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Doctorate Degrees Awarded in Sociology



Note: 

Calculations of degrees awarded are based on the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. Data for PhDs awarded between 2008 and 2010 are derived from the National Science Foundation's Survey of Earned Doctorates for those years. (See Source)

Summary:

This graph shows that the number of sociology doctorates awarded between 1930 and 2010 have dramatically increased. A sharp rise in the number of doctorates followed World War II and continued for several decades, peaking in the late 1970s. Degree production fell substantially up until the late 1980s, when the trend reversed.

Source:

National Center for Education Statistics. 2012. The Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Washington, DC: Department of Education. Retrieved: February 15, 2012 (https://webcaspar.nsf.gov).

* Data for PhDs awarded between 2008 and 2010: National Science Foundation. 2012. Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2008 - 2010. Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation. Retrieved: February 15, 2012 (https://webcaspar.nsf.gov).

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