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Number of doctorates ........| 7,576 | 7,489 | 6,649 | 6,362 | 6,281 | 6,510 | 6,454 | 6,677 | 6,689 | 6,708 | 6,649 | 6,772 | 6,497 | 6,559 | 6,557
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Sex (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Men ............................| 55.5 | 52.8 | 45.6 | 44.8 | 42.5 | 42.4 | 41.9 | 40.5 | 41.3 | 39.1 | 38.4 | 38.3 | 36.7 | 37.0 | 35.8
Women ..........................| 44.5 | 47.2 | 54.4 | 55.2 | 57.5 | 57.6 | 58.1 | 59.5 | 58.7 | 60.9 | 61.6 | 61.7 | 63.3 | 63.0 | 64.2
Racial/ethnic group (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
American Indian ................| 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1
Asian ..........................| 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1
Black ..........................| 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 11.6 | 11.7
Hispanic .......................| 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.8
White ..........................| 86.3 | 85.9 | 86.1 | 86.4 | 86.5 | 86.0 | 85.6 | 84.8 | 83.7 | 83.9 | 81.6 | 82.2 | 81.1 | 79.1 | 79.3
Citizenship (percent) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
United States ..................| 88.7 | 87.7 | 84.7 | 83.1 | 82.9 | 84.4 | 84.8 | 86.8 | 86.4 | 87.4 | 86.8 | 86.6 | 82.6 | 84.3 | 82.8
Foreign ........................| 8.2 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 10.6
Unknown ........................| 3.1 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 9.3 | 6.6 | 6.5
Median age at doctorate (years) ..| 37.0 | 37.3 | 39.4 | 40.5 | 41.1 | 41.6 | 42.1 | 42.7 | 43.0 | 43.6 | 43.8 | 44.3 | 44.0 | 44.3 | 44.3
Percent with bachelor's degree in | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
same field as doctorate ........| 39.0 | 38.9 | 39.0 | 36.9 | 38.5 | 37.5 | 39.3 | 38.7 | 37.4 | 36.9 | 37.0 | 36.1 | 34.1 | 35.0 | 34.8
Median time lapse from bachelor's | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to doctorate (years) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total time .....................| 13.1 | 13.5 | 15.7 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 17.9 | 18.4 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 19.7 | 19.9 | 20.2 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 19.9
Registered time ................| 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.2
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