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The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF) have published their report “Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities,” which incorporates data collected from the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED). According to the latest SED, U.S. institutions awarded 54,904 research doctorate degrees in 2016, only five fewer than the record high in 2015. In 2016, the largest share of doctorates awarded was in the life sciences (23 percent), followed by engineering (17 percent), and psychology and the social sciences (16.5 percent). To read the full report go to: https://www.nsf.gov/news/newssumm.jsp?cntnid=244922&WT.mcid=USNSF51&WT.mc_ev=click      
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