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
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
SED Summary Reports
NEW 2007 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Selected Tables
2006 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report (Updated)
2005 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report
2004 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report
2003 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report
2002 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report
2001 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report
2000 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report
1999 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report
1998 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report
1997 Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: Summary Report
Data Tables
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