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Useful Stats: 2003 S&E Doctorate Awards by State, Federal R&D
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued the detailed statistical tables for Science & Engineering Doctorate awards for 2003. As was done for 2002, 2001 and 2000, SSTI has compiled a 50-state table presenting the number of degrees and rank for each major field of science & engineering. In addition, SSTI has used population in the form of "S&E doctorates awarded per 100,000 residents" to standardize the data to facilitate comparisons across states.
The 2003 table is available at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/011005t.htm
Since identifying trends in numbers is often more valuable than the raw figures themselves, here are links for past tables:
- SSTI's 2002 table is available at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/111403t2.htm
- SSTI's 2001 table is available at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/110802t.htm
- SSTI's 2000 table, which does not include field information, is available at: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/Tables/110901t.htm
NSF's Science & Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2003 Detailed Statistical Tables is available at: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf05300/start.htm
NSF also released on Jan. 7 Federal R&D Funding by Budget Function: Fiscal Years 2003-05. The report enables readers to view trends in federal research spending by budget function and includes historical tables dating back to 1955. The report is available at: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf05303/start.htm