Table 19. Doctorate recipients, by ethnicity, race, and citizenship status: 2006–16
Ethnicity, race, and citizenship status |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
All doctorate recipients |
45,620 |
48,132 |
48,777 |
49,552 |
48,029 |
48,911 |
50,945 |
52,704 |
53,994 |
54,909 |
54,904 |
U.S. citizen or permanent resident |
29,028 |
29,501 |
30,844 |
32,327 |
31,602 |
31,726 |
32,982 |
33,965 |
34,006 |
35,086 |
35,719 |
Temporary visa holder |
14,198 |
15,123 |
15,261 |
14,736 |
13,636 |
14,235 |
14,784 |
15,674 |
15,841 |
16,132 |
16,498 |
Unknown citizenship |
2,394 |
3,508 |
2,672 |
2,489 |
2,791 |
2,950 |
3,179 |
3,065 |
4,147 |
3,691 |
2,687 |
Hispanic or Latino |
2,330 |
2,544 |
2,710 |
2,815 |
2,702 |
2,915 |
3,064 |
3,073 |
3,148 |
3,424 |
3,578 |
U.S. citizen or permanent resident |
1,532 |
1,655 |
1,773 |
1,880 |
1,842 |
1,989 |
2,144 |
2,135 |
2,191 |
2,450 |
2,555 |
Temporary visa holder |
786 |
869 |
932 |
924 |
849 |
922 |
916 |
921 |
944 |
965 |
1,015 |
Unknown citizenship |
12 |
20 |
5 |
11 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
17 |
13 |
9 |
8 |
Not Hispanic or Latino |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
123 |
148 |
121 |
138 |
129 |
135 |
107 |
126 |
109 |
141 |
136 |
U.S. citizen or permanent resident |
113 |
140 |
115 |
132 |
117 |
127 |
104 |
119 |
103 |
131 |
128 |
Temporary visa holdera |
10 |
D |
D |
6 |
12 |
8 |
D |
7 |
6 |
10 |
8 |
Unknown citizenship |
0 |
D |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Asian |
11,633 |
12,321 |
12,454 |
12,131 |
11,583 |
12,311 |
12,850 |
13,430 |
13,559 |
13,836 |
14,064 |
U.S. citizen or permanent resident |
2,391 |
2,308 |
2,507 |
2,612 |
2,738 |
2,832 |
2,943 |
2,892 |
2,882 |
3,074 |
3,082 |
Temporary visa holder |
9,226 |
9,948 |
9,940 |
9,504 |
8,822 |
9,451 |
9,889 |
10,514 |
10,664 |
10,742 |
10,944 |
Unknown citizenship |
16 |
65 |
7 |
15 |
23 |
28 |
18 |
24 |
13 |
20 |
38 |
Black or African American |
2,183 |
2,383 |
2,395 |
2,617 |
2,380 |
2,313 |
2,528 |
2,655 |
2,654 |
2,773 |
2,868 |
U.S. citizen or permanent resident |
1,789 |
1,891 |
1,961 |
2,168 |
1,939 |
1,899 |
2,055 |
2,172 |
2,172 |
2,275 |
2,360 |
Temporary visa holder |
383 |
471 |
431 |
434 |
426 |
404 |
469 |
479 |
477 |
493 |
502 |
Unknown citizenship |
11 |
21 |
3 |
15 |
15 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
White |
25,244 |
25,569 |
26,084 |
26,630 |
25,964 |
26,174 |
26,983 |
27,872 |
27,948 |
28,631 |
28,786 |
U.S. citizen or permanent resident |
21,923 |
22,067 |
22,835 |
23,616 |
23,100 |
23,279 |
24,011 |
24,750 |
24,830 |
25,385 |
25,524 |
Temporary visa holder |
3,279 |
3,322 |
3,229 |
2,970 |
2,810 |
2,841 |
2,931 |
3,070 |
3,086 |
3,180 |
3,221 |
Unknown citizenship |
42 |
180 |
20 |
44 |
54 |
54 |
41 |
52 |
32 |
66 |
41 |
More than one race |
532 |
541 |
546 |
695 |
711 |
780 |
868 |
929 |
939 |
972 |
1,116 |
U.S. citizen or permanent resident |
464 |
505 |
506 |
646 |
654 |
722 |
807 |
858 |
879 |
904 |
1,032 |
Temporary visa holder |
67 |
33 |
40 |
49 |
54 |
58 |
61 |
71 |
60 |
67 |
84 |
Unknown citizenship |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Other race or race not reported |
467 |
522 |
563 |
554 |
441 |
464 |
462 |
447 |
411 |
459 |
471 |
U.S. citizen or permanent resident |
287 |
304 |
343 |
338 |
272 |
248 |
293 |
279 |
272 |
249 |
273 |
Temporary visa holder |
172 |
D |
D |
211 |
160 |
212 |
D |
147 |
125 |
172 |
174 |
Unknown citizenship |
8 |
D |
D |
5 |
9 |
4 |
D |
21 |
14 |
38 |
24 |
Ethnicity not reported |
3,108 |
4,104 |
3,904 |
3,972 |
4,119 |
3,819 |
4,083 |
4,172 |
5,226 |
4,673 |
3,885 |
U.S. citizen or permanent resident |
529 |
631 |
804 |
935 |
940 |
630 |
625 |
760 |
677 |
618 |
765 |
Temporary visa holder |
275 |
270 |
472 |
638 |
503 |
339 |
355 |
465 |
479 |
503 |
550 |
Unknown citizenship |
2,304 |
3,203 |
2,628 |
2,399 |
2,676 |
2,850 |
3,103 |
2,947 |
4,070 |
3,552 |
2,570 |