Survey of Earned Doctorates Summary Report Tables The following is a listing of the main tables and a selection of the appendix tables included in the 2005 SED Summary Report. An additional table not found in the Summary Report is also included. This table (A2xA8), Number of Research Doctorate Recipients by Citizenship status, Race/Ethnicity, and Doctoral Institution, 2005 can be found at the bottom of the list. For additional data available based on the Survey of Earned Doctorates, please refer to the link for the Standard Products List found on the previous page.
MAIN TABLES
Table 1: Number of doctorates awarded and annual percentage change in doctorates awarded by U.S. colleges and universities, 1957–2005 (PDF)
Table 2: Number of U.S. colleges and universities awarding doctorates and average doctorate recipients per institution, 1965-2005 (PDF)
Table 3: Top 20 doctorate-granting institutions, by broad field of study, 2005 (PDF)
Table 4: State of awarding institution, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, ranked by number of doctorate recipients, 2005 (PDF)
Table 5: Major field of study of doctorate recipients for selected years, 1975–2005 (PDF)
Table 6: Major field of study of doctorate recipients for selected years, 1975–2005 (PDF)
Table 7: Number and percent of doctorate recipients, by sex within broad field of study for selected years, 1975–2005 (PDF)
Table 8: Number of U.S. citizen doctorate recipients, by race/ethnicity and broad field of study, for selected years, 1985–2005 (PDF)
Table 9: Major field of study for U.S. citizen doctorate recipients, by race/ethnicity, 2005 (PDF)
Table 10: Doctorate-granting institutions having the largest number of U.S. citizen minority doctorate recipients, by race/ethnicity, 2001-2005 (PDF)
Table 11: Citizenship status of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study for selected years, 1975-2005 (PDF)
Table 12: Top 30 countries of origin of non-U.S. citizens earning doctorates at U.S. colleges and universities (ranked by number of doctorate recipients), 2005 (PDF)
Table 13: Doctorate-granting institutions having the largest number of non-U.S. citizen doctorate recipients (ordered by number of doctorate recipients), 2005 (PDF)
Table 14: Parental education attainment of doctorate recipients, by selected demographic characteristics, 2005 (PDF)
Table 15: Highest parental education for selected years, 1975-2005 (PDF)
Table 16: Median number of years from baccalaureate to doctorate award, by broad field of study for selected years, 1980–2005 (PDF)
Table 17: Median number of years from baccalaureate to doctorate award, by selected demographic group and broad field of study, 2005 (PDF)
Table 18: Median age and number of doctorate recipients at different age levels, by field of study and demographic characteristics, 2005 (PDF)
Table 19: Percentage of doctorate recipients indicating one or more disabilities, by selected demographic characteristics, 2005 (PDF)
Table 20: Primary source of financial support for doctorate recipients, by broad field of study and demographic group, 2005 (PDF)
Table 21: Education-related debt of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study, 2005 (PDF)
Table 22: Education-related debt of doctorate recipients, by demographic group, 2005 (PDF)
Table 23: Number and percentage of U.S. citizen doctorate recipients with levels of graduate school debt greater than $30,000, by broad field of study and race/ethnicity, 2005 (PDF)
Table 24: Postgraduation status of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study for selected years, 1985–2005 (PDF)
Table 25: Postgraduation status of doctorate recipients, by selected demographic groups for selected years, 1985–2005 (PDF)
Table 26: Postgraduation plans of doctorate recipients with definite commitments, by broad field of study for selected years, 1985–2005 (PDF)
Table 27: Postgraduation plans of doctorate recipients with definite commitments, by demographic group for selected years, 1985–2005 (PDF)
Table 28: Employment sector of doctorate recipients with definite postgraduation employment commitments in the U.S., by broad field of study for selected years, 1985–2005 (PDF)
Table 29: Employment sector of doctorate recipients with definite postgraduation employment commitments in the U.S., by selected demographic groups for selected years, 1985–2005 (PDF)
Table 30: Sources of support for doctorate recipients with postgraduation commitments for postdoctoral study, by selected demographic groups for selected years, 1985–2005 (PDF)
Table 31: 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, 2005 (PDF)
Table 32: Postgraduation location of non-U.S. citizen doctorate recipients with definite postgraduation commitments, by visa residency status for selected years, 1985–2005 (PDF)
Table 33: Percentage of non-U.S. citizen doctorate recipients intending to stay in the United States after doctorate receipt, by country of citizenship, 2000-2005 (PDF)
APPENDIX TABLES
Table A-1: Number of doctorate recipients, by sex and subfield of study, 2005 (PDF)
Table A-2: Number of doctorate recipients, by citizenship, race/ethnicity, and subfield of study, 2005 (PDF)
Table A-3a: Statistical profile of doctorate recipients, by major field of study, 2005 - Total all doctorates (PDF)
Table A-3b: Statistical profile of doctorate recipients, by major field of study, 2005 - Total all males (PDF)
Table A-3c: Statistical profile of doctorate recipients, by major field of study, 2005 - Total all females (PDF)
Table A-4: Statistical profile of doctorate recipients, by race/ethnicity and citizenship, 2005 (PDF)
Table A-5: Doctorate recipients' financial resources in support of doctoral programs, by broad field of study and sex, 2005 (PDF)
Table A-6: Distribution of doctorate recipients' financial resources in support of doctoral programs, by sex and broad field of study, 2005 (PDF)
Table A-7: State of doctoral institution of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study and sex, 2005 (PDF)
Table A-8: Institutions granting research doctorates, by major field of study, 2005 (PDF)
Table A-9: Top 50 doctorate-granting institutions, 2005 (PDF)
Table B-1: Number of doctorate recipients, by subfield of study, 1995-2005 (PDF)
Table B-2a: Number of doctorate recipients, by sex, race/ethnicity, and citizenship, 1995-2005 - Total all doctorates (PDF)
Table B-2b: Number of doctorate recipients, by sex, race/ethnicity, and citizenship, 1995-2005 - Total males (PDF)
Table B-2c: Number of doctorate recipients, by sex, race/ethnicity, and citizenship, 1995-2005 - Total females (PDF)
Table A2 xA8: Number of Research Doctorate Recipients by Citizenship status, Race/Ethnicity, and Doctoral Institution, 2005 (PDF)