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Percentage of Doctorate Degrees Earrned by Women
This series of two charts shows the increasing share of women awarded doctorates in several of the sciences over the last two decades. After the year 2000, substantially more than half of PhDs in psychology and sociology were earned by women. The life sciences come in third place, with almost half of new PhDs awarded to women. Economics and political science had a smaller share of women earning doctoral degrees than did the life sciences.
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Source: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resource Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates/Doctorate Record File (Arlington, VA: NSF, 2006). Retrieved from http://webcaspar.nsf6gov (November 16, 2008).
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