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Age distribution of doctorate recipients U.S. 2021
Distribution of doctorate recipients in the united states in 2021, by age group.
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October 2022
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Age at doctorate award: What are the overall trends and characteristics?
Characteristics of doctorate recipients, fields of study.
Doctorate recipients in different fields of study had different age distributions at the time of degree completion. In 2016, at least one-half of the doctorate recipients in life sciences, physical sciences and earth sciences, mathematics and computer sciences, and engineering completed their degrees at age 30 or younger, whereas 10% or less finished their degrees at age 41 or older. Education doctorate recipients were more likely than recipients in other fields to be older: 40% earned doctorates at age 41 or older and only 12% received doctorates at age 30 or younger. The majority of doctorate recipients in humanities and arts (61%) and other non-science and engineering fields (52%) earned their degrees between the ages of 31 and 40.
Doctorates awarded by U.S. colleges and universities, by age at doctorate award and field of study: 2016
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- SOURCE: Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities 2016 . Related detailed data: tables 27, 54–70 (even numbered).