TABLE 3.9Number of Doctorate Recipients by Gender and Subfield

NumberPercentage
Field and SubfieldTotalMenWomenMenWomen
Physical Sciences6,8065,3071,49978.022.0
  • Physics
Polymer2320387.013.0
Solid-state and low temperature3713145784.615.4
  • Chemistry
Polymer116882875.924.1
  • Earth, atmosphere, and marine
Minerology and petrology1915478.921.1
Totals5294379282.617.4
Percentage of physical sciences7.88.26.1
Engineering6,0075,31369488.411.6
  • Ceramic sciences
3934587.212.8
  • Materials sciences
4763928482.417.6
  • Metallurgical
7368593.26.8
  • Mining and mineral
191901000
  • Polymer and plastics
58461279.320.7
Totals66555910684.115.9
Percentage of engineering11.110.515.3

Source: Appendix A, Table A-1 from the NRC Survey of Earned Doctorates.

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