In 2018, the overall satisfaction for the programs completed by doctoral graduates in 2014 equaled to 6.8 points. The aspect which received the lowest rate was the training's quantity, while the autonomy and degree of responsibility during the PhD programs obtained the highest rate.

Taiwan Number of Graduate: Ph.D. Program data was reported at 3,512.000 Person in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3,623.000 Person for 2016. Taiwan Number of Graduate: Ph.D. Program data is updated yearly, averaging 297.000 Person from Jul 1959 (Median) to 2017, with 59 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,241.000 Person in 2013 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 1962. Taiwan Number of Graduate: Ph.D. Program data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Education. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.G057: Number of Graduate.

The data, collected for the 2005-2006 academic year from more than 5,000 doctoral programs at 212 universities, covers 62 fields of study. Included for each program are such characteristics as faculty publications, grants, and awards; student GRE scores, financial support, and employment outcomes; and program size, time to complete degree, and faculty composition. Measures of faculty and student diversity are also included.

Introduction This STEM advising outreach program was developed for undergraduate students who are contemplating future applications to PhD programs in the life sciences. The audience of ~20 students ranged in academic stage, and was composed mostly of life sciences undergraduates enrolled at Bowdoin College.

We have previously described two similar outreach events (ref. 1,2); this 90-minute combination of seminar and discussion built on that pilot program. This session at Bowdoin College was intended to complement the advising that students receive from their primary research mentors on campus. Although undergraduates at many excellent institutions have access to extensive pre-professional advising for careers in medicine, law and some other directions, the structure of advising for scientific research and the many career options that rely on PhD training is less consistent. Independent study or thesis research mentors are often a student’s primary source of advice. Career advisors have confirmed that reiteration and reinforcement of advising principles by professionals external to the school environment is helpful. Therefore, this outreach program’s content was developed with a goal of demystifying PhD programs and the benefits that they provide. The topics covered included (a) determining the key differences between programs, (b) understanding how PhD admissions works, (c) preparing an effective application, (d) proactive planning to strengthen one’s professional portfolio (internships, independent research, cultivating mentors), (e) key transferable skills that most students learn in graduate school, (f) what career streams are open to life science PhDs, and, (g) some national and institutional data on student career aspirations and outcomes (ref. 3). Methods The approach of bringing a faculty member and an administrative staff member who both have life science PhD training backgrounds was intentional. This allowed the program to portray different perspectives and experience to guide student career development, while offering credible witnesses to the types of experiences, skills and knowledge gained through PhD training. Central to the method of this outreach program is the willingness of graduate educators to meet the students on their own ground. The speakers guided students through a process of identifying national graduate programs that might best serve their individual interests and preferences. In addition to recruiting prospective applicants to Harvard Medical School (HMS) summer internships and PhD programs, the speakers made an explicit appeal to students to hone their professional portfolio proactively by discussing important skills that undergraduates need to be competitive in admissions and the career workplace including acquiring training in statistics and programming, soliciting diverse mentorship, acquiring authentic research experiences/internships, conducting thesis research, and obtaining fellowships). By reinforcing much of the anecdotal and formal advising content that is made available by faculty mentors and career counselors, our host saw the value of external experts to validate guidance.

This event built off our most recent event (ref. 2); we delivered a presentation covering the relevant topics and transitioned into an open discussion featuring a third visitor in our team. In contrast to the aforementioned previous event, the time constraint at lunch time prevented us from doing a formal panel. Our third speaker was a HMS Curriculum Fellow (ref. 4) whose career goals included teaching at a comparable institution (primarily undergraduate institution, PUI).

Students were encouraged to have lunch during the session, as the program was held at midday to avoid conflicts with other academic or extracurricular events. ResultsAs the principal goal of the session was to encourage and engage students, not to evaluate them, and the students ranged widely in stage and long-term career objectives, there were no assessment surveys of learning gains. Informally, student engagement was excellent as judged by the frequency and thoughtful nature of questions asked during the discussion phase of the session. Ad hoc student feedback directly following the event was extremely positive, as was our host’s follow up by email after the event. The success of the program was also evident by an invitation for a repeat of the program or other forms of collaboration in the future, including the possibility of reciprocal visits to HMS.DiscussionThis advising session was a continued refinement of our prototype, and thus served to prepare us for a series of similar events across a larger network of colleges. Our decision to incorporate a HMS Curriculum Fellow served three purposes: (1) to engage speaker who pursued doctoral training at three different institutions (UCLA, Tufts University, Harvard University), (2) to broaden the range of career trajectories presented as outcomes from doctoral programs, and (3) to provide networking and career development opportunities for the Curriculum Fellow.

In the academic year of 2020/2021 in the United States, 85,581 doctoral degrees were earned in health professions and related programs - the most out of any field of study. A further 35,976 doctoral degrees were earned in legal professions and studies.

Taiwan Number of Student to 1000 Pop: Ph.D. Program data was reported at 1.200 Person in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.224 Person for 2017. Taiwan Number of Student to 1000 Pop: Ph.D. Program data is updated yearly, averaging 0.320 Person from Jul 1968 (Median) to 2018, with 51 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.476 Person in 2011 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 1969. Taiwan Number of Student to 1000 Pop: Ph.D. Program data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Education. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.G054: Education Statistics.

This graph shows the number of doctorate granting institutions in the United States from 1975 to 2018. The number of institutions has broadly increased over time, and in 2018 the number of doctorate granting institutions stood at 431.

In 2021 in the United States, **** percent of doctorate recipients fell within the age bracket of 26 to 30 years old. A further **** percent of doctorate recipients were between the ages of 31 and 35 years old.

Taiwan Number of Student: Male: Ph.D. Program data was reported at 18,958.000 Person in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 19,464.000 Person for 2017. Taiwan Number of Student: Male: Ph.D. Program data is updated yearly, averaging 2,511.000 Person from Jul 1959 (Median) to 2018, with 60 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24,298.000 Person in 2011 and a record low of 10.000 Person in 1960. Taiwan Number of Student: Male: Ph.D. Program data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Education. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.G056: Number of Student.

Persistence and graduation of doctorate degree students, within the field of study grouping (Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and Business, humanities, health, arts, social science and education (BHASE) groupings) and province or territory of first enrolment, by demographic characteristics. The STEM grouping includes fields of study in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and computer sciences. The BHASE grouping includes fields of study in business, humanities, health, arts, social science, education, legal studies, trades, services, natural resources and conservation.

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In 2021, doctoral students needed on average *** years after starting graduate school to complete their doctorate. On average, they needed *** years since their Bachelor's degree to complete their doctoral studies.

This dataset presents the number of students enrolled annually in PhD programs by intake year.

The recent movement underscoring the importance of career taxonomies has helped usher in a new era of transparency in PhD career outcomes. The convergence of discipline-specific organizational movements, interdisciplinary collaborations, and federal initiatives has helped to increase PhD career outcomes tracking and reporting. Transparent and publicly available PhD career outcomes are being used by institutions to attract top applicants, as prospective graduate students are factoring in these outcomes when deciding on the program and institution in which to enroll for their PhD studies. Given the increasing trend to track PhD career outcomes, the number of institutional efforts and supporting offices for these studies have increased, as has the variety of methods being used to classify and report/visualize outcomes. This report comprehensively synthesizes existing PhD career taxonomy tools, resources, and visualization options to help catalyze and empower institutions to develop and publish their own PhD career outcomes. Similar fields between taxonomies were mapped to create a new crosswalk tool, thereby serving as an empirical review of the career outcome tracking systems available. Moreover, this work spotlights organizations, consortia, and funding agencies that are steering policy changes toward greater transparency in PhD career outcomes reporting. Such transparency not only attracts top talent to universities, but also propels research progress and technological innovation forward. Therefore, university administrators must be well-versed in government policies that may impact their PhD students. Engaging with government relations offices and establishing dialogues with policymakers are crucial steps toward staying informed about relevant legislation and advocating for more resources. For instance, much of the recent science legislation in the U.S. Congress, including the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, significantly impacts federal agency programs influencing universities. To ensure sustained development, it is imperative to support initiatives that enhance transparency, both in terms of legislation and resources. Increased funding for programs supporting transparency will aid legislatures and institutions in staying informed and responsive. Many efforts presented in this publication have received support from federal and state governments or philantrophic sources, underscoring the need for multifaceted support to initiate and perpetuate this level of systemic change.

A great advantage of our rigorous doctoral training is that as PhD economists we speak a common language that allows for efficient vetting and quick dissemination of ideas and insights. But what good is sophisticated grammar and a powerful vocabulary if the contents of our narratives are lacking? Our top three criteria for admissions to PhD programs are prior coursework in math, the quantitative GRE score, and prior coursework in economics. To attract top talent and prevent becoming a stagnant discipline that loses the influence we have in society and academia, students' creativity, originality, and drive should receive more weight.

Proportion of students who started in a doctorate degree program and pursued or graduated with a different educational qualification, within Canada, by demographic characteristics.

PhD completion data for men and women in STEM PhD programs.

Descriptive statistics for regression model explanatory variables.

Descriptive data for the ranking criteria of the 198 unique PhD applications and risk of withdrawing from PhD.

Taiwan Number of Student: Female: Ph.D. Program data was reported at 9,388.000 Person in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 9,357.000 Person for 2017. Taiwan Number of Student: Female: Ph.D. Program data is updated yearly, averaging 447.500 Person from Jul 1959 (Median) to 2018, with 60 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9,990.000 Person in 2012 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 1967. Taiwan Number of Student: Female: Ph.D. Program data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Education. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.G056: Number of Student.