United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Graduate Students—Degrees Conferred 599
No. 1029. G r a d u a t e S c ie n c e a n d E n g in e e r in g St u d e n t s in D o c t o r a t e -G r a n t in g In s t it u t io n s ,
b y F ie l d , E n r o l l m e n t St a t u s , a n d Le v e l o f St u d y : 1975 t o 1980
[In th o u s a n d s . As of fall. Includes outlying areas]
FIELD OF SCIENCE
TOTAL STUDENTS
ENROLLED
FULLTIME
TOTAL STUOENTS
ENROLLED
PART TIME
FULL-TIME
STUDENTS, FIRST-
YEAR
FULL-TIME
STUDENTS, BEYOND
FIRST-YEAR
1975 1979 1980 1 97 5 1979 1980 1975 1979 1980 1975 1 979 198 0
T o t a l............................................................... 2 1 0 .3 223.4 230.6 8 3 .3 97,1 103.1 79.2 73.0 77.4 131.2 150.4 153.2
Engineering................................................. 37.1 39.8 42.5 2 7 .5 2 9.0 29.8 16.5 14,8 16.0 20,7 25.1 2 6.5
Physical sciences........................................ 21.3 21.8 22.3 3 .2 3.1 3.2 6.0 5.4 5.7 15.3 16.3 16.5
Environmental sciences.............................. 8.9 9.9 10.0 2 .0 2 .3 2 .3 3 .2 3.1 3.2 5,7 6 .8 6 .8
Mathematical/computer sciences................ 14.2 14,2 15.3 7 .2 8.4 9.7 5.4 4.8 5.5 8.7 9 .4 9.8
Life sciences.............................. ................ 59.6 66.6 67.7 1 4.0 21.1 23.0 23.3 22.1 23.0 36.3 4 4 .5 4 4 .7
Psychology.................................................. 19.7 20.7 21.5 7 .2 7.2 7.8 5.7 5.5 5.7 13.9 1 5.2 15.8
Social sciences.......................................... 49.5 50.4 51.3 2 2 .3 26,0 27.3 19.0 17.5 18.3 30.5 3 3 .0 33.1
Source: U.S. National Science Foundation, S u rv e y o f G rad u a te S c ie n c e S tu d e n ts a n d P o s td o c to ra te s , annual.
No. 1030. D e g r e e s C o n f e r r e d , by R e c ip ie n t s ’ C h a r a c t e r is t ic s , 1970 t o 1981, and by
S e l e c t e d F ie l d s , 1981
ALL FIELDS 1981
CHARACTERISTIC
1970 1975 1979 1980 Total1
Physical
sciences
*
Engineering
Biological
sciences
’
Psychology
Social
sciences
4
Doctorate conferred........................... 29,475 32,913 31,200 30,962 31,319 4,168 2,528 3,397 3,357 2,475
Percent with master's degree..... 78.6 81.3 81.2 60.9 80.6 59.3 89.4 50.7 81.4 84.6
Percent distribution.................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100,0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Male................................................. 86,5 78.1 71.4 69.7 68.5 88.0 96.1 7 1 .0 56.2 74.5
Female.............................................. 13.5 21.9 28.6 30,3 31.5 12.0 3.9 29.0 43.8 25.5
White *.............................................. (NA) 79.8 83.3 84.6 85.3 85.3 74.4 88.0 90.1 83.8
Black and other»............................... (NA) 12.1 10.9 10.5 10.6 9.0 21.9 7.5 7.3 1 0 .7
Not reported ‘ ................................... (NA) 8.1 5.8 4.9 4.1 5.7 3.7 4.5 2.6 5.5
U.S. citizens...................................... 84,2 82.1 81.3 81.0 79.8 73,6 46.2 86.8 92.5 74.9
Foreign citizens................................. 14.0 15.9 15.7 15.9 10.6 23.3 49.1 10.7 3.8 20.6
Citizenship unknown.......................... 1.6 2.0 3.0 3.1 3.6 3.1 4.7 2.6 3.7 4.5
Median age at award * (yr.)............... 30.7 31.5 31.9 32.2 3 2 .4 29.1 30.5 29.5 31.4 32,5
Median total time,‘ baccalaureate
to doctorate (yr.)............................ 7,9 8.6 9.0 9.3 9.4 6.8 7.9 7.0 8.4 9.5
Registered time (yr.).......................... 5.6 5.9 6.2 6.3 6.4 5.7 5.6 6.0 6.3 6.9
NA Not available, 'Includes other fields, not shown separately. "Astronomy, physios, chemistry, earth sciences,
mathematics, and computer sciences. "Biochemistry, botany, microbiology, physiology, zoology, and related fields, ‘ Anthropology,
sociology, economics, political science, public administration, and international relations. "1079-1981 data on race
limited to U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens with permanent visas (26,683 In 1979, 26,394 In 1980, and 26,262 In 1981). “For
definition of median, see Guide to tabular presentation. 11ncludes first professional degrees.
Source: U.S. National Science Foundation. Data from National Research Council, S u m m a ry R e p o rt, 1 9 8 1 : D o c to ra te R e c ip ie n ts
fro m U n ite d S ta te s U n iv e rs itie s .
No. 1031. S c ie n c e Do c t o r a t e s C o n f e r r e d : 1965 t o 1981
[Doctorates conferred, years ending June 30; enrollment as of fall term. See also H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l T im e s to 1 9 7 0 ,
series H 767-771, 774, and 776-780]
FIELD OF SCIENCE 1965 1 9 7 0 1 975 1976 1977 1978 1979 I9 6 0 1981
S c ie n c e d o c to ra te s c o n fe r r e d .............................. 10,477 17,731 18,3 52 17,972 17,373 17,034 17,230 1 7,195 17,623
Life sciences............................................................... 2 ,539 4 ,1 6 3 4 ,4 0 2 4 ,350 4,266 4,361 4,495 4 ,7 1 0 4,783
Biological sciences.................................................. 1,963 3 ,3 6 0 3,4 9 8 3 ,562 3,484 3,508 3,640 3 ,7 9 8 3,801
Agricultural sciences 1...... ....................................... 576 8 03 9 0 4 788 782 853 855 9 1 2 982
Physical sciences.................................................... . 2 ,865 4 ,4 0 0 3,7 4 9 3,572 3,410 3,2 3 4 3,321 3.151 3,208
Chemistry................................................................ 1,444 2 ,2 3 4 1,762 1,623 1,570 1,545 1,567 1,530 1,611
Physics and astronomy............................................ 1,046 1 ,655 1,293 1,235 1,149 1,066 1,108 985 1,015
Earth, environmental, and marine sciences......... . 3 75 511 694 714 691 623 646 628 582
Social sciences........................................................... 1,361 2 ,6 2 6 3,3 4 4 3,278 3,137 3,008 2 ,862 2 ,7 9 4 2,7 8 7
Psychology................................................................. 954 1 ,8 8 8 2 ,749 2,878 2 ,960 3,0 4 9 3,081 3 ,0 9 8 3,3 5 7
Engineering................................................................. 2,073 3 ,4 3 2 2 ,9 5 9 2,791 2,641 2,423 2 ,494 2 ,4 7 9 2 ,526
Mathematics............................................................... 6 85 1,2 2 2 1,149 1,003 9 5 9 9 59 9 7 7 9 6 3 9SD
' Excludes agricultural economics, included in social sciences.
Source: U.S. National Science Foundation. Data from National Research Council, Doctorate Record File.