Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States 1995 Profile (1998) / Chapter Skim
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11 3 PRINCIPAL JOB Employment Sector In 1995, 49 percent of science and engineering doctorates were working in educational institutions, primarily 4-year colleges and universities. Another 30 percent were employed in private for-profit companies and 6 percent were self-employed.
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12 • Chemistry and engineering doctorates were most likely to be employed in private for-profit companies (55 and 54 percent, respectively)
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award. Postsecondary teachers of science and engineering went from 23 to 36 percent of the total.
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14 Mobility between science and engineering fields was evident among certain groups of doctorates. • Among both health and agriculturaVenvironmental sciences doctorates, between 16 and 17 percent were employed in biological sciences.
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15 • On the other hand, the proportion primarily teaching grew as time since the Ph.D. increased, from 19 percent for recent Ph.D.s to 29 percent for those with more than 25 years since the degree.
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16 Salary In 1995 the median salary for science and engineering Ph.D.s was $60,200. (Median annual salaries were computed for full-time employed individuals, including postdoctoral appointees.)
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Government Support Status In 1995, 28 percent of emploied science and engineering doctorates received support from the federal government in the form of contracts or grants (see Table 16)
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18 FIGURE 8. Science and engineering Ph.D.s, by relationship of job to doctoral field, 1995.
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19 Foeas on Academe The following is a more detailed look at the 44 percent of employed science and engineering doctorates who were working in academe in 1995, excluding those on postdoctoral appointments.4 (Academe includes 2-year and 4-year colleges, universities, medical schools, university-affiliated research institutes, and "other" educational institutions. It does not include elementary, middle, or secondary schools.)
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20 • Women, however, did not achieve the rank of full professor in the same proportions as men. At 5 years or less since the doctorate, women actually had a slight edge in the full professor category (2 percent, compared with 1 percent for men)
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21 Tenure In 1995, 56 percent of science and engineering doctorates employed in academe were tenured, 18 percent were on a tenure track, and 9 percent were not on a tenure track. Of the rest, 5 percent were at institutions without a tenure system and 13 percent were in positions to which tenure did not apply (see Table 23)
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22 • Achievement of tenure is directly corelated with years since doctorate. At 5 years or less since the Ph.D., only 6 percent had tenure.
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