Table 5-10
S&E doctorate holders and graduate research assistants employed in academia, by Carnegie institution type: 1973–2003
(Percent distribution)
 
Group and institution type 1973–83 1983–93 1993–2003
All employed S&E doctorate holders 100.0 100.0 100.0
Research universities 53.7 53.4 50.0
Doctorate-granting institutions 11.5 11.4 11.0
Comprehensive institutions 18.0 18.5 18.3
Other 16.8 16.8 20.7
Researchers 100.0 100.0 100.0
Research universities 64.8 62.2 57.8
Doctorate-granting institutions 10.9 11.2 11.3
Comprehensive institutions 12.4 13.9 14.5
Other 11.9 12.8 16.4
Graduate research assistants 100.0 100.0 100.0
Research universities 87.5 84.0 80.4
Doctorate-granting institutions 9.3 10.1 11.8
Comprehensive institutions 2.2 3.5 4.9
Other 1.0 2.4 2.9
 

NOTES: Researchers are those reporting research as primary or secondary work activity. Graduate research assistants are full-time graduate students with research assistantships as primary mechanism of support. Institutions designated by 1994 Carnegie classification code. For information on these institutional categories, see chapter 2 sidebar, "Carnegie Classification of Academic Institutions." Freestanding schools of engineering and technology included under comprehensive institutions. "Other" includes freestanding medical schools, 4-year colleges, specialized institutions, and institutions without Carnegie code. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

SOURCES: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients, special tabulations; and Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, special tabulations. See appendix table 5-34.
 
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