Table 1. Doctorate recipients' characteristics, 2003

Characteristics

Unit

English and American language and literature

Foreign languages and literatures

Total doctorates earned

No.

929

622

Gender

 

 

 

Men

%

40.0

39.2

Women

%

59.8

60.5

Unknown

%

0.1

0.3

Citizenship status

 

 

 

U.S. citizen

%

85.6

62.2

Non-U.S., permanent visa

%

2.0

12.7

Non-U.S., temporary visa

%

8.5

22.5

Unknown

%

3.9

2.6

Bachelor's in same field as doctorate

%

64.1

46.5

Percent with masters

%

82.0

87.0

Median time lapse from baccalaureate to doctorate

 

 

 

Total time

Years

11

11

Registered time

Years

9

9

Planned postdoctoral study

%

10.0

8.4

Fellowship

%

7.0

4.2

Research associateship

%

0.5

1.3

Traineeship

%

0.6

0.5

Other study

%

1.8

2.4

Planned employment after doctorate

%

80.8

84.9

Educational institution

%

68.8

73.0

Industry/business

%

5.2

3.2

Government

%

0.5

1.0

Nonprofit

%

1.6

1.0

Other & unknown

%

4.7

6.8

Postdoctoral plans

 

 

 

Postdoctoral plans unknown

%

9.1

6.8

Definite postdoctoral study

%

6.4

4.3

Seeking postdoctoral study

%

3.7

4.0

Definite employment

%

53.2

56.3

Seeking employment

%

27.7

28.6

Employment commitments after doctorate

No.

494

350

Primary activity

 

 

 

R & D

%

5.8

8.0

Teaching

%

82.7

84.3

Administration

%

5.6

3.6

Professional services

%

2.1

2.4

Other

%

3.7

1.8

Secondary activity

 

 

 

R & D

%

55.9

63.8

Teaching

%

10.2

9.8

Administration

%

11.1

8.3

Professional services

%

4.5

2.7

Other

%

4.9

2.4

No secondary activity

%

13.4

13.1

Activity(ies) unknown

%

3.8

3.7

Region of employment after doctorate

 

 

 

New England

%

8.9

11.4

Middle Atlantic

%

20.0

15.7

East North Central

%

13.7

16.9

West North Central

%

5.5

5.1

South Atlantic

%

16.3

15.7

East South Central

%

6.6

3.4

West South Central

%

7.8

7.7

Mountain

%

5.6

4.6

Pacific & insular

%

10.6

12.9

Foreign

%

4.9

6.3

Region unknown

%

0.0

0.3

Percentages may not add up to 100 because of rounding.
Source: United States. National Science Foundation. "Table Builder: Create a Data Table."
WebCASPAR: Integrated Science and Engineering Resources Data System. 6 Jan. 2005 caspar.nsf.gov