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Research and Development Outputs
Quartiles | Findings | Description
S&E doctorate conferred per 1,000 S&E doctorate holders: 2003
S&E doctorate conferred per 1,000 S&E doctorate holders: 2003
Quartiles
S&E doctorates conferred per 1,000 S&E doctorate holders: 2003*
| 1st Quartile (72.9–55.4) |
2nd Quartile (52.6–45.3) |
3rd Quartile (43.8–35.1) |
4th Quartile (34.3–17.5) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | District of Columbia | California | Alaska |
| Arizona | Florida | Colorado | Arkansas |
| Illinois | Georgia | Connecticut | Hawaii |
| Indiana | Massachusetts | Delaware | Idaho |
| Iowa | Mississippi | Kentucky | Maine |
| Kansas | Missouri | Minnesota | Maryland |
| Louisiana | New York | Nevada | Montana |
| Michigan | Ohio | New Hampshire | New Jersey |
| Nebraska | Oklahoma | North Carolina | New Mexico |
| North Dakota | Pennsylvania | Oregon | Vermont |
| Utah | Rhode Island | South Carolina | Virginia |
| Wisconsin | Texas | South Dakota | Washington |
| Wyoming | West Virginia | Tennessee | |
| *States in alphabetical order, not data order.
SOURCES: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates; and Survey of Doctorate Recipients. See |
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Findings
- In 2003, 25,000 S&E doctorates were awarded by U.S. academic institutions, essentially the same as in 2001 but lower than the nearly 27,000 S&E doctorates awarded in 1997.
- The state average of this indicator decreased between 1997 and 2003, reflecting both a decline in the production of new S&E doctorate holders and an increase in the stock of S&E doctorate holders living in the United States.
- This indicator is volatile for many states and may reflect the migration patterns of existing S&E doctorate holders.
Description
This indicator provides a measure of the rate at which the states are training new science and engineering doctorate recipients for entry into the workforce. High values indicate relatively large production of new doctorate holders compared with the existing stock. Some states with relatively low values may need to attract S&E doctorate holders from elsewhere to meet the needs of local employers.
This indicator does not account for the mobility of recent S&E doctorate recipients, which is very high. Foreign-born graduate students may decide to return home after graduation to begin their careers. Most recent doctorate recipients are influenced by the location of employment opportunities.
U.S. S&E doctorate holders include those in the physical, life, earth, ocean, atmospheric, computer, and social sciences; mathematics; engineering; and psychology. Medical doctorates are excluded. The population of doctorate holders for this indicator consisted of all individuals under age 76 years who received a research doctorate in science or engineering from a U.S. institution and were residing in the United States.
