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Survey of Earned Doctorates
The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) is an annual census conducted since 1957 of all individuals receiving a research doctorate from an accredited U.S. institution in a given academic year. The SED is sponsored by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF) and by three other federal agencies: the National Institutes of Health, Department of Education, and National Endowment for the Humanities. The SED collects information on the doctoral recipient's educational history, demographic characteristics, and postgraduation plans. Results are used to assess characteristics of the doctoral population and trends in doctoral education and degrees.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| accrualPeriodicity | R/P1Y |
| bureauCode |
[
"422:00:00"
]
|
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "NCSES",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:NCSESweb@nsf.gov"
}
|
| dataQuality |
true
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| description | The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) is an annual census conducted since 1957 of all individuals receiving a research doctorate from an accredited U.S. institution in a given academic year. The SED is sponsored by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF) and by three other federal agencies: the National Institutes of Health, Department of Education, and National Endowment for the Humanities. The SED collects information on the doctoral recipient's educational history, demographic characteristics, and postgraduation plans. Results are used to assess characteristics of the doctoral population and trends in doctoral education and degrees. |
| identifier | NCSES-SED |
| keyword |
[
" Birth year",
" Marital status",
"Academic institution of doctorate",
"Baccalaureate-origin institution (U.S. and foreign)",
"Basic annual salary",
"Citizenship status",
"Country of birth and citizenship",
"Disability status",
"Educational attainment of parents",
"Educational history in college",
"Field of each degree earned",
"Graduate and undergraduate educational debt",
"Postgraduation plans",
"Primary and secondary work activities",
"Race and ethnicity",
"Sex",
"Source and type of financial support for postdoctoral study",
"Sources of financial support during graduate school",
"Type and location of employer",
"Type of academic institution",
"number and age of dependents"
]
|
| landingPage | https://nsf.gov/statistics/srvydoctorates/ |
| language |
[
"English"
]
|
| modified | 2021-09-03 |
| programCode |
[
"422:006"
]
|
| publisher |
{
"name": "National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| spatial | United States |
| theme |
[
"Education"
]
|
| title | Survey of Earned Doctorates |
