate award, by broad field of study, for selected years, 1981-2006 (pdf)

Table 19: Median number of years from baccalaureate to doctorate award, by  selected demographic group and broad field of study, 2006 (pdf)

Table 20: Median age and number of doctorate recipients at different age groups, by field of study and demographic characteristics, 2006 (pdf)

Table 21: Percentage of doctorate recipients indicating one or more disabilities, by selected demographic characteristics, 2006 (pdf)

Table 22: Primary source of financial support for doctorate recipients, by broad field of study and demographic group, 2006 (pdf)

Table 23: Education-related debt of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study, 2006 (pdf)

Table 24: Education-related debt of doctorate recipients, by demographic group, 2006 (pdf)

Table 25: Number of U.S. citizen doctorate recipients reporting graduate school debt and percentage with levels of graduate school debt greater than $30,000, by broad field of study and race/ethnicity, 2006 (pdf)

Table 26:  Postgraduation status of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study for selected years, 1986-2006 (pdf)

Table 27: Postgraduation status of doctorate recipients, by selected demographic groups for selected years, 1986–2006 (pdf) 

Table 28: Postgraduation plans of doctorate recipients with definite commitments, by broad field of study for selected years, 1986–2006 (pdf)

Table 29: Postgraduation plans of doctorate recipients with definite commitments, by demographic group for selected years, 1986–2006 (pdf)

Table 30: Employment sector of doctorate recipients with definite postgraduation employment commitments in the U.S., by broad field of study for selected years, 1986–2006 (pdf)

Table 31: Employment sector of doctorate recipients with definite postgraduation employment commitments in the U.S., by selected demographic characteristics for selected years, 1986–2006 (pdf)

Table 32: Sources of support for doctorate recipients with postgraduation plans for postdoctoral study, by selected demographic characteristics for selected years, 1986–2006 (pdf)

Table 33: Postgraduation location and type of plan of non-U.S. citizen doctorate recipients with definite postgraduation commitments, by major field of study and visa residency status, 2006 (pdf)

Table 34: Postgraduation location of non-U.S. citizen doctorate recipients with definite postgraduation commitments, by visa residency status for selected years, 1986–2006 (pdf)

Table 35: Percentage of non-U.S. citizen doctorate recipients intending to stay in the United States after doctorate receipt, by country of citizenship, 2000-2006 (pdf)

Table 36: Number and percentage of doctorate recipients with definite plans for postgraduation employment identifying various roles as primary and secondary work activities, by major field of study, 2006 (pdf)

Table 37: Number and percentage of doctorate recipients with definite plans for postgraduation study or training identifying various roles as primary and secondary work activities, by major field of study, 2006 (pdf)

Table 38: Primary and secondary work activities of doctorate recipients with definite plans for postgraduation employment, by broad field of study for selected years, 1976-2006 (pdf)

Table 39: Primary and secondary work activities of doctorate recipients with definite plans for postgraduation employment, by broad field of study and employment sector, 2006 (pdf)

Table 40: Primary and secondary work activities of doctorate recipients with definite plans for postgraduation employment, by demographic characteristics, 2006 (pdf)

APPENDIX TABLES

Table A-1: Number of doctorate recipients, by sex and subfield of study, 2006 (pdf)

Table A-2: Number of doctorate recipients, by citizenship, race/ethnicity, and subfield of study, 2006 (pdf)

Table A-3a: Statistical profile of doctorate recipients, by major field of study, 2006 - Total all doctorates (pdf)

Table A-3b: Statistical profile of doctorate recipients, by major field of study, 2006 - Total all males (pdf)

Table A-3c: Statistical profile of doctorate recipients, by major field of study, 2006 - Total all females (pdf)

Table A-4: Statistical profile of doctorate recipients, by race/ethnicity and citizenship, 2006 (pdf)

Table A-5: Doctorate recipients' financial resources in support of doctoral programs, by broad field of study and sex, 2006 (pdf)

Table A-6: Distribution of doctorate recipients' financial resources in support of doctoral programs, by sex and broad field of study, 2006 (pdf)

Table A-7: State of doctoral institution of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study and sex, 2006 (pdf)

Table A-8: Institutions granting research doctorates, by major field of study, 2006 (pdf)

Table A-9: Top 50 doctorate-granting institutions, 2006 (pdf)

Table B-1: Number of doctorate recipients, by subfield of study, 1996-2006 (pdf)

Table B-2a: Number of doctorate recipients, by sex, race/ethnicity, and citizenship, 1996-2006 - Total all doctorates (pdf)

Table B-2b: Number of doctorate recipients, by sex, race/ethnicity, and citizenship, 1996-2006 - Total all males (pdf)

Table B-2c: Number of doctorate recipients, by sex, race/ethnicity, and citizenship, 1996-2006 - Total all females (pdf)