Survey of Doctorate Recipients
Survey Year 2017

All data tables Excel.zip zip file. (1.67 MB)
TableDoctoral scientists and engineers: 2017
by field of doctorate
1-1by employment status (fine field)
1-2residing outside of the United States
2by employment status and sex
3by employment status, ethnicity, and race (broad field)
selected employment characteristics
4-1unemployed rate (fine field)
4-2involuntarily out-of-field rate (fine field)
4-3labor force participation rate (fine field)
4-4residing outside of the United States (fine field)
5by resident location and sex (fine field)
6by ethnicity and race
7by disability status (fine field)
Employed doctoral scientists and engineers: 2017
by field of doctorate
8by ethnicity, race, and sex
9by citizenship status (fine field)
10by age (fine field)
11-1by years since doctorate (fine field)
11-2residing outside of the United States
12-1by sector of employment
12-2residing outside of the United States
12-3by fine field of doctorate
13by sector of employment and sex (broad field)
14by sector of employment, ethnicity, and race (broad field)
15-1by primary or secondary work activity (fine field)
15-2by primary work activity (fine field)
15-3residing outside of the United States (fine field)
15-4by fields of doctorate (fine field)
16by employer location (broad field)
in 4-year educational institutions, by field of doctorate
17by sex and faculty rank
18by sex, faculty rank, and years since doctorate (broad field)
19by ethnicity, race, and faculty rank (broad field)
20by sex and tenure status
21by sex, tenure status, and years since doctorate (broad field)
22by ethnicity, race, and tenure status (broad field)
23by primary and secondary work activity (broad field)
by selected demographic characteristics
24by broad field of doctorate
25by citizenship status
by sector of employment
26-1by selected demographic and employment-related characteristics and primary or secondary work activity
26-2by primary work activity
by ethnicity, race, and sex
27-1by selected demographic and employment-related characteristics and primary or secondary work activity
27-2by primary work activity
by selected demographic and employment-related characteristics
28-1by primary or secondary work activity
28-2by primary work activity
 
Occupations of doctoral scientists and engineers: 2017
by employment status
29by occupation
30by broad occupation and sex
31by broad occupation, ethnicity, and race
selected employment characteristics, by occupation
32-1unemployment rate
32-2involuntarily out-of-field rate
32-3labor force participation rate
by occupation
33by sex
34by ethnicity and race
35by disability status
36employed as postdoctoral appointees
37by ethnicity, race, and sex
38minority employed doctoral scientists and engineers, by ethnicity, race, and sex
39by citizenship status
40by age
41by years since doctorate
42by sector of employment
43by sector of employment and sex (broad occupation)
44by sector of employment, ethnicity, and race (broad occupation)
45-1by primary or secondary work activity
45-2by primary work activity
46by employer location (broad occupation)
47by selected demographic characteristics (broad occupation)
48by field of doctorate (broad occupation)
49in science occupations, by field of doctorate (broad occupation)
 
Median annual salaries of full-time employed doctoral scientists and engineers: 2017
by field of doctorate
50by ethnicity, race, and sex
51by citizenship status
52by age
53by years since doctorate
54by sector of employment
55by sector of employment and sex (broad field)
56by sector of employment, ethnicity, and race (broad field)
57-1by primary or secondary work activity
57-2by primary work activity
58by employer location (broad field)
in 4-year educational institutions, by field of doctorate
59by sex and faculty rank
60by sex, faculty rank, and years since doctorate (broad field)
61by ethnicity, race, and faculty rank (broad field)
62by sex and tenure status
63by sex, tenure status, and years since doctorate (broad field)
64by ethnicity, race, and tenure status (broad field)
by occupation
65by ethnicity, race, and sex
66by citizenship status
67by age
68by years since doctorate
69by sector of employment
70by disability status
71by sector of employment and sex (broad occupation)
72by sector of employment, ethnicity, and race (broad occupation)
73-1by primary or secondary work activity
73-2by primary work activity
74by employer location (broad occupation)
 
Postdoctoral appointments of doctoral scientists and engineers: 2017
75employed as postdoctoral appointees, by field of doctorate
76postdoctoral appointment status, by years since doctorate and broad field of doctorate
77employed as postdoctoral appointees, by selected demographic characteristics and broad field of doctorate
February 2019

Data from survey cycle 2017
(finalized 18 June 2018)

National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients, 2017. http://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/doctoratework/2017/.



   Technical Notes: PDF format. (218 KB)
These notes provide information necessary for a data user to appropriately interpret the data tables. This information includes the following:
  • Survey coverage
  • Survey design
  • Data comparability
Technical notes are available here (PDF format, 218 KB).


User Guidance on Field of Study Reporting, Survey of Doctorate Recipients PDF format (188 KB)

This appendix details how the field of study reporting for the 2017 Survey of Doctorate Recipients was revised and updated to align with the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics Taxonomy of Disciplines (ToD). The updated field of study reporting is designed to improve the quality of information in statistical reports.

The appendix is available here PDF format (188 KB)

 

   Appendix Tables:
All appendix tables Excel.zip zip file. (1.67 MB)
TableTable Name
AT-1Fine fields of study reclassified at the broad field of study under the ToD: 2017 SDR
AT-2Estimates of doctoral scientists and engineers by broad field of study under the traditional and revised field of study taxonomy: 2017 SDR
AT-3SDR minor field of study labels under the ToD by broad field
AT-4Fine fields of study codes and labels from the SED that are reclassified at the minor field of study under the new ToD: 2017 SDR
AT-5SDR detailed field of study aggregation by broad field under the ToD
AT-6SDR data tables reporting at the detailed field of study level: 2017 SDR
February 2019

Data from survey cycle 2017
(finalized 18 June 2018)