Figure 1 - Doctorates awarded by U.S. colleges and universities: 1958–2023
Figure 2 - Doctorates awarded in S&E and non-S&E fields, by citizenship status: 2003–23
Figure 3 - Doctorates awarded, by sex and citizenship: 2003–23
Figure 4 - Doctorates awarded, by sex and field: 2003–23
Figure 5 - Doctorates earned by U.S. citizen and permanent resident racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in S&E, by field: 2003–23
Figure 6 - Doctorate recipients in S&E trend broad fields: 2003–23
Figure 7 - Doctorates awarded in non-S&E trend broad fields: 2003–23
Figure 8 - Doctorate recipients on temporary visas, by trend broad field: 2003 and 2023
Figure 9 - Doctorates awarded to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, by selected minority race or ethnicity and broad field: 2023
Figure 10 - Doctorates awarded to women, by trend broad field: 2003 and 2023
Figure 11 - Definite commitments among doctorate recipients, by S&E trend broad field: 2003–23
Figure 12 - Definite commitments among doctorate recipients, by non-S&E trend broad field: 2003–23
Figure 13 - Definite non-postdoc employment commitments in academe in the United States, by trend broad field: 2003–23
Figure 14 - Definite non-postdoc employment commitments in industry or business in the United States, by trend broad field: 2003–23
Figure 15 - S&E U.S. postdoc rate for doctorate recipients, by trend broad field: 2003–23
Figure 16 - S&E temporary visa holder doctorate recipients with definite commitments in the United States, by trend broad field: 2003–23
Figure A - COVID-19 pandemic impacts among doctorate recipients: 2021–23
