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The proportion of foreign nationals among individuals who earned a research doctorate in science, engineering, or health (SEH) in the United States has followed a general upward trend since 1960 (figure 1). Foreign citizens' share of U.S.-earned doctorates in SEH was about 17% during 1961–70 and by 2010 had reached nearly 40%.
Employment characteristics among doctorate recipients are closely related to degree fields and may vary by the location of employment. A large majority (93.5%) of the recent (2001–07) recipients of SEH doctorates who reported working as of 1 October 2008 were working full time.
Data in this InfoBrief are from the 2008 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) and the 2010 Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED).
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