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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 **
Plant pathology
742
29
44
36
8.0
911
17
29
23
6.5
987
4
31
19
6.3
Plant protection and pest management
13
8
31
23
7.1
Plant science, other
252
21
39
29
8.0
57
11
28
12
6.7
Poultry science
133
21
39
20
7.6
Soil chemistry/microbiology
239
22
36
30
8.3
Soil science
195
9
36
24
8.0
842
7
44
15
7.2
512
2
43
16
6.7
Soil science, other
647
14
44
25
8.8
Wildlife
46
7
9
11
7.3
100
5
13
9
7.5
Wildlife/range management
480
21
20
18
9.0
Wood sci and pulp/paper technology
166
13
55
15
8.5
Agricultural sciences, general
67
19
57
18
8.8
54
11
56
6
8.5
60
2
47
7
6.8
Agricultural sciences, other
268
18
40
16
8.2
754
8
33
10
7.0
852
3
29
8
6.2
Biomedical doctoral fields
Anatomy
821
40
14
62
8.0
1355
31
5
62
6.8
1163
21
5
36
6.0
Bacteriology
143
40
16
62
8.0
39
31
8
67
6.8
Biochemistry
7856
38
22
72
7.0
6237
27
9
72
6.3
5772
20
12
62
5.8
Biomedical sciences
233
41
18
59
8.8
Biometrics & biostatistics
623
39
27
13
8.6
470
29
14
8
7.3
308
19
16
7
6.7
Biophysics
1193
25
26
71
7.4
1052
15
11
65
6.7
1062
10
10
56
6.0
Biotechnology research
32
28
28
28
7.6
Cell biology
1927
45
14
75
7.6
628
35
5
72
7.0
414
37
7
49
6.0
Developmental Biology/embryology
418
49
16
82
7.6
152
39
5
76
6.5
340
32
4
51
5.9