Survey of Earned Doctorates

Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)

The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) is a federal agency survey conducted by NORC for the National Science Foundation and five other federal agencies (National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Education, National Endowment for the Humanities, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration).

The SED gathers information annually from 45,000 new U.S. research doctorate graduates about their educational histories, funding sources, and post-doctoral plans. Each year the SED data are added to a larger historical record of doctorate-degree graduates, the Doctorate Records File (DRF). Begun in 1920, the DRF contains annual information used to track the number of graduates in various fields; the educational paths of scientists, engineers, and humanists; movement of graduates into the labor market; and similar information.

A related study to the SED is the NSF Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR). This second study tracks the employment history and research productivity of members of the labor force as they move through their careers in research and practice.

Questionnaires

SED09 (For those receiving doctorates between July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009

SED08 (For those receiving doctorates between July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008)

SED07 (For those receiving doctorates between July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007)

Brochures, Standard Products List and Order Forms

NEW 2007 Survey of Earned Doctorates Fact Sheet

SED 2009 Purpose and Use Brochure

How the SED Keeps Your Information Strictly Confidential

Standard Products List

Association Profiles

Tabulations of U.S. Research Doctorates by Race/Ethnicity or Gender and Fine Field of Study, 1997-2006

Baccalaureate - Origins of U.S. Research Doctorate Recipients: 1997-2006