Number of doctorates awarded by US institutions in 2016 close to all-time high

Number of doctorates awarded by US institutions in 2016 close to all-time high

U.S. institutions awarded 54,904 research doctorate degrees in 2016, only five fewer than the previous year's record high, according to the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), a federally sponsored annual census of research degree recipients.

SED provides data for Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities, a report published by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science ...

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Published April 03, 2018 at 08:21PM
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