Figure 1 - Doctorates awarded by U.S. colleges and universities: 1958–2022
Figure 2 - Doctorates awarded in S&E and non-S&E fields, by citizenship status: 2002–22
Figure 3 - Top 10 countries or economies of foreign citizenship for doctorate recipients with temporary visas: 2012–22
Figure 4 - Doctorates awarded, by sex and citizenship: 2002–22
Figure 5 - Doctorates awarded, by sex and field: 2002–22
Figure 6 - Doctorates earned by U.S. citizen and permanent resident minority groups underrepresented in S&E, by field: 2002–22
Figure 7 - Doctorates awarded in S&E trend broad fields: 2002–22
Figure 8 - Doctorates awarded in non-S&E trend broad fields: 2002–22
Figure 9 - Doctorate recipients on temporary visas, by trend broad fields: 2002 and 2022
Figure 10 - Doctorates awarded to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, by selected race or ethnicity and broad field: 2022
Figure 11 - Doctorates awarded to women, by trend broad field: 2002 and 2022
Figure 12 - Fastest-changing fields for female doctorate recipients and the overall growth rates of these fields: 2012–22
Figure 13 - Doctorate recipients, by highest parental educational attainment of either parent: 2002–22
Figure 14 - Highest parental educational attainment of U.S. citizen and permanent resident doctorate recipients, by race or ethnicity: 2002 and 2022
Figure 15 - Primary source of financial support for doctorate recipients: 2022
Figure 16 - Primary source of financial support for doctorate recipients, by broad field: 2022
Figure 17 - Graduate debt of doctorate recipients, by broad field: 2022
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: 2022
Figure 19 - Median time to degree of doctorate recipients, by trend broad field: 2002–22
Figure 20 - Definite commitments among doctorate recipients, by S&E trend broad field: 2002–22
Figure 21 - Definite commitments among doctorate recipients, by non-S&E trend broad field: 2002–22
Figure 22 - Definite non-postdoc employment commitments in academe in the United States, by trend broad field: 2002–22
Figure 23 - Definite non-postdoc employment commitments in industry or business in the United States, by trend broad field: 2002–22
Figure 24 - S&E U.S. postdoc rate for doctorate recipients, by trend broad field: 2002–22
Figure 25 - Median annual salary of doctorate recipients with definite commitments in the United States, by position type and broad field: 2022
Figure 26 - S&E temporary visa holder doctorate recipients with definite commitments in the United States, by trend broad field: 2002–22
Figure 27 - COVID-19 pandemic impacts among doctorate recipients: 2021 and 2022
Figure 28 - COVID-19 pandemic impacts among doctorate recipients, by broad field: 2022
Figure 29 - COVID-19 pandemic impacts among non-S&E doctorate recipients, by broad field: 2022
Figure 30 - COVID-19 pandemic impacts among S&E doctorate recipients, by 2018 Carnegie Classification of doctorate institution: 2022
Figure 31 - COVID-19 pandemic impacts among S&E doctorate recipients, by postgraduation employment status: 2022
Figure 32 - COVID-19 pandemic impacts among S&E doctorate recipients, by type of definite commitment: 2022
Figure 33 - COVID-19 pandemic impacts among S&E doctorate recipients, by citizenship status: 2022
Figure 34 - COVID-19 pandemic impacts among S&E doctorate recipients, by dependent status: 2022
Table A - S&E doctorates awarded to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, by race or ethnicity: 2022
Table B - Doctorate recipients who said their research was disrupted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, by type of disruption: 2022
Table C - Doctorate recipients who said their immediate postgraduate employment or education plans changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, by type of change: 2022
Table D - Doctorate recipients who said their long-term career plans or goals changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, by type of change: 2022
Table E - S&E doctorate recipients who said their research was disrupted or immediate postgraduate employment or education plans changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, by type of disruption and citizenship status: 2022
