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Figure 1 - Doctorates awarded by U.S. colleges and universities: 1958–2020
Figure 2 - Doctorates awarded in S&E fields, by citizenship: 2000–20
Figure 3 - Top 10 countries of foreign citizenship for doctorate recipients with temporary visas: 2010–20
Figure 4 - Sex and citizenship of doctorate recipients: 2000–20
Figure 5 - Sex and field of study of doctorate recipients: 2000–20
Figure 6 - Doctorates earned by underrepresented minority U.S. citizens and permanent residents: 2010–20
Figure 7 - Doctorates awarded in S&E broad fields of study: Selected years, 2000–20
Figure 8 - Doctorates awarded in non-S&E broad fields of study: Selected years, 2000–20
Figure 9 - Doctorate recipients on temporary visas: 2000 and 2020
Figure 10 - Doctorates awarded to minority U.S. citizens or permanent residents, by selected race, ethnicity, and broad field of study: 2020
Figure 11 - Doctorates awarded to women, by broad field of study: 2000 and 2020
Figure 12 - Fastest changing fields of study for female doctorate recipients and rates of change: 2010–20
Figure 13 - Doctorates awarded, by highest parental educational attainment: 2000–20
Figure 14 - Parental educational attainment of U.S. citizen or permanent resident doctorate recipients, by race and ethnicity: 2000 and 2020
Figure 15 - Primary source of financial support for doctorate recipients: 2020
Figure 16 - Primary source of financial support for doctorate recipients, by broad field of study: 2020
Figure 17 - Graduate debt of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study: 2020
Figure 18 - Median expected basic annual salary and median cumulative education-related debt for debt-holding doctorate recipients with definite employment commitments in the United States, by field of study: 2020
Figure 19 - Median time to degree of doctorate recipients, by broad field of study: 2000–20
Figure 20 - Definite commitments among doctorate recipients, by S&E broad field of study: 2000–20
Figure 21 - Definite commitments among doctorate recipients, by non-S&E broad field of study: 2000–20
Figure 22 - Definite employment commitments in academe in the United States, by broad field of study: 2000 and 2020
Figure 23 - U.S. postdoctorate rate for doctorate recipients, by broad field of study: Selected years, 2000–20
Figure 24 - Median expected basic annual salary of doctorate recipients with definite commitments in the United States, by position type and broad field of study: 2020
Figure 25 - Doctorate recipients, by selected field of study and citizenship status: 2020
Figure 26 - Top 25 countries of origin of U.S. doctorate recipients on temporary visas, by doctorate field: 2020
Figure 27 - Doctorates awarded to temporary visa holders, by intention to stay in the United States after graduation: 2010–20
Figure 28 - Doctorate recipients on temporary visas who intend to stay in the United States after graduation, by region of country of citizenship: 2020
Figure 29 - Intentions and definite plans to stay in the United States among S&E temporary visa holder doctorate recipients from top countries of origin, by place of citizenship: 2020
Figure 30 - Temporary visa holder doctorate recipients with definite commitments in the United States, by field of study: 2000 and 2020
Figure 31 - Type of postgraduation plans of doctorate recipients with definite commitments, by citizenship status: Selected years, 2000–20
Figure 32 - Doctorate recipients with definite postgraduation commitments for employment, by field and citizenship status: 2020
Figure 33 - Location of employment commitments of doctorate recipients with definite employment commitments, by citizenship status: 2020
Figure 34 - Employment sector of doctorate recipients with definite postgraduation employment commitments, by citizenship status and location of commitments: 2020
Figure 35 - Employment sector of U.S. citizen and permanent resident doctorate recipients with definite postgraduation commitments for employment in the United States: 2000 and 2020
Figure 36 - Employment sector of doctorate recipients on temporary visas with definite postgraduation commitments for employment in the United States: 2000 and 2020
Table A - Adult resident population of the United States, by race and ethnicity: 2019
Table B - S&E doctorate awards to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, by race and ethnicity: 2020
Table C - Doctorate recipients in engineering, by citizenship status and fine field: 2020
