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II-30b: Primary Source of Financial Support for Doctorate Recipients in Selected Academic Fields, 2020

Data Source and Other Information

* The category of “own resources” includes loans, personal savings, personal earnings outside the institutional sources listed, and earnings or savings of spouse, partner, or family.

Source: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2020 (Data Tables), Table 35, https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/doctorates/ (accessed 2/15/2022). Data presented by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Indicators (www.humanitiesindicators.org).

About the Data

The data on which this indicator is based are collected as part of the federal Survey of Earned Doctorates, a national census of recently graduated doctorate recipients.

Related Indicators

For trends in the number of doctorate completions in the humanities and arts, see “Advanced Degrees in the Humanities.”

For additional indicators pertaining to the challenges associated with the completion of a doctorate in the humanities and arts, see “Debt and Doctoral Study in the Humanities,” “Years to Attainment of a Humanities Doctorate,” “The Age of New Humanities Ph.D.’s,” and “Attrition in Humanities Doctorate Programs.”

For other indicators dealing with the character and extent of funding for humanities education and other activities, see the “Funding and Research” section of the indicator set.

 

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