Institution Profile from the Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2009

ATTACHMENT 8.1
Institution Profile from the Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2009							Institution Profile - Results for : Prototype Univ.
	Results for : Prototype Univ.									All Doctoral/Research
										Universities
Section I. A comparison of research doctorates at your institution with research doctorates from								Your Institution		Very High Research Institutions†		All Institutions
Doctoral/Research Universities—very high research activity, and all doctorate institutions								Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
			All Doctoral/Research				Post-graduation Plans
			Universities				Post-graduation status (Immediate status following award of degree)
	Your Institution		Very High Research Institutions†		All Institutions		Definite postgraduation study	125	29.7	8,879	29.2	11,495	26.4
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Definite employment	192	45.6	12,242	40.3	18,422	42.3
							Seeking employment or study	89	21.1	8,101	26.6	11,917	27.3
Total of research doctorate recipients	529	100.0	33,974	100.0	49,562	100.0	Other	15	3.6	1,192	3.9	1,765	4.0
Demographics
Sex							Post-graduation plans (Type of employment immediately following doctorate)
Male	279	52.7	18,883	55.6	26,338	53.1	Postdoc fellowship	56	17.7	4,631	21.9	6,127	20.5
Female	250	47.3	15,066	44.3	23,190	46.8	Postdoc research associateship	64	20.2	3,954	18.7	4,890	16.3
Unknown	0	0.0	25	0.1	34	0.1	Other study	5	1.6	294	1.4	478	1.6
Citizenship							Employment (other than postdoc)	192	60.6	12,242	58.0	18,422	61.6
U.S. citizen or permanent visa	325	61.8	21,288	65.7	32,231	68.6
Temporary visa	201	38.2	11,099	34.3	14,724	31.4	Post-graduation employment (Excluding postdoctoral fellowships, associateships, traineeships)
Race/ethnicity (U.S. citizens or permanent residents)							Academe	81	42.2	6,597	53.9	9,706	52.7
American Indian/Alaska Native	3	0.9	85	0.4	146	0.5	Government	36	18.8	805	6.6	1,340	7.3
Asian	25	7.8	2,049	9.7	2,687	8.4	Industry/business	46	24.0	3,522	28.8	4,569	24.8
Black	27	8.5	1,036	4.9	2,221	6.9	Nonprofit	13	6.8	497	4.1	868	4.7
Hispanic	9	2.8	1,149	5.4	1,866	5.8	Other/unknown	16	8.3	821	6.7	1,939	10.5
White	252	79.0	16,076	76.2	24,053	75.3
Multi-race	3	0.9	458	2.2	651	2.0	Primary work activity (Excluding postdoctoral fellowships, associateships, traineeships)
Other	0	0.0	237	1.1	337	1.1	R&D	86	50.9	5,086	45.8	6,281	37.7
							Teaching	45	26.6	3,789	34.1	6,091	36.5
Graduate Study							Management or administration	23	13.6	1,160	10.5	2,410	14.5
Field of study							Professional services	14	8.3	910	8.2	1,651	9.9
Life sciences	124	23.4	8,098	23.8	11,402	23.0	Other	1	0.6	153	1.4	240	1.4
Physical sciences	112	21.2	6,574	19.4	8,331	16.8
Social sciences	75	14.2	4,854	14.3	7,836	15.8	Secondary work activity (Excluding postdoctoral fellowships, associateships, traineeships)
Engineering	90	17.0	6,049	17.8	7,634	15.4	R&D	44	26.0	3,377	30.4	5,066	30.4
Education	45	8.5	3,001	8.8	6,531	13.2	Teaching	26	15.4	2,103	18.9	2,963	17.8
Humanities	54	10.2	3,573	10.5	4,899	9.9	Management or administration	27	16.0	1,279	11.5	1,945	11.7
Other fields	29	5.5	1,825	5.4	2,929	5.9	Professional services	10	5.9	651	5.9	1,133	6.8
Debt level							Other	8	4.7	233	2.1	400	2.4
None	262	59.1	16,850	53.6	23,274	51.4	No secondary activity	54	32.0	3,455	31.1	5,166	31.0
$35,000 or less	118	26.6	9,093	28.9	12,750	28.2
More than $35,000	63	14.2	5,521	17.5	9,220	20.4
Note: A total of 84.1 percent of your institution's doctorate recipients responded to the Survey of Earned Doctorates in 2009;
nationwide, 92.3 percent of doctorate recipients responded to the SED.
SOURCE: NSF/NIH/USED/NEH/USDA/NASA, 2009 Survey of Earned Doctorates.							SOURCE: NSF/NIH/USED/NEH/USDA/NASA, 2009 Survey of Earned Doctorates.
Institution Profile - Results for : Prototype Univ.							Institution Profile - Results for : Prototype Univ.
			All Doctoral/Research
			Universities							Science and		Non-science and
	Your Institution		Very High Research Institutions†		All Institutions			All		Engineering		Engineering
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Postdoctoral study support							Post-graduation Plans
U.S. government **	34	27.2	2,633	29.7	3,400	29.6	Post-graduation status (Immediate status following award of degree)
College or university	60	48.0	4,084	46.0	5,168	45.0	Definite postgraduation study	125	100.0	121	96.8	4	3.2
Private foundation	5	4.0	421	4.7	545	4.7	Definite employment	192	100.0	120	62.5	72	37.5
Nonprofit, other than private	2	1.6	252	2.8	354	3.1	Seeking employment or study	89	100.0	56	62.9	33	37.1
Other	7	5.6	802	9.0	1,067	9.3	Other	15	100.0	13	86.7	2	13.3
Unknown	17	13.6	687	7.7	961	8.4
							Post-graduation plans (Type of employment immediately following doctorate)
							Postdoc fellowship	56	100.0	52	92.9	4	7.1
Median time to degree (Number of years)							Postdoc research associateship	64	100.0	64	100.0	0	0.0
Since baccalaureate	9.4		8.8		9.3		Other study	5	100.0	5	100.0	0	0.0
Since starting graduate school	7.9		7.3		7.7		Employment (other than postdoc)	192	100.0	120	62.5	72	37.5
							Post-graduation employment (Excluding postdoctoral fellowships, associateships, traineeships)
Section II. A comparison of science and engineering doctorates with doctorates in other fields at :							Academe	81	100.0	38	46.9	43	53.1
Protytpe Univ.							Government	36	100.0	31	86.1	5	13.9
			Science and		Non-science and		Industry/business	46	100.0	42	91.3	4	8.7
	All		Engineering		Engineering		Nonprofit	13	100.0	7	53.8	6	46.2
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Other/unknown	16	100.0	2	12.5	14	87.5
Total of research doctorate recipients	529	100.0	401	75.8	128	24.2
Demographics										Science and		Non-science and
Citizenship								All		Engineering		Engineering
U.S. citizen or permanent visa	325	100.0	222	68.3	103	31.7	Median time to degree (Number of years)
Temporary visa	201	100.0	178	88.6	23	11.4	Since baccalaureate	9.4		8.6		13.3
							Since starting graduate school	7.9		7.3		10.3
Graduate Study
Debt level
None	262	100.0	207	79.0	55	21.0
$35,000 or less	118	100.0	80	67.8	38	32.2
More than $35,000	63	100.0	40	63.5	23	36.5
Primary source of support during graduate school
Teaching assistantships	79	100.0	46	58.2	33	41.8
Research or other assistantships/traineeships	178	100.0	159	89.3	19	10.7
Fellowships/grants	72	100.0	55	76.4	17	23.6
Own resources	53	100.0	24	45.3	29	54.7
Employer	29	100.0	19	65.5	10	34.5
Other	2	100.0	1	50.0	1	50.0
** Research assistantships funded by the federal government are counted as university support.
"Science/Engineering" includes physical science/mathematics, engineering, life sciences, and social sciences.
"Non-Science/Engineering" includes humanities, education and other professional fields.							"Science/Engineering" includes physical science/mathematics, engineering, life sciences, and social sciences.
† - See http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/ for information about Carnegie classifications.							"Non-Science/Engineering" includes humanities, education and other fields.
SOURCE: NSF/NIH/USED/NEH/USDA/NASA, 2009 Survey of Earned Doctorates.							NOTE: Except for those reported for the sex variable, all percentages are based on total responses with missing data excluded. Percentage totals may not sum to 100 because of rounding. Percents calculated based on a small number of cases should be interpreted with caution. -- = Data not available.
							SOURCE: NSF/NIH/USED/NEH/USDA/NASA, 2009 Survey of Earned Doctorates.