STEM Education

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Fields of Study

Colleges and Universities, People: Students/Education

Higher Education Enrollment

Colleges and Universities, People: Workforce

Postdoctorates

Analysis

Sector of Employment of S&E Doctorate Recipients with Definite U.S. Commitments

June 17, 2024

Report

The STEM Labor Force: Scientists, Engineers, and Skilled Technical Workers

May 30, 2024

Analysis

Graduate Enrollment in Science, Engineering, and Health Continues to Increase among Foreign Nationals, while Postdoctoral Appointment Trends Vary across Fields

March 20, 2024

Data Highlights

Over the past 20 years, most of the growth in the number of doctorates earned by both men and women has been in science and engineering (S&E) fields

The number of female doctorate recipients in S&E fields increased by 94%, compared with a 62% increase in the number of male S&E doctorate recipients

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52.6%

The percentage of doctorate recipients taking jobs in academia in 2022—a decline of 3.7 percentage points from 2021

259,683

Full-time doctoral enrollment rose to a record high (259,683 students) in 2022

Underrepresented minorities have increased their overall representation over a 5-year period among all U.S. citizen and permanent resident graduate students regardless of degree level or enrollment status

Underrepresented minorities constituted 15% of all full-time doctoral students in 2017 and 18.4% in 2021.

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In the News

Report

Advancing Research Capacity at High Research Activity Historically Black Colleges and Universities

NCSES data are cited in a congressional report from the National Science and Technology Council on boosting research capacity at historically Black colleges and universities with high research activity status.

National Science and Technology Council

May 2024

Article

U.S. Scientists Are Leaving Academia. That’s Bad News for Drug Companies

Our data are referenced on the number of postdocs in the biological and biomedical fields between 2018 and 2022.

CNN

April 1, 2024