Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2023

Figure 1.

Doctorates awarded by U.S. colleges and universities: 1958–2023

Figure 2.

Doctorates awarded in S&E and non-S&E fields, by citizenship status: 2003–23

Figure 3.

Doctorates awarded, by sex and citizenship: 2003–23

Figure 4.

Doctorates awarded, by sex and field: 2003–23

Figure 5.

Doctorates earned by U.S. citizen and permanent resident racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in S&E, by field: 2003–23

Figure 6.

Doctorate recipients in S&E trend broad fields: 2003–23

Figure 7.

Doctorates awarded in non-S&E trend broad fields: 2003–23

Figure 8.

Doctorate recipients on temporary visas, by trend broad field: 2003 and 2023

Figure 9.

Doctorates awarded to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, by selected minority race or ethnicity and broad field: 2023

Figure 10.

Doctorates awarded to women, by trend broad field: 2003 and 2023

Figure 11.

Definite commitments among doctorate recipients, by S&E trend broad field: 2003–23

Figure 12.

Definite commitments among doctorate recipients, by non-S&E trend broad field: 2003–23

Figure 13.

Definite non-postdoc employment commitments in academe in the United States, by trend broad field: 2003–23

Figure 14.

Definite non-postdoc employment commitments in industry or business in the United States, by trend broad field: 2003–23

Figure 15.

S&E U.S. postdoc rate for doctorate recipients, by trend broad field: 2003–23

Figure 16.

S&E temporary visa holder doctorate recipients with definite commitments in the United States, by trend broad field: 2003–23

Figure A.

COVID-19 pandemic impacts among doctorate recipients: 2021–23

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