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Number of doctorates ........| 2,479 | 2,528 | 3,376 | 4,187 | 4,543 | 4,894 | 5,214 | 5,438 | 5,698 | 5,822 | 6,008 | 6,305 | 6,052 | 5,919 | 5,337
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Sex (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Men ............................| 96.4 | 96.1 | 93.3 | 93.2 | 91.8 | 91.5 | 91.3 | 90.7 | 90.9 | 89.1 | 88.4 | 87.7 | 87.6 | 86.9 | 85.1
Women ..........................| 3.6 | 3.9 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 14.9
Racial/ethnic group (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
American Indian ................| 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4
Asian ..........................| 18.9 | 20.0 | 15.6 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 15.3 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 19.7 | 28.8 | 31.5 | 26.8 | 22.3 | 19.0 | 18.4
Black ..........................| 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.4
Hispanic .................. | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 2.9
White ..........................| 77.8 | 77.3 | 80.6 | 79.4 | 79.5 | 80.4 | 77.4 | 76.5 | 75.9 | 67.0 | 63.7 | 67.6 | 71.5 | 73.9 | 74.9
Citizenship (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
United States ..................| 50.6 | 46.2 | 40.8 | 42.4 | 40.9 | 39.4 | 37.9 | 38.7 | 39.1 | 38.0 | 39.7 | 41.1 | 44.3 | 43.0 | 46.4
Foreign ........................| 46.3 | 49.1 | 50.8 | 49.8 | 50.4 | 52.5 | 54.7 | 57.8 | 57.1 | 60.0 | 57.9 | 55.7 | 49.5 | 48.5 | 48.6
Unknown ........................| 3.1 | 4.7 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 5.1
Median age at doctorate (years) ..| 30.3 | 30.5 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 31.1 | 31.2 | 31.4 | 31.5 | 31.6 | 31.7 | 31.7 | 31.7 | 31.3 | 31.6 | 31.4
Percent with bachelor's degree in | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
same field as doctorate ........| 75.2 | 74.1 | 73.0 | 76.4 | 76.2 | 76.9 | 79.0 | 81.8 | 80.1 | 80.4 | 79.1 | 80.2 | 75.9 | 71.0 | 71.2
Median time lapse from bachelor's | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to doctorate (years) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total time .....................| 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.7
Registered time ................| 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.6
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