National (and U. of Delaware) Data from the 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates University of Delaware Graduate Directors Meeting April 29, 2016 Mark K. Fiegener National Science Foundation National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

What is the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)? SED is an annual census of all new research doctorate recipients from accredited U.S. academic institutions Administered directly to doctorate recipients “through” their institutions (usually the Grad School Office) Conducted since 1958, with limited data back to institutions and 54,070 doctorate recipients participated in the 2014 SED 1 Timing of the 2016 SED Academic Year: 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016 Data collection: May 2015 to December 2016 Data released: December 2017

Selected SED data items 2 Citizenship status Sex Race/ethnicity Disability status Demographics Degree history (type, year, field, institution) Financial support during graduate school Education-related debt incurred Time to degree Educational “pathways” Postgraduation plans for coming year Postgraduation status (e.g., definite commitment, searching for position) Type of position (postdoc training vs. employed position) Sector of employment Primary/secondary work activity Postgraduation location Starting salary

Doctorates awarded by U.S. colleges and universities: 1957–2014 Source: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2014 ( 54,070 40,588 13,482 3

Doctorates awarded by University of Delaware: 1958–2014 Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) Doctorate recipients

Percent of doctorates awarded in S&E fields of study, University of Delaware and peer schools: 1958–2014 Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) S&E doctorates as percent of total 5 * VHRU = Very High Research Universities in Carnegie Classification system (2010)

Doctorates awarded in science and engineering fields of study: 1994–2014 Source: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2014 ( 6

Doctorates awarded in non-science and engineering fields of study: 1994–2014 Source: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2014 ( 7

Percent of doctorates awarded in fields of study, University of Delaware and peer schools: Total, 2004–14 Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) Percent of all doctorates awarded 8

Doctorates awarded to women by fields of study: 1994–2014 Source: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2014 ( 9

Percent of female doctorate recipients, University of Delaware and peer schools: 1994–2014 Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) Percent female 10

Doctorates earned by members of U.S. underrepresented minorities: 1994–2014 Source: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2014 ( 11

Percent of under-represented minority doctorate recipients, University of Delaware and peer schools: 1994–2014 Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) URM as percent of all U.S. citizen and permanent resident doctorates 12

Doctorates awarded in S&E fields of study by citizenship: 1994–2014 Source: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2014 ( 13

Percent of S&E doctorates awarded to temporary residents, University of Delaware and peer schools: 1994–2014 Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) Temporary residents as percent of all S&E doctorates 14

Top 10 countries of foreign citizenship for U.S. doctorate recipients: Total, 2004–14 Source: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2014 ( 15

Top 10 countries of foreign citizenship for University of Delaware doctorate recipients: Total, 2004–14 Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) Doctorate recipients 16

Median time to degree by fields of study: 1994–2014 Source: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2014 ( 17

Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) Median time to degree by fields of study, University of Delaware and peer schools: Total, 2010–14 18

Primary source of financial support: 2004–14 Source: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2014 ( 19

Percent using “own resources” as primary financial support, University of Delaware and peer schools: 2004–14 Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) Percent 20

Primary source of financial support by fields of study, University of Delaware and peer schools: Total, Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) Life sciencesPhysical sciencesSocial sciences 21

For further information on the SED: SED Project Officers Lynn Milan, Ph.D. Mark Fiegener, Ph.D. SED Data: 22

Graduate education-related debt by fields of study, University of Delaware and peer schools: Total, Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) Life sciencesPhysical sciences Social sciences Engineering Education Humanities

Definite commitments at doctorate award by science and engineering fields of study: 1994–2014 Source: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2014 (

Definite commitments at doctorate award by non-science and engineering fields of study: 1994–2014 Source: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2014 (

Definite commitments by fields of study, University of Delaware and peer schools: Total, 2004–14 Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) Percent of doctorate recipients with definite commitments

Definite commitments for U.S. academic employment by fields of study: 1994–2014 Source: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2014 (

Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) Definite commitments for U.S. academic employment by fields, University of Delaware and peer schools: Total, 2004–14 % of definite commitments in U.S. that are for academic employment

U.S. postdoc rate by fields of study: 1994–2014 Source: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2014 (

U.S. postdoc rate, University of Delaware and peers schools: 1994–2014 Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) % of U.S. definite commitments that are for postdocs

Median salary of doctorates with definite commitments in the U.S. by position type and fields of study: 2014 Source: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2014 (

Research as primary work activity by fields of study, University of Delaware and peer schools: Total, 2004–14 Source: 2014 Survey of Earned Doctorates; special tabulation (April 2016) % of those with definite employment commitments reporting “research” as primary work activity