Figure 1 - Doctorates awarded by U.S. colleges and universities: 1958–2021
Figure 2 - Doctorates awarded in S&E and non-S&E fields, by citizenship status: 2001–21
Figure 3 - Top 10 countries or economies of foreign citizenship for doctorate recipients with temporary visas: 2011–21
Figure 4 - Doctorates awarded, by sex and citizenship: 2001–21
Figure 5 - Doctorates awarded, by sex and field: 2001–21
Figure 6 - Doctorates earned by underrepresented minority U.S. citizens and permanent residents, by field: 2001–21
Figure 7 - Doctorates awarded in S&E broad fields: 2001 and 2021
Figure 8 - Doctorates awarded in non-S&E broad fields: 2001–21
Figure 9 - Doctorate recipients on temporary visas, by broad fields: 2001 and 2021
Figure 10 - Doctorates awarded to minority U.S. citizens and permanent residents, by selected race, ethnicity, and broad field: 2021
Figure 11 - Doctorates awarded to women, by S&E broad field: 2001 and 2021
Figure 12 - Fastest-changing fields for female doctorate recipients and rates of change: 2011–21
Figure 13 - Doctorate recipients, by highest parental educational attainment of either parent: 2001–21
Figure 14 - Highest parental educational attainment of U.S. citizen and permanent resident doctorate recipients, by race and ethnicity: 2001 and 2021
Figure 15 - Primary source of financial support for doctorate recipients: 2021
Figure 16 - Primary source of financial support for S&E doctorate recipients, by broad field: 2021
Figure 17 - Graduate debt of doctorate recipients, by broad field: 2021
Figure 18 - Median basic annual salary and median education-related cumulative debt for debt-holding doctorate recipients with definite non-postdoc employment commitments in the United States, by broad field: 2021
Figure 19 - Median time to degree of doctorate recipients, by broad field: 2001–21
Figure 20 - Definite commitments among doctorate recipients, by S&E broad field: 2001–21
Figure 21 - Definite commitments among doctorate recipients, by non-S&E broad field: 2001–21
Figure 22 - Definite non-postdoc employment commitments in academe in the United States, by broad field: 2001–21
Figure 23 - U.S. postdoctorate rate for doctorate recipients, by broad field: 2001 and 2021
Figure 24 - Median annual salary of doctorate recipients with definite commitments in the United States, by position type and broad field: 2021
Figure 25 - Temporary visa holder doctorate recipients with definite commitments in the United States, by broad field: 2001–21
Figure 26 - COVID-19 pandemic impacts among doctorate recipients: 2021
Figure 27 - COVID-19 pandemic impacts among doctorate recipients, by broad field: 2021
Figure 28 - COVID-19 pandemic impacts among non-S&E doctorate recipients, by broad field: 2021
Figure 29 - Selected COVID-19 pandemic impacts among S&E doctorate recipients, by 2018 Carnegie Classification of doctorate institution: 2021
Figure 30 - COVID-19 pandemic impacts among S&E doctorate recipients, by postgraduation employment status: 2021
Figure 31 - Selected COVID-19 pandemic impacts among S&E doctorate recipients, by type of definite commitment: 2021
Figure 32 - Selected COVID-19 pandemic impacts among S&E doctorate recipients, by citizenship status: 2021
Figure 33 - Selected COVID-19 pandemic impacts among S&E doctorate recipients, by dependent status: 2021
