________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Selected characteristic |1979-80|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98|1998-99|1999-2000|2000-01|2001-02| 2002-03
_____________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|________
1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16
_____________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|________
Number of degrees ...................| 5,325| 6,605| 6,933| 7,115| 7,395| 7,739| 7,918| 8,255| 8,213| 8,540| 8,126| 8,529| 8,296| 8,350| 8,369
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sex (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male ..............................| 74.8| 62.6| 61.4| 60.7| 58.3| 58.4| 57.9| 56.5| 55.0| 54.5| 55.3| 53.1| 52.8| 52.3| 51.7
Female ............................| 25.2| 37.4| 41.7| 39.3| 41.7| 41.6| 42.1| 43.5| 45.0| 45.5| 44.7| 46.9| 47.2| 47.7| 48.3
Racial/ethnic group (percent)\1\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ...............| 91.8| 89.6| 88.0| 87.3| 85.1| 78.2| 74.9| 75.5| 77.5| 78.5| 78.5| 80.1| 80.4| 79.8| 80.1
Black, non-Hispanic ...............| 1.6| 1.9| 2.4| 2.3| 2.9| 2.6| 3.1| 2.9| 3.4| 3.3| 3.6| 3.8| 3.8| 3.7| 3.7
Hispanic ..........................| 1.1| 2.7| 2.6| 2.8| 3.0| 3.2| 3.0| 3.1| 3.5| 4.1| 4.0| 4.0| 3.7| 4.1| 4.4
Asian\2\ ..........................| 5.3| 5.6| 6.6| 7.1| 8.7| 15.7| 18.5| 17.9| 15.3| 13.6| 13.4| 11.7| 11.7| 12.1| 11.4
American Indian/Alaska Native .....| 0.2| 0.2| 0.4| 0.4| 0.3| 0.4| 0.5| 0.5| 0.3| 0.4| 0.5| 0.4| 0.4| 0.3| 0.3
Citizenship (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
United States .....................| 80.4| 68.0| 66.8| 65.7| 65.3| 64.0| 63.1| 60.7| 62.0| 61.9| 63.0| 64.6| 65.0| 63.8| 64.9
Foreign ...........................| 17.6| 26.3| 29.1| 31.8| 32.6| 34.9| 35.2| 37.0| 31.7| 31.4| 33.4| 31.6| 29.6| 29.9| 30.6
Unknown ...........................| 2.0| 5.6| 4.0| 2.5| 2.2| 1.1| 1.7| 2.2| 6.3| 6.7| 3.6| 3.9| 5.4| 6.3| 4.6
Median age at doctorate (years) .....| 30.0| 32.3| 32.4| 32.7| 32.5| 32.7| 32.4| 32.5| 32.3| 32.3| 32.1| 32.1| 31.8| 31.9| 31.8
Percent with bachelor's degree in | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
same field as doctorate ..........| 40.9| 53.8| 54.1| 53.5| 51.9| 51.0| 50.8| 49.2| 46.9| 48.9| 47.0| 49.3| 47.3| 47.4| 47.8
Median time lapse from bachelor's | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to doctorate (years) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total time ........................| 7.3| 9.1| 9.1| 9.4| 9.4| 9.5| 9.5| 9.6| 9.2| 9.1| 9.0| 9.0| 9.0| 8.9| 8.8
Registered time ...................| 5.8| 6.7| 6.7| 6.7| 6.8| 7.0| 7.0| 7.0| 7.0| 7.0| 7.0| 7.0| 7.0| 7.0| 7.0
_____________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|________ |