Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) Public Use Data Files

Microdata and related instructions from the Survey of Doctorate Recipients are provided in the files below. Data are available for each survey year beginning with 2001.

All data files are provided as compressed .zip files. Use an archive utility program that supports the .zip format to uncompress the files you download to your computer.
Year
Downloadable Files
2021
Doctorate_Recipients_2021 (ZIP 15.5 MB)
2019
Doctorate_Recipients_2019 (ZIP 15.5 MB)
2017
Doctorate_Recipients_2017 (ZIP 15.5 MB)
2015
Doctorate_Recipients_2015 (ZIP 21.5 MB)
2013
Doctorate_Recipients_2013 (ZIP 6.4 MB)
2010
Doctorate_Recipients_2010 (ZIP 4.9 MB)
2008
Doctorate_Recipients_2008 (ZIP 4.5 MB)
2006
Doctorate_Recipients_2006 (ZIP 5.7 MB)
2003
Doctorate_Recipients_2003 (ZIP 5.4 MB)
2001
Doctorate_Recipients_2001 (ZIP 8.8 MB)