PhD Demographics
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The following is a table displaying the number of PhD doctorates awarded in the United States, subcategorized by State and Gender. Data is from the NSF Data Clearinghouse (2016).
Other academic demographics information can be found at UC Infocenter, which has data on employee head-counts across all campuses of the University of California system.
Location | Total | Biology & Biomed | Physical & Earth Science | Math & CS | Psych & Social Science | Engineering | Education | Arts & Humanities | Other | |||||||||
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Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
United States | 29,616 | 25,278 | 5,643 | 6,923 | 4,286 | 1,963 | 2,998 | 959 | 3,749 | 5,329 | 7,277 | 2,192 | 1,550 | 3,603 | 2,639 | 2,843 | 1,474 | 1,466 |
US Pct. | 54 | 46 | 45 | 55 | 69 | 31 | 76 | 24 | 41 | 59 | 77 | 23 | 30 | 70 | 48 | 52 | 50 | 50 |
Alabama | 387 | 334 | 101 | 100 | 36 | 17 | 34 | 12 | 33 | 49 | 104 | 27 | 48 | 89 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 20 |
Alaska | 24 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arizona | 482 | 407 | 63 | 92 | 89 | 31 | 36 | 11 | 62 | 90 | 133 | 38 | 23 | 61 | 51 | 59 | 25 | 25 |
Arkansas | 126 | 124 | 51 | 53 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | 17 | 10 | 16 | NA | NA |
California | 3,376 | 2,741 | 545 | 672 | 563 | 253 | 372 | 103 | 536 | 763 | 877 | 269 | 88 | 251 | 292 | 334 | 103 | 96 |
Colorado | 631 | 439 | 100 | 125 | 130 | 37 | 56 | 17 | 55 | 70 | 183 | 50 | 46 | 87 | 39 | 30 | 22 | 23 |
Connecticut | 434 | 325 | 118 | 97 | 64 | 27 | 37 | 13 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 20 | NA | NA | 65 | 75 | NA | NA |
Delaware | 166 | 114 | 29 | 26 | 32 | 17 | NA | NA | 17 | 32 | 64 | 20 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
DC | 292 | 317 | 17 | 46 | 18 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 79 | 121 | 55 | 17 | 23 | 43 | 57 | 46 | 17 | 25 |
Florida | 1,215 | 1,072 | 216 | 262 | 200 | 97 | 122 | 58 | 138 | 230 | 286 | 89 | 101 | 180 | 91 | 84 | 61 | 72 |
Georgia | 793 | 669 | 134 | 192 | 96 | 45 | 87 | 29 | 57 | 117 | 268 | 65 | 41 | 116 | 51 | 61 | 59 | 44 |
Hawaii | 91 | 110 | 15 | 30 | 16 | 11 | NA | NA | 22 | 28 | NA | NA | 10 | 20 | 6 | 14 | NA | NA |
Idaho | 65 | 44 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 6 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 15 | 10 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Illinois | 1,337 | 1,089 | 221 | 245 | 201 | 83 | 127 | 30 | 192 | 261 | 286 | 98 | 58 | 109 | 168 | 170 | 84 | 93 |
Indiana | 877 | 641 | 105 | 161 | 126 | 53 | 104 | 24 | 84 | 103 | 265 | 63 | 54 | 105 | 93 | 90 | 46 | 42 |
Iowa | 397 | 315 | 105 | 87 | 37 | 25 | 33 | 18 | 43 | 47 | 96 | 31 | 27 | 53 | 34 | 26 | 22 | 28 |
Kansas | 262 | 252 | 70 | 75 | 22 | 18 | NA | NA | 51 | 53 | NA | NA | 15 | 39 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 22 |
Kentucky | 261 | 219 | 63 | 69 | 15 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 41 | 39 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 34 | 52 | 33 | 13 | 12 |
Louisiana | 365 | 293 | 87 | 89 | 42 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 44 | 58 | 71 | 15 | 17 | 38 | 45 | 28 | 31 | 21 |
Maine | 38 | 37 | 9 | 13 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 9 | NA | NA | 8 | 7 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Maryland | 677 | 597 | 143 | 258 | 89 | 47 | 103 | 29 | 80 | 107 | 177 | 49 | 23 | 37 | 42 | 46 | 20 | 24 |
Massachusetts | 1,640 | 1,257 | 317 | 396 | 287 | 120 | 148 | 46 | 207 | 257 | 426 | 149 | 46 | 87 | 138 | 142 | 71 | 60 |
Michigan | 1,045 | 862 | 174 | 198 | 146 | 76 | 102 | 33 | 130 | 183 | 288 | 69 | 81 | 173 | 77 | 89 | 47 | 41 |
Minnesota | 606 | 859 | 151 | 265 | 56 | 23 | 40 | 15 | 121 | 250 | 106 | 39 | 36 | 140 | 21 | 40 | 75 | 87 |
Mississippi | 208 | 240 | 65 | 51 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 37 | 23 | 7 | 33 | 93 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 20 |
Missouri | 498 | 419 | 118 | 101 | 65 | 29 | 48 | 16 | 54 | 89 | 112 | 32 | 30 | 69 | 42 | 46 | 29 | 37 |
Montana | 66 | 52 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 6 | NA | NA | 9 | 8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0 |
Nebraska | 191 | 197 | 75 | 84 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 38 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
Nevada | 109 | 120 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 31 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 36 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
New Hampshire | 94 | 69 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 11 | NA | NA | 12 | 16 | 17 | 5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey | 584 | 480 | 75 | 117 | 100 | 49 | 81 | 28 | 90 | 95 | 105 | 54 | 24 | 42 | 78 | 66 | 31 | 29 |
New Mexico | 172 | 133 | 27 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 21 | NA | NA | 13 | 31 | 12 | 19 | NA | NA |
New York | 2,165 | 2,030 | 387 | 520 | 312 | 134 | 259 | 79 | 321 | 514 | 397 | 127 | 82 | 210 | 322 | 350 | 85 | 96 |
North Carolina | 967 | 841 | 240 | 289 | 110 | 56 | 121 | 48 | 106 | 137 | 221 | 79 | 35 | 107 | 93 | 80 | 41 | 45 |
North Dakota | 93 | 92 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Ohio | 1,148 | 895 | 232 | 247 | 195 | 62 | 106 | 20 | 101 | 145 | 322 | 85 | 60 | 181 | 86 | 91 | 46 | 64 |
Oklahoma | 299 | 239 | 61 | 50 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 42 | 78 | 22 | 28 | 49 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 19 |
Oregon | 247 | 208 | 59 | 71 | 50 | 26 | NA | NA | 32 | 39 | 45 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 13 | 16 | NA | NA |
Pennsylvania | 1,480 | 1,241 | 246 | 341 | 169 | 91 | 175 | 70 | 158 | 217 | 444 | 137 | 68 | 140 | 141 | 167 | 79 | 78 |
Puerto Rico | 74 | 142 | 15 | 34 | NA | NA | 5 | 0 | 24 | 75 | 5 | 6 | NA | NA | 6 | 11 | NA | NA |
Rhode Island | 168 | 157 | 29 | 34 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 24 | 13 | NA | NA | 26 | 42 | NA | NA |
South Carolina | 272 | 272 | 42 | 97 | 34 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 91 | 31 | 20 | 45 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 20 |
South Dakota | 64 | 49 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 8 | NA | NA | 6 | 8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Tennessee | 503 | 421 | 114 | 118 | 60 | 30 | 38 | 6 | 56 | 71 | 113 | 37 | 36 | 97 | 55 | 46 | 31 | 16 |
Texas | 2,181 | 1,793 | 395 | 432 | 320 | 139 | 216 | 73 | 215 | 314 | 623 | 196 | 107 | 303 | 155 | 207 | 150 | 129 |
Utah | 336 | 201 | 65 | 62 | 46 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 47 | 45 | 102 | 17 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 16 |
Vermont | 39 | 36 | 19 | 20 | NA | NA | 0 | 0 | NA | NA | 8 | 0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0 |
Virginia | 802 | 723 | 122 | 161 | 82 | 51 | 92 | 31 | 118 | 147 | 219 | 62 | 65 | 160 | 47 | 64 | 57 | 47 |
Washington | 466 | 461 | 100 | 172 | 78 | 40 | 40 | 17 | 62 | 81 | 114 | 39 | 36 | 57 | 18 | 36 | 18 | 19 |
West Virginia | 131 | 112 | 25 | 34 | 19 | 9 | NA | NA | 16 | 27 | 35 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 12 | 6 | NA | NA |
Wisconsin | 623 | 482 | 150 | 148 | 86 | 37 | 68 | 18 | 76 | 81 | 122 | 27 | 38 | 75 | 65 | 65 | 18 | 31 |
Wyoming | 49 | 32 | 11 | 10 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 9 | NA | NA | NA | NA |