Survey of Earned Doctorates

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Survey of Earned Doctorates

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ATTACHMENT 1

2021 SED Questionnaire
Reference Copy

SED

Survey of Earned Doctorates
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Conducted by
NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT
FOR THE
HUMANITIES

Data collection activities contracted to

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Birth name or former name, if legally changed

Today’s Date

Doctoral Institution

City or Branch

Suffix (e.g., Jr.)

Type of Research Doctoral Degree (e.g., PhD, EdD, etc.)

This information is solicited under the authority of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended. All information you provide is protected under the
NSF Act and the Privacy Act of 1974, and will be used only for research or statistical purposes by your doctoral institution, the survey sponsors, their contractors
and collaborating researchers for the purpose of analyzing data, preparing scientific reports and articles and selecting samples for a limited number of carefully
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federal information systems that transmit your data. The last four digits of your Social Security number are also solicited under the NSF Act of 1950, as amended;
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statistical purposes in federal program evaluation. Any information publicly released (such as statistical summaries) will be in a form that does not personally
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Part A1 - RESEARCH DOCTORAL DEGREE
A1. When did you start your research doctoral degree and when was the degree granted or when is it expected to be granted?
Month/year degree started:

Month

Year

Month/year degree granted
or expected:

Month

Year

A2. What is the name of the department that supervised your doctoral studies?
This could be interdisciplinary committee, center, institute, etc. Please use the full department name and avoid acronyms.

Department/Committee/Center/Institute/Program

A3. What was the primary field of study for your research doctoral degree?
Do not use acronyms or abbreviations.

Field Name

A4. Was your dissertation research (or performance, project report, or music or literary composition) interdisciplinary?
Yes
GO TO A6

A5. (If Yes to interdisciplinary research) Please list the fields of study for your dissertation research.
Primary Field:

Field 2:

Field 3:

Field Name

GO TO A7
A6. (If No) What was the name of the primary field of study for your dissertation research?
Primary Field:

Field Name

A7. Did you receive full or partial tuition remission (waiver) for your doctoral studies?
Select one.
No, I did not receive any tuition remission
Yes, I received remission for less than 1/3 of tuition
Yes, I received between 1/3 and 2/3 of tuition
Yes, I received remission for more than 2/3 of tuition, but less than full
Yes, I received full tuition remission

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Part A2 - EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
A8. The next few questions ask about your educational experiences prior to entering your research doctoral degree.
Please select below all other degrees you have received after high school, and indicate the month and year each degree was
started and awarded. DO NOT include your research doctoral degree you reported already.
Degree type

Month
started

(Select one per row).
Another research doctoral degree (e.g., PhD, DSc)
Professional doctoral degree (e.g., MD, DDS, DVM, JD, PsyD)
Master’s degree (e.g., MS, MA, MBA, MSW) or equivalent
Bachelor’s degree (e.g., BS, BA, AB) or equivalent
Associate’s degree (e.g., AS, AA) or equivalent
Other postsecondary degree - Specify:

Another research doctoral degree (e.g., PhD, DSc)
Professional doctoral degree (e.g., MD, DDS, DVM, JD, PsyD)
Master’s degree (e.g., MS, MA, MBA, MSW) or equivalent
Bachelor’s degree (e.g., BS, BA, AB) or equivalent
Associate’s degree (e.g., AS, AA) or equivalent
Other postsecondary degree - Specify:

Year
started

Month
awarded

Year
awarded

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A9. (If you did not receive a professional doctorate) In addition to your doctoral degree, are you currently earning a professional
doctoral degree, such as an MD, DDS, DVM, JD, or PsyD?

Yes

A10. (If you did not receive an associate’s degree) Have you ever earned college credit from a community or 2-year college?

Yes

A11. In what month and year did you first enter any graduate program, even if you did not earn a degree?

Month:

Year:

EDUCATION HISTORY DEGREE LOOP STARTS
In the web instrument, degrees reported in Questions A8 and A9 go through the loop for each degree.
Up to 9 degrees are allowed, and multiple degrees of same type are looped through that degree type
section each time.

ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE LOOP STARTS
A12. Please indicate the geographic location of the institution for your associate’s degree in [year awarded].

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory
Outside of the United States

A13. Please type the institution name where you received your associate’s degree in [year awarded].
Institution Name:
City/Town:
State/Foreign Country:

A14. What was the field of study for your associate’s degree in [year awarded]?

Do not use acronyms or abbreviations.

Field Name

ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE LOOP ENDS

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BACHELOR’S DEGREE LOOP STARTS
A15. Please indicate the geographic location of the institution for your bachelor’s degree in [year awarded].

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory

Outside of the United States

A16. Please type the institution name where you received your bachelor’s degree in [year awarded].
Institution Name:
City/Town:
State/Foreign Country:

A17. What was the field of study for your bachelor’s degree in [year awarded]?

Do not use acronyms or abbreviations.

Field Name

A18. Did you complete a double major for your bachelor’s degree that you received in [year awarded]?

Yes

GO TO A20

A19. (If Yes) What was the second major field of study for your bachelor’s degree in [year awarded]?

Do not use acronyms or abbreviations.

Field Name

BACHELOR’S DEGREE LOOP ENDS
MASTER’S DEGREE LOOP STARTS
A20. Please indicate the geographic location of the institution for your master’s degree in [year awarded].

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory

Outside of the United States

A21. Please type the institution name where you received your master’s degree in [year awarded].
Institution Name:
City/Town:
State/Foreign Country:

A22. What was the field of study for your master’s degree in [year awarded]?

Do not use acronyms or abbreviations.

Field Name

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A23. Which of the following best describes your master’s degree in [year awarded]?

This master’s degree was required to enter or continue in my doctoral program

This master’s degree was not required and it did not fulfill any credits for my doctoral program

GO TO A25

This master’s degree was not required, but it fulfilled credits for my doctoral program

A24. About how many of the credits from your master’s degree awarded in [year awarded] counted toward your doctoral degree?
Select one.

Some
Most
All

MASTER’S DEGREE LOOP ENDS
SECOND RESEARCH DOCTORAL DEGREE LOOP STARTS
A25. Please indicate the geographic location of the institution for your second doctoral degree in [year awarded].

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory
Outside of the United States

A26. Please type the institution name where you received your second doctorate in [year awarded].
Institution Name:
City/Town:
State/Foreign Country:

A27. What was the field of study for your second doctoral degree in [year awarded]?

Do not use acronyms or abbreviations.

Field Name

SECOND RESEARCH DOCTORAL DEGREE LOOP ENDS
PROFESSIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE LOOP STARTS
A28. Please indicate the type of professional doctoral degree you have earned in [year awarded].

DDS

DVM

PsyD

DDiv

Other professional doctorate - Specify:

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A29. Please indicate the geographic location of the institution from which you have earned your professional doctoral degree in [year
awarded].

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory

Outside of the United States

A30. Please type the institution name where you have earned your professional doctoral degree in [year awarded].
Institution Name:
City/Town:
State/Foreign Country:

PROFESSIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE LOOP ENDS
OTHER POSTSECONDARY DEGREE LOOP STARTS
A31. Please indicate the geographic location of the institution for your other postsecondary degree.

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory

Outside of the United States

A32. Please type the institution name where you received your other postsecondary degree.
Institution Name:
City/Town:
State/Foreign Country:

A33. What was the field of study for your other postsecondary degree?

Do not use acronyms or abbreviations.

Field Name

OTHER POSTSECONDARY DEGREE LOOP ENDS
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE LOOP STARTS
A34. Please indicate the type of professional doctoral degree you are currently earning.

DDS

DVM

PsyD

DDiv

Other professional doctorate - Specify:

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A35. Please indicate the geographic location of the institution from which you expect to earn your professional doctoral degree.

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory

Outside of the United States

A36. Please type the institution name where you are earning your professional doctoral degree.
Institution Name:
City/Town:
State/Foreign Country:

A37. When did you start the professional doctoral degree that you are currently earning and when is the degree expected to be
granted?

Month/year degree started:

Month/year degree expected:

Month
Month

Year

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE LOOP ENDS

END OF EDUCATION HISTORY DEGREE LOOP
A38. Please indicate whether each of the following was a source of financial support for your educational and living expenses
during graduate school.
Include sources of support for all graduate-level degree programs (master’s and doctorate).
Select Yes or No for each.

Yes

a. Fellowship, scholarship
b. Dissertation grant
c. Teaching assistantship
d. Research assistantship
e. Other assistantship
f. Traineeship
g. Internship, clinical residency
h. Loans (from any source)
i.

Personal savings

Personal earnings during graduate school (other than sources listed above)

k. Spouse’s, partner’s, or family’s earnings or savings
l.

Employer reimbursement/assistance

m. Foreign (non-U.S.) support
n. Other - Specify:

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A39. Based on the total amount of financial support provided,
which of sources from A38 were your primary and
secondary source of support?

A40. When you receive your doctoral degree, how much money will
you owe that is directly related to your undergraduate and
graduate education?

Enter letters of primary and secondary sources.

Select one in each column.

Primary source of support

Secondary source of support

UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE

Select if no secondary source

None

$10,000 or less

$10,001 - $20,000

$20,001 - $30,000

$30,001 - $40,000

$40,001 - $50,000

$50,001 - $60,000

$60,001 - $70,000

$70,001 - $80,000

$80,001 - $90,000

$90,001 or more - Specify:

$90,001 - $100,000

$100,001 - $120,000

$120,001 - $140,000

$140,001 - $160,000

$160,001 or more - Specify:

Part B1 - POSTGRADUATION PLANS
B1. Where do you intend to live in the year after graduation?

Select one.

Inside the United States or U.S. territory
State or U.S. territory:
Outside the United States
Country:

B2. What best describes the status of your postgraduate plans?

Select one.

I accepted
or began a postdoc, residency, or other training position
(A “postdoc” is a temporary position primarily for gaining additional education and training

in research, awarded in academe, industry, government, or a nonprofit organization.)

I am returning to, or continuing in, predoctoral employment
I accepted
or am employed in a position other than a postdoc or training position
(including self-employment)
I am negotiating an offer of employment with one or more specific organizations
I am seeking a position but currently have no offer of employment
I am enrolling in a full-time degree program (e.g., PhD, MD, DDS, JD, MBA)
I do not plan to work or study (e.g., family commitments)
Other - Specify:

GO TO POSTDOC OR OTHER TRAINING on PAGE 10

GO TO EMPLOYED OTHER THAN POSTDOC
OR TRAINING on PAGE 11
GO TO NEGOTIATING OR SEEKING on PAGE 13

GO TO PART B2 on PAGE 13

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POSTDOC OR OTHER TRAINING (if
B3. What best describes the nature of your postdoc or other
training?

B5. Please name the organization and geographic location
where you will work or train.
Please use the full o rganization name and avoid acronyms.

Select one.

you checked Box 1 in B2)

a. Organization Name:

Postdoc fellowship or research associateship

Traineeship

b. Geographic location:

Select one.
Inside the United States or U.S. territory

Internship, clinical residency
Other training - Specify:

State or U.S. territory:

B4. What one type of employer will you be working for on your
postdoc or other training?

Select one.

EDUCATION

U.S. 4-year college or university other than medical

school

U.S. medical school (including university-affiliated
hospital or medical center)

U.S. university-affiliated research institute

U.S. community or 2-year college

U.S. preschool, elementary, middle, secondary school
or school system

Foreign educational institution

GOVERNMENT (other than educational institution)

U.S. federal government

U.S. state government

U.S. local government

Foreign government

PRIVATE OR NONPROFIT SECTOR

For-profit company or organization

Nonprofit organization (including tax-exempt,
charitable organization and private foundation)

OTHER

Self-employed

Other - Specify:

Outside the United States
Country:

c. Is this a college or university?............

Yes ........

B6. What will be your primary and secondary work activities?

Select one in each column.

PRIMARY SECONDARY

Research and development...............................

.............

Teaching ..........................................................

.............

Management or administration ........................

.............

Professional services .......................................
(such as health care, engineering, consulting,
counseling, financial, or legal services)

.............

Other - Specify:

.............

.........................................

No secondary work activities .................................................

B7. What will be the main source of financial support for your
postdoc or other training?

Select one.
U.S. government
Industry/business
College or university
Private foundation
Nonprofit, other than private foundation or college
Foreign government
No financial support (unpaid position)
Other - Specify:
Not sure/Unknown

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B8. What will be your basic annual salary for this postdoc or
other training?

If you are not salaried, please estimate your earned income.
Please enter a whole number without any commas, decimals or
special characters.

Annual Salary/Earned Income:

In which currency did you report your salary above?

12-month year

Less than 12 months

Number of Months (1-12):

GO TO PART B2 on PAGE 13

U.S. Dollars
Another currency - Specify:

If you prefer not to report an exact amount, please
indicate into which range you expect your salary to fall:

Select one.

B9. Is this salary based on a 12-month year or fewer than 12
months?

$30,000 or less

$80,001 - $90,000

$30,001 - $35,000

$90,001 - $100,000

$35,001 - $40,000

$100,001 - $110,000

$40,001 - $50,000

$110,001 - $120,000

$50,001 - $60,000

$120,001 - $130,000

$60,001 - $70,000

$130,001 or more

$70,001 - $80,000

Don’t know

EMPLOYED OTHER THAN POSTDOC OR TRAINING
(if you checked Box 2 or 3 in B2)

B10. Is your employment considered military service?

B11. What one type of employer will you be working for?

Select one.

Yes
No

EDUCATION

U.S. 4-year college or university other than medical school

U.S. medical school (including university-affiliated hospital
or medical center)

U.S. university-affiliated research institute

U.S. community or 2-year college

U.S. preschool, elementary, middle, secondary school or
school system

Foreign educational institution

GOVERNMENT (other than educational institution)

U.S. federal government

U.S. state government

U.S. local government

Foreign government

PRIVATE OR NONPROFIT SECTOR

For-profit company or organization

Nonprofit organization (including tax-exempt, charitable
organization and private foundation)

OTHER

Self-employed

Other - Specify:

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B12. Please name the organization and geographic location
where you will work.

Please use the full organization name and avoid acronyms.

B15. What will be your basic annual salary for this principal job?
If you are not salaried, please estimate your earned income. Do not
include bonuses or additional compensation for summertime teaching
or research.
Please enter a whole number without any commas, decimals or
special characters.

a. Organization Name:

Annual Salary/Earned Income:

b. Geographic location:

Select one.

In which currency did you report your salary above?

Inside the United States or U.S. territory
U.S. Dollars

State or U.S. territory:

Another currency - Specify:

If you prefer not to report an exact amount, please
indicate into which range you expect your salary to fall:

Outside the United States

Select one.

Country:

c. Is this a college or university? .

Yes

GO TO B14

B13. (If Yes) At this educational institution, will you be holding
a faculty position?

$30,000 or less

$80,001 - $90,000

$30,001 - $35,000

$90,001 - $100,000

$35,001 - $40,000

$100,001 - $110,000

$40,001 - $50,000

$110,001 - $120,000

$50,001 - $60,000

$120,001 - $130,000

$60,001 - $70,000

$130,001 or more

$70,001 - $80,000

Don’t know

Select one.
Yes, a tenure-track faculty position

B16. Is this salary based on a 12-month year or fewer than
12 months?

Yes, a non-tenure-track faculty position
No

12-month year

Less than 12 months

B14. What will be your primary and secondary work activities?

Select one in each column.

PRIMARY SECONDARY

Number of Months (1-12):

Research and development...............................

.............

Teaching ..........................................................

.............

Management or administration ........................

.............

B17. Is your position with the same employer you worked for
during your doctoral studies or before you started your
doctoral studies?

Professional services .......................................
(such as health care, engineering, consulting,
counseling, financial, or legal services)

.............

Select one.

Other - Specify:

.............

.........................................

No secondary work activities .................................................

Yes, I first worked for this employer before I started my doctoral
studies
Yes, I first worked for this employer during my doctoral studies
No

GO TO PART B2 on PAGE 13

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NEGOTIATING OR SEEKING (if
B18. What type of position(s) are you negotiating or seeking?

Select one or more.

you checked Box 4 or 5 in B2)
B21. Of the employers you selected in B19, which ONE employer
would be your top choice?

Enter letter of top choice.
Top Choice

A postdoc or other training position
(A “postdoc” is a temporary position primarily for gaining
additional education and training in research, awarded in
academe, industry, government, or a nonprofit organization.)
Employment (other than a postdoc or training position)

B22. What is your current employment status?

Other - Specify:

Please include part-time, full-time, and temporary positions.

I am employed in a position related to my field of study
I am employed in a position not related to my field of study

B19. What type of employer(s) are you negotiating with or
seeking?

Select one or more.

GO TO B24 BELOW

I am not employed

B23. (If employed) Is your position with the same employer you
worked for during your doctoral studies or before you started
your doctoral studies?

a Educational institution
b Government (other than educational institution)
c Business/industry

Select one.

d Nonprofit organization (including private foundation)

Yes, I first worked for this employer before I started my doctoral
studies

e Other - Specify:

Yes, I first worked for this employer during my doctoral studies
No

B20. Did you mark more than one response in Question B19?
Yes
No

GO TO B22

Part B2 - IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The next questions focus on how the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) may have affected your graduate experiences and
career plans.
B24. Did you experience any of the following as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Select Yes or No for each.

Yes

a. The timeline for completing my doctoral degree changed.
b. My research was disrupted.
c. Funding for my doctoral studies was reduced or suspended.
d. My immediate postgraduate employment or education plans changed.
e. My longer term career plans or goals changed (e.g., type of employer, research focus).
f.

My plans about where to live in the year after graduation were affected.

g. My graduate experience or career plans changed in other ways.

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The next questions ask you to provide more detail on the ways COVID-19 affected your graduate experiences and career plans.
B25. (If B24.a=Yes) How did the timeline for completing your doctoral degree change?

B26. (If B24.b=Yes) How was your research disrupted?

B27. (If B24.c=Yes) How was your funding reduced or suspended?

B28. (If B24.d=Yes) How did your immediate employment or education plans change?

B29. (If B24.e=Yes) How did your longer term career plans or goals change?

B30. (If B24.f=Yes) How did it impact your decision on where to live in the year after graduation?

B31. (If B24.g=Yes) In what other ways did your graduate experience or plans change?

Part C - BACKGROUND INFORMATION
C1. Are you male or female?

C2. What is your current marital status?
Select one.

Male

Female

Married
Living in a marriage-like relationship
Widowed
Separated
Divorced
Never married

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C3. Not including yourself or your spouse/partner, do you have
any dependents?
Dependents are children or adults who receive at least one-half of

C7. What is your citizenship status?
Select one.

their financial support from you.

U.S. CITIZEN

Yes Write in number of dependents
in each age range.

5 years of age or younger . . . .

6 to 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19 years or older . . . . . . . . . .

Since birth

Naturalized

GO TO C9

NON-U.S. CITIZEN

With a Permanent U.S. Resident Visa (“Green Card”)

With a Temporary U.S. Visa

GO TO C8

C8. (If a non-U.S. citizen) Of which country are you a citizen?
C4. What is the highest educational attainment of your parents
or guardians?

Select one for each parent or guardian.

MOTHER/

FEMALE
GUARDIAN

Country of present citizenship:

FATHER/
MALE
GUARDIAN

C9. What is the geographic location of the high school or
secondary school that you last attended?

Less than high school completed.....................

..................

High school diploma or equivalent .................

..................

Some college, vocational, or trade school ......

..................

Associate’s degree .........................................
(e.g., AS, AA)

..................

Bachelor’s degree............................................
(e.g., BS, BA, AB)

..................

Master’s degree...............................................
(e.g., MA, MS, MBA, MSW)

..................

Professional degree ........................................
(e.g., MD, DDS, DVM, JD, PsyD)

..................

C10. Are you Hispanic or Latino?

Research doctoral degree ...............................
(e.g., PhD, DSc)

..................

Not applicable/Unknown.................................

..................

C5. Where is your place of birth?

Select one.

State or U.S. territory:

Day

Outside the United States
Country:

Select one.
No, I am not Hispanic or Latino
Yes, I am Mexican or Chicano
Yes, I am Puerto Rican
Yes, I am Cuban
Yes, I am Other Hispanic or Latino - Specify:

Select one or more.

Country:

State or U.S. territory:

C11. What is your racial background?

Outside the United States

Month

Inside the United States or U.S. territory

C6. What is your date of birth?

Select one.

Year

American Indian or Alaska Native - Specify tribal affiliation(s):

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Asian
Black or African American
White

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C12. The following questions are designed to help us better understand the educational paths of individuals with specific functional
limitations. What is the USUAL degree of difficulty you have with...
Select one in each row.

NONE
SLIGHT
MODERATE
SEVERE
UNABLE TO DO

SEEING words or letters in ordinary newsprint....................................... .....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
(with glasses/contact lenses, if you usually wear them)

HEARING what is normally said in conversation with.............................
another person (with hearing aid, if you usually wear one)

.....................

WALKING without human or mechanical assistance .............................
or using stairs

.....................

LIFTING or carrying something as heavy as 10 pounds,.........................
such as a bag of groceries

.....................

....................

CONCENTRATING, REMEMBERING, or MAKING DECISIONS......................
because of a physical, mental or emotional condition

.....................

....................

C13.

C16. Please provide the best contact information where you can be
reached for possible additional research follow-up.

Mark this box (X) if you answered “NONE” to all the
activities in Question C12, and go to Question C15.

C14. What is the earliest age at which you first began
experiencing any difficulties in any of these areas?

Age

Since birth

C15. Please fill in the last four digits of your Social Security
number.

X X X - X X -

Your Current Street Address

City/State/Country/ZIP or Postal Code

E-mail Address

Daytime or Cell Telephone Number (including area or country code)

C17. Please provide the name and contact information of a person
who is likely to know where you can be reached. Do not include
someone in your household.

REMINDER: ALL INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE WILL
BE TREATED AS CONFIDENTIAL and used only for research
or statistical purposes by your doctoral institution, the survey
sponsors, their contractors, and collaborating researchers for
the purpose of analyzing data, preparing scientific reports and
articles, and selecting samples for a limited number of carefully
defined follow-up studies.

As with all the information provided in this survey, complete confidentiality will be provided. This person will only be contacted if we
have difficulty contacting you.

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E-mail Address

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Thank you for completing the survey. Please make any additional comments you may have about this
survey in the space provided below.
The results of this survey will be published in an annual report; the annual reports on earlier surveys are
available at www.nsf.gov/statistics/sed.
If you have questions or concerns about this survey, you may contact us by email at: sed@rti.org or phone at:
1-877-256-8167.
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To the Doctorate Recipient:
Congratulations on earning a doctoral degree!
Your accomplishment is significant for both this nation and others, as the new knowledge generated by
research doctorates enhances the quality of life in this country and throughout the world. Because of the
importance of persons earning research doctorates, several federal agencies–listed on the cover–sponsor
this Survey of Earned Doctorates.
The basic purpose of this survey is to gather objective data about doctoral graduates. These data play an
important role in local, regional and national initiatives concerning graduate education. Through outreach
meetings with our constituents we have learned that decision makers in universities, private organizations
and government agencies use data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates when developing new programs and allocating resources to current programs. If you have any comments about the survey, please
provide them on page 17.
On behalf of the sponsoring federal agencies, I thank you for your participation in this survey.
Best wishes,
Emilda B. Rivers
Director
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
National Science Foundation

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