Number of doctorates awarded continued to grow in 2009
Monday, November 22, 2010 - 17:00
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U.S. academic institutions awarded 49,562 research doctorate degrees in 2009, the highest number ever reported by the National Science Foundation's Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), and a 1.6 percent increase over 2008's total of 48,802.