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Table E.4 Demographic and Other US Life-Science PhDs by Fine Field in 10- or 11-Year Cohorts
FY 86–96 Doctorate Recipients
FY 76–85 Doctorate Recipients
FY 66–75 Doctorate Recipients
Total PhDs
n
Women %
Temp. Res. %
Planning Postdoc %
Median Time to Degree yrs
Total PhDs
n
Women %
Temp. Res. %
Planning Postdoc %
Median Time to Degree yrs
Total PhDs
n
Women %
Temp. Res. %
Planning Postdoc %
Median Time to Degree yrs **
Nonbiomedical doctoral fields
Agronomy and crop science
1437
13
43
20
7.9
1475
7
39
12
6.6
1636
1
33
9
6.2
Animal breeding and genetics
227
15
41
24
7.1
81
21
31
14
6.5
Animal husbandry
155
5
19
16
6.3
865
1
22
12
6.0
Animal nutrition
634
19
27
22
7.0
1039
10
28
13
6.3
448
6
27
13
6.2
Animal science, other
962
22
31
31
7.2
277
13
31
21
6.7
Botany
1201
38
20
40
8.6
1428
27
9
28
7.2
1784
17
10
17
6.5
Conservation/renewable natural research
134
19
33
13
9.9
Dairy science
126
14
33
27
7.5
Fish and wildlife
452
7
10
9
7.3
437
2
7
7
6.5
Fish science and management
427
16
27
18
9.2
117
14
17
10
7.6
Food distribution
1
0
0
0
6.8
Food engineering
92
13
59
22
8.0
Food science
269
34
43
19
8.0
1128
25
37
12
6.9
538
13
29
14
6.6
Food science, other
1265
39
51
20
8.0
Forest biology
197
24
27
30
8.5
Forest engineering
17
6
47
12
10.5
Forest management
167
12
35
13
8.6
Forestry and related science, other
502
17
34
14
9.2
Forestry science
203
12
23
20
7.7
862
6
21
9
7.2
730
0
19
6
6.6
Horticulture science
778
25
38
19
8.0
704
15
31
8
6.6
665
3
32
7
6.2
Plant breeding and genetics
817
18
41
25
7.6
237
15
27
17
6.2
