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II-52c: Doctoral Degree Completions in Religion (Absolute Number and as a Percentage of All Doctorates), 1987–2014

Data Source and Other Information

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The IPEDS data were accessed and analyzed via the National Science Foundation’s online science and engineering resources data system, WebCASPAR.

About the Data

See the Note on Data Used to Calculate Discipline-Specific Degree Counts and Shares, the Note on the Definition of Advanced Degrees, and the Degree Program Code Catalog for an inventory of the specific degree programs included by the Humanities Indicators under the heading of “Religion.”

Related Indicators

Comparable information on other humanities disciplines can be found in “English Language and Literature Degree Completions,” “History Degree Completions,” “Degree Completions in Languages and Literatures Other than English,” and “Philosophy Degree Completions.”

For historical trends in levels of degree completion across the humanities, see “Bachelor’s Degrees in the Humanities” and “Advanced Degrees in the Humanities.”

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