Where Do Doctoral Candidates Come From?
Posted on July 15th, 2008
Would it surprise you if I said China?
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported recently on the release of a report by National Science Foundation - the 2006 Survey of Earned Doctorates.
American Universities awarded 45,596 doctoral degrees in 2006. Of those, 63% went to U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents. Another 31% went to non-U.S. citizens studying in America on a temporary visa. (About 6% of the doctorates in 2006 were awarded in cases where citizenship couldn't be determined through the NSF survey).
A number of Asian countries were represented when doctorates got handed out at U.S. institutions in 2006…
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