Foreign born researchers account for 35% of Ph.Ds awarded in scientific and engineering fields

Posted by Jim Stroud

November 29, 2007

Hat tip to Nanopolitan for this one…

Did you know that:

* The number of doctoral degrees awarded by American universities climbed by 5.1 percent in 2006, to a record high of 45,596
* 1,865 of the 2,211 more doctorates awarded in 2006 than 2005 — came in science and engineering fields.
* 1,521 more doctorates were granted in 2006 than in 2005 to scholars who are not U.S. citizens, more than two-thirds of all of the new Ph.D.’s and other terminal degrees awarded.
* In total, foreign born researchers accounted for nearly 35 percent of all doctorates granted in 2006 (15,947 of 45,596), and for 43 percent of the Ph.D.’s awarded in scientific and engineering fields (12,775 of 29,854).
* Non-citizens accounted for more than 70 percent of doctorate recipients in electrical, civil and industrial/mechanical engineering, and more than half of Ph.D. recipients in all other engineering fields, computer sciences, math and physics.

That bit of info is from a free report that you can download by clicking here.