NCSES SDR FY2010 DST 7

Table 7. Doctoral scientists and engineers, by field of doctorate and disability status: 2010

Field	Total		With disability		Without disability
Field	Number	SE	Number	SE	Number	SE
All fields	805,500	950	73,800	1,450	731,600	1,650
Science	626,200	950	58,900	1,300	567,300	1,550
Biological/ agricultural/ environmental life sciences	201,800	550	17,700	700	184,000	900
Agricultural/ food sciences	20,600	500	1,900	200	18,700	500
Biochemistry/ biophysics	31,100	750	2,700	300	28,400	800
Cell/ molecular biology	22,800	750	1,600	200	21,200	700
Environmental life sciences	8,600	400	1,200	200	7,500	400
Microbiology	14,400	600	1,300	200	13,000	550
Zoology	12,600	550	1,600	200	10,900	550
Other biological sciences	91,700	1,100	7,400	450	84,300	1,100
Computer/ information sciences	20,000	250	1,200	200	18,800	300
Mathematics/ statistics	38,200	350	3,900	300	34,300	450
Physical sciences	145,900	550	12,400	600	133,500	800
Astronomy/ astrophysics	5,400	450	300	100	5,000	450
Chemistry, except biochemistry	75,300	400	5,700	400	69,600	550
Earth/ atmospheric/ ocean sciences^a	22,100	250	1,900	200	20,200	250
Physics	43,100	450	4,500	350	38,600	500
Psychology	116,700	400	11,400	550	105,200	600
Social sciences	103,600	550	12,200	600	91,400	700
Economics	27,000	300	2,500	300	24,600	400
Political sciences	23,900	550	3,000	300	20,800	550
Sociology	17,900	500	2,400	250	15,500	500
Other social sciences	34,800	700	4,300	350	30,500	700
Engineering	143,800	550	11,700	550	132,100	750
Aerospace/ aeronautical/ astronautical engineering	5,800	450	200	100	5,600	450
Chemical engineering	18,800	750	1,900	250	17,000	700
Civil engineering	12,300	600	900	150	11,400	550
Electrical/ computer engineering	41,400	300	3,100	300	38,300	400
Materials/ metallurgical engineering	14,200	700	1,200	200	13,000	650
Mechanical engineering	20,200	750	1,800	300	18,400	650
Other engineering	31,100	850	2,700	300	28,400	850
Health	35,500	250	3,200	250	32,200	350

SE = standard error.
^a Includes other physical sciences.

NOTES: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100. Standard errors are rounded up to the nearest 50. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Survey asks degree of difficulty—none, slight, moderate, severe, or unable to do—an individual has in seeing (with glasses), hearing (with hearing aid), walking without assistance, lifting 10 pounds, or concentrating, remembering, or making decisions. Those respondents who answered moderate, severe, or unable to do for any activity were classified as having a disability.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients, 2010.

Data from survey cycle 2010, as of August 21, 2013.