Example of the Institutional Profile

ATTACHMENT 8.1
Institution Profile from the Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2007
Results for : Prototype Univ.
Section I. A comparison of research doctorates at your institution with research doctorates from
Doctoral/Research Universities—very high research activity, and all doctorate institutions
All Doctoral/Research
Universities
Your Institution
All Institutions
Very High Research Institutions†
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
Total of research doctorate recipients
Demographics
Sex
Male
Female
Unknown
Citizenship
U.S.
Permanent visa
Temporary visa
Race/ethnicity (U.S. citizens)
American Indian/Alaska Native
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
Other
Graduate Study
Field of study
Physical sciences/mathematics
Engineering
Life Sciences
Social Sciences
Humanities
Education
Other fields
Debt level
None
$35,000 or less
More than $35,000

628

100.0

33,374

100.0

48,079

100.0

350
278
0

55.8
44.2
0.0

18,978
14,358
38

56.9
43.0
0.1

26,166
21,859
54

54.4
45.5
0.1

266
27
191

55.0
5.6
39.5

18,053
1,295
11,566

58.4
4.2
37.4

27,568
1,832
15,115

61.9
4.1
34.0

1
15
28
9
209
3

0.4
5.7
10.6
3.4
78.9
1.1

85
1,179
861
903
14,321
581

0.5
6.6
4.8
5.0
79.9
3.2

138
1,561
1,821
1,489
21,585
784

0.5
5.7
6.7
5.4
78.8
2.9

119
138
89
111
85
51
35

18.9
22.0
14.1
17.7
13.5
8.2
5.6

6,319
6,239
7,639
4,507
3,821
3,009
1,840

18.9
18.7
22.9
13.5
11.4
9.0
5.5

8,037
7,745
10,630
7,191
5,109
6,429
2,938

16.7
16.1
22.1
15.0
10.6
13.4
6.1

276
129
63

59.0
27.6
13.5

16,804
9,008
4,377

55.7
29.8
14.5

23,091
12,528
7,392

53.7
29.1
17.2

Note: A total of 75.8 percent of your institution's doctorate recipients responded to the Survey of Earned Doctorates in 2007;
nationwide, 91.6 percent of doctorate recipients responded to the SED.
SOURCE: NSF/NIH/USED/NEH/USDA/NASA, 2007 Survey of Earned Doctorates.

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Institution Profile - Results for : Prototype Univ.
All Doctoral/Research
Universities
Your Institution
Number
Percent
Post-graduation Plans
Post-graduation status (Immediate status following award of degree)
Continuing pre-doctoral employment
78
Signed contract
282
Negotiating for specific position
25
Seeking position
86
Other full-time degree program
3
Other
7

Very High Research Institutions†
Number
Percent

All Institutions
Number
Percent

16.2
58.6
5.2
17.9
0.6
1.5

3,860
17,291
2,636
5,695
338
535

12.7
57.0
8.7
18.8
1.1
1.8

7,347
22,391
3,792
8,397
529
820

17.0
51.7
8.8
19.4
1.2
1.9

Post-graduation plans (Type of employment immediately following doctorate)
Postdoctoral fellowship
63
18.0
Postdoctoral research associateship
56
16.0
Postdoctoral traineeship
1
0.3
Other study
0
0.0
Employment (other than postdoc)
223
63.7
Military service
7
2.0
Other plans
0
0.0

4,204
3,631
99
276
12,591
90
23

20.1
17.4
0.5
1.3
60.2
0.4
0.1

5,626
4,415
153
426
18,498
181
45

19.2
15.0
0.5
1.5
63.0
0.6
0.2

Post-graduation employment (Excluding postdoctoral fellowships, associateships, traineeships)
Academic
207
59.3
13,634
Government
51
14.6
1,523
Industry
67
19.2
4,032
Other
24
6.9
1,456

66.0
7.4
19.5
7.1

18,543
2,221
5,245
2,938

64.1
7.7
18.1
10.1

Primary work activity (Excluding postdoctoral fellowships, associateships, traineeships)
Research and development
199
65.0
Teaching
57
18.6
Administration
20
6.5
Professional services
20
6.5
Other
10
3.3

12,693
4,472
1,207
1,225
350

63.6
22.4
6.1
6.1
1.8

15,710
6,841
2,553
2,276
549

56.2
24.5
9.1
8.1
2.0

4,262
4,201
1,923
1,081
287

36.3
35.7
16.4
9.2
2.4

6,329
5,716
2,755
1,746
416

37.3
33.7
16.2
10.3
2.5

Secondary work activity (Excluding postdoctoral fellowships, associateships, traineeships)
Research and development
57
31.0
Teaching
63
34.2
Administration
30
16.3
Professional services
28
15.2
Other
6
3.3

SOURCE: NSF/NIH/USED/NEH/USDA/NASA, 2007 Survey of Earned Doctorates.

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Institution Profile - Results for : Prototype Univ.
All Doctoral/Research
Universities
Your Institution
Number
Percent
Postdoctoral study support
U.S. government **
College or university
Business/industry
Private foundation/non-profit other
Foreign government
Other
Unknown

35
55
3
5
2
3
3

Median time to degree (Number of years)
Since baccalaureate
Since starting graduate school

9.3
8.0

33.0
51.9
2.8
4.7
1.9
2.8
2.8

Very High Research Institutions†
Number
Percent
2,498
3,799
336
618
311
176
278

31.2
47.4
4.2
7.7
3.9
2.2
3.5

9.0
7.4

All Institutions
Number
Percent
3,172
4,844
443
828
368
304
378

30.7
46.9
4.3
8.0
3.6
2.9
3.7

9.4
7.8

Section II. A comparison of science and engineering doctorates with doctorates in other fields at :

All
Number
Total of research doctorate recipients
Demographics
Citizenship
U.S. citizen
Permanent visa
Temporary visa
Graduate Study
Debt level
None
$30,000 or less
More than $30,000
Primary source of support during graduate school
Own resources
Teaching assistantships
Research assistantships
Federal support
Other sources

Science and
Engineering
Number
Percent
469
72.7

Non-science and
Engineering
Number
Percent
176
27.3

645

Percent
100.0

266
27
191

100.0
100.0
100.0

173
19
162

65.0
70.4
84.8

93
8
29

35.0
29.6
15.2

276
129
63

100.0
100.0
100.0

220
88
37

79.7
68.2
58.7

56
41
26

20.3
31.8
41.3

76
76
189
76
30

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

37
50
170
50
25

48.7
65.8
89.9
65.8
83.3

39
26
19
26
5

51.3
34.2
10.1
34.2
16.7

** Research assistantships funded by the federal government are counted as university support.
"Science/Engineering" includes physical science/mathematics, engineering, life sciences, and social sciences.
"Non-Science/Engineering" includes humanities, education and other professional fields.
† - See http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/ for information about Carnegie classifications.
SOURCE: NSF/NIH/USED/NEH/USDA/NASA, 2007 Survey of Earned Doctorates.

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Institution Profile - Results for : Prototype Univ.

All
Number
Percent
Post-graduation Plans
Post-graduation status (Immediate status following award of degree)
Continuing pre-doctoral employment
78
100.0
Signed contract
282
100.0
Negotiating for specific position
25
100.0
Seeking position
86
100.0
Other full-time degree program
3
100.0
Other
7
100.0

Science and
Engineering
Number
Percent

Non-science and
Engineering
Number
Percent

50
218
19
56
3
6

64.1
77.3
76.0
65.1
100.0
85.7

28
64
6
30
0
1

35.9
22.7
24.0
34.9
0.0
14.3

56
55
1
0
142
6
0

88.9
98.2
100.0
0.0
63.7
85.7
0.0

7
1
0
0
81
1
0

11.1
1.8
0.0
0.0
36.3
14.3
0.0

Post-graduation employment (Excluding postdoctoral fellowships, associateships, traineeships)
Academic
207
100.0
136
Government
51
100.0
49
Industry
67
100.0
63
Other
24
100.0
13

65.7
96.1
94.0
54.2

71
2
4
11

34.3
3.9
6.0
45.8

Post-graduation plans (Type of employment immediately following doctorate)
Postdoctoral fellowship
63
100.0
Postdoctoral research associateship
56
100.0
Postdoctoral traineeship
1
100.0
Other study
0
0.0
Employment (other than postdoc)
223
100.0
Military service
7
100.0
Other plans
0
0.0

Science and
Engineering

All
Median time to degree (Number of years)
Since baccalaureate
Since starting graduate school

9.3
8.0

8.6
7.2

"Science/Engineering" includes physical science/mathematics, engineering, life sciences, and social sciences.
"Non-Science/Engineering" includes humanities, education and other fields
SOURCE: NSF/NIH/USED/NEH/USDA/NASA, 2007 Survey of Earned Doctorates.

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Non-science and
Engineering
12.0
10.2