Survey of Earned Doctorates

The SED questionnaire, all editions of Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities, and other products related to SED—including U.S. Doctorates in the 20th Century, which documents the history of U.S. doctoral education from 1861 through 1999—are available at https://nsf.gov/statistics/srvydoctorates/.

Science and Engineering Indicators offers a comprehensive look at the U.S. S&E enterprise, including education, demographics, employment, research and development expenditures, science and technology capabilities, and public attitudes and understanding about science. The Indicators 2020 report Higher Education in Science and Engineering (NSB-2019-7) is available at https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20197/.

The biennial report Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering looks at the participation of these three groups in S&E education and employment. Topics in the report include enrollment; field of degree; employment status; and occupation, including academic careers. The 2019 edition (NSF 19-304) is available at https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf19304/.

The SED serves as a sampling frame for the Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR). The SDR provides demographic, education, and career history information from individuals with a U.S. research doctoral degree in a science, engineering, or health (SEH) field. The SDR is a unique source of information about the educational and occupational achievements and career movement of U.S.-trained doctoral scientists and engineers in the United States and abroad. The survey description, questionnaires, data tables, and latest SDR publications are available at https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvydoctoratework/.