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Survey of Doctorate Recipients

Published by National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics | National Science Foundation | Catalog Last Checked: September 10, 2026 at 07:31 PM | Dataset Last Updated: November 24, 2021
The Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) provides demographic, education, and career history information from individuals with a U.S. research doctoral degree in a science, engineering, or health (SEH) field. The SDR is sponsored by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and by the National Institutes of Health. Conducted since 1973, the SDR is a unique source of information about the educational and occupational achievements and career movement of U.S.-trained doctoral scientists and engineers in the United States and abroad.

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