Doctorates Awarded in Sociology, by Gender

Notes: Uses the field “Academic Discipline, Detailed (standardized): Sociology” and the NSF population of institutions. This chart includes doctorates awarded in two subfields, sociology and demography/population studies, that cannot be separated in the available data. Percent calculated for those whose gender is known.

Last updated January 2020.

Source:

NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)/Doctorate Records File. Obtained from https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvydoctorates/.