Institution Profile

Institution Profile from the Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2011							Institution Profile - Results for : ABC Univ.
	Results for : ABC 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				Postgraduation Plans
			Universities				Postgraduation status (Immediate status following award of degree)
	Your Institution		Very High Research Institutions†		All Institutions		Definite postgraduation study	183	33.8	9,485	29.4	11,848	27.4
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Definite employment	196	36.2	11,414	35.4	15,902	36.8
							Seeking employment or study	129	23.8	10,185	31.6	13,787	31.9
Total of research doctorate recipients	567	100.0	36,092	100.0	49,010	100.0	Other	33	6.1	1,182	3.7	1,665	3.9
Demographics
Sex							Postgraduation plans (Type of employment immediately following doctorate)
Male	320	56.4	19,826	54.9	26,237	53.5	Postdoc fellowship	136	35.9	4,774	22.8	6,103	22.0
Female	247	43.6	16,251	45.0	22,751	46.4	Postdoc research associateship	42	11.1	4,387	21.0	5,288	19.1
Unknown	0	0.0	15	0.0	22	0.0	Other study	5	1.3	324	1.6	457	1.6
Citizenship							Employment (other than postdoc)	196	51.7	11,414	54.6	15,902	57.3
U.S. citizen or permanent visa	397	71.7	23,024	67.6	31,789	69.1
Temporary visa	157	28.3	11,015	32.4	14,245	30.9	Postgraduation employment (Excluding postdoctoral fellowships, associateships, traineeships)
Race/ethnicity (U.S. citizens or permanent residents)							Academe	121	61.7	6,044	53.0	8,424	53.0
American Indian/Alaska Native	0	0.0	83	0.4	136	0.4	Government	11	5.6	893	7.8	1,336	8.4
Asian	63	15.9	2,258	9.8	2,870	9.0	Industry/business	44	22.4	3,277	28.7	4,129	26.0
Black	18	4.5	1,089	4.7	1,953	6.1	Nonprofit	9	4.6	564	4.9	890	5.6
Hispanic	20	5.0	1,341	5.8	2,006	6.3	Other/unknown	11	5.6	636	5.6	1,123	7.1
White	277	69.8	17,252	74.9	23,541	74.1
Two or more races	7	1.8	561	2.4	728	2.3	Primary work activity (Excluding postdoctoral fellowships, associateships, traineeships)
Other/unknown	12	3.0	440	1.9	555	1.7	R&D	84	44.9	4,940	46.3	5,924	40.2
							Teaching	64	34.2	3,744	35.1	5,457	37.1
Education							Management or administration	14	7.5	913	8.6	1,636	11.1
Doctoral field of study							Professional services	18	9.6	863	8.1	1,419	9.6
Life sciences	149	26.3	8,449	23.4	11,467	23.4	Other	7	3.7	200	1.9	283	1.9
Physical sciences	96	16.9	6,991	19.4	8,678	17.7
Social sciences	111	19.6	5,414	15.0	8,120	16.6	Secondary work activity (Excluding postdoctoral fellowships, associateships, traineeships)
Engineering	23	4.1	6,511	18.0	8,004	16.3	R&D	67	35.8	3,206	30.1	4,457	30.3
Education	39	6.9	2,757	7.6	4,691	9.6	Teaching	44	23.5	1,751	16.4	2,345	15.9
Humanities	122	21.5	4,068	11.3	5,214	10.6	Management or administration	15	8.0	1,316	12.3	1,821	12.4
Other fields	27	4.8	1,902	5.3	2,836	5.8	Professional services	6	3.2	656	6.2	1,033	7.0
Graduate and undergraduate total debt level							Other	5	2.7	252	2.4	350	2.4
None	357	64.6	18,320	54.4	23,583	52.3	No secondary activity	50	26.7	3,479	32.6	4,713	32.0
$30,000 or less	119	21.5	8,301	24.7	10,810	24.0
More than $30,000	77	13.9	7,043	20.9	10,688	23.7
	Number	Median	Number	Median	Number	Median
Median time to degree (Number of doctorates reporting and median number of years)
Since baccalaureate	547	8.2	33,455	8.8	45,224	9.1
Since starting graduate school	535	6.9	32,389	7.3	43,261	7.7
Note: A total of 97.9 percent of your institution's doctorate recipients responded to the Survey of Earned Doctorates in 2011;
nationwide, 92.8 percent of doctorate recipients responded to the SED.
SOURCE: NSF/NIH/USED/USDA/NEH/NASA, Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2011.						IPIDXXXX	SOURCE: NSF/NIH/USED/USDA/NEH/NASA, Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2011.						IPIDXXXX
Institution Profile - Results for : ABC Univ.							Institution Profile - Results for : ABC Univ.
										Science and		Non-science and
			All Doctoral/Research					All		Engineering		Engineering
			Universities					Number	Median	Number	Median	Number	Median
	Your Institution		Very High Research Institutions†		All Institutions		Median time to degree (Number of doctorates reporting and median number of years)
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Since baccalaureate	547	8.2	365	8.0	182	10.9
Postdoctoral study support							Since starting graduate school	535	6.9	364	6.7	171	8.7
U.S. government **	45	24.6	3,095	32.6	3,841	32.4
College or university	82	44.8	3,891	41.0	4,750	40.1
Private foundation	23	12.6	464	4.9	560	4.7		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Nonprofit, other than private	5	2.7	290	3.1	417	3.5	Postgraduation Plans
Other	11	6.0	808	8.5	1,037	8.8	Postgraduation status (Immediate status following award of degree)
Unknown	17	9.3	937	9.9	1,243	10.5	Definite postgraduation study	183	100.0	152	83.1	31	16.9
							Definite employment	196	100.0	108	55.1	88	44.9
							Seeking employment or study	129	100.0	81	62.8	48	37.2
							Other	33	100.0	26	78.8	7	21.2
Section II. A comparison of science and engineering doctorates with doctorates in other fields at :
ABC Univ.							Postgraduation plans (Type of employment immediately following doctorate)
							Postdoc fellowship	136	100.0	106	77.9	30	22.1
							Postdoc research associateship	42	100.0	38	90.5	4	9.5
			Science and		Non-science and		Other study	5	100.0	3	60.0	2	40.0
	All		Engineering		Engineering		Employment (other than postdoc)	196	100.0	108	55.1	88	44.9
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total of research doctorate recipients	567	100.0	379	66.8	188	33.2	Postgraduation employment (Excluding postdoctoral fellowships, associateships, traineeships)
Demographics							Academe	121	100.0	54	44.6	67	55.4
Citizenship							Government	11	100.0	5	45.5	6	54.5
U.S. citizen or permanent visa	397	100.0	260	65.5	137	34.5	Industry/business	44	100.0	39	88.6	5	11.4
Temporary visa	157	100.0	112	71.3	45	28.7	Nonprofit	9	100.0	6	66.7	3	33.3
							Other/unknown	11	100.0	3	27.3	8	72.7
Education
Graduate and undergraduate total debt level
None	357	100.0	264	73.9	93	26.1
$30,000 or less	119	100.0	80	67.2	39	32.8
More than $30,000	77	100.0	32	41.6	45	58.4
Primary source of support during graduate school
Teaching assistantships	29	100.0	18	62.1	11	37.9
Research or other assistantships/traineeships	68	100.0	67	98.5	1	1.5
Fellowships/grants	412	100.0	269	65.3	143	34.7
Own resources	20	100.0	6	30.0	14	70.0
Employer	10	100.0	5	50.0	5	50.0
Other	5	100.0	0	0.0	5	100.0
							"Science and Engineering" includes life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and engineering.
							"Non-Science and Engineering" includes education, humanities, and other fields.
** 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. † - See http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/ for information about Carnegie classifications.							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/USDA/NEH/NASA, Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2011.						IPIDXXXX	SOURCE: NSF/NIH/USED/USDA/NEH/NASA, Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2011.						IPIDXXXX