| Table 02-10: Doctor's Degrees by Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-2007 | 2005-2006 | 2004-2005 | 2003-2004 | 2002-2003 | 2001-2002 | 1999-2000 | 1994-1995 | 1989-1990 | 1985-1986 | 1981-1982 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Independent Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4-year Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-resident Alien | 403 | 21.3% | 399 | 23.2% | 402 | 26.4% | 327 | 24.0% | 328 | 25.2% | 241 | 25.4% | 243 | 24.8% | 340 | 32.3% | 221 | 24.7% | 99 | 14.1% | 88 | 14.5% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 2 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | 6 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.5% | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 61 | 3.2% | 67 | 3.9% | 62 | 4.1% | 42 | 3.1% | 46 | 3.5% | 58 | 6.1% | 28 | 2.9% | 53 | 5.0% | 31 | 3.5% | 68 | 9.7% | 24 | 4.0% | |
| Hispanic | 27 | 1.4% | 20 | 1.2% | 28 | 1.8% | 12 | 0.9% | 15 | 1.2% | 10 | 1.1% | 10 | 1.0% | 12 | 1.1% | 10 | 1.1% | 6 | 0.9% | 5 | 0.8% | |
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 52 | 2.8% | 57 | 3.3% | 60 | 3.9% | 52 | 3.8% | 37 | 2.8% | 32 | 3.4% | 31 | 3.2% | 26 | 2.5% | 9 | 1.0% | 19 | 2.7% | 13 | 2.1% | |
| White, Non-Hispanic | 1,166 | 61.8% | 997 | 58.0% | 803 | 52.7% | 780 | 57.3% | 722 | 55.4% | 498 | 52.6% | 591 | 60.4% | 621 | 59.0% | 624 | 69.7% | 509 | 72.5% | 472 | 78.0% | |
| Unknown | 177 | 9.4% | 177 | 10.3% | 165 | 10.8% | 142 | 10.4% | 154 | 11.8% | 107 | 11.3% | 74 | 7.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Public Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| State-Related Universities | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-resident Alien | 518 | 34.8% | 466 | 31.7% | 449 | 34.5% | 410 | 31.6% | 362 | 34.2% | 366 | 32.1% | 325 | 29.1% | 355 | 29.0% | 269 | 26.5% | 202 | 19.4% | 139 | 14.0% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.5% | 6 | 0.6% | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 51 | 3.4% | 77 | 5.2% | 45 | 3.5% | 65 | 5.0% | 32 | 3.0% | 37 | 3.2% | 36 | 3.2% | 57 | 4.7% | 34 | 3.3% | 27 | 2.6% | 16 | 1.6% | |
| Hispanic | 23 | 1.5% | 32 | 2.2% | 19 | 1.5% | 28 | 2.2% | 19 | 1.8% | 16 | 1.4% | 24 | 2.2% | 24 | 2.0% | 14 | 1.4% | 19 | 1.8% | 7 | 0.7% | |
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 74 | 5.0% | 65 | 4.4% | 68 | 5.2% | 76 | 5.9% | 49 | 4.6% | 51 | 4.5% | 63 | 5.6% | 44 | 3.6% | 39 | 3.8% | 48 | 4.6% | 49 | 4.9% | |
| White, Non-Hispanic | 787 | 52.9% | 810 | 55.1% | 699 | 53.8% | 697 | 53.8% | 586 | 55.3% | 664 | 58.3% | 660 | 59.1% | 743 | 60.7% | 655 | 64.5% | 740 | 71.1% | 774 | 78.1% | |
| Unknown | 33 | 2.2% | 15 | 1.0% | 16 | 1.2% | 17 | 1.3% | 7 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.3% | 7 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| SSHE Universities | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-resident Alien | 10 | 14.3% | 13 | 14.6% | 22 | 28.9% | 19 | 25.7% | 21 | 29.2% | 19 | 21.1% | 9 | 12.3% | 2 | 3.4% | 3 | 7.7% | 2 | 15.4% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 3.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 3.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 4.1% | 3 | 4.2% | 3 | 3.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 3.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Hispanic | 1 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 2.6% | 1 | 1.4% | 3 | 4.2% | 2 | 2.2% | 1 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 5 | 7.1% | 8 | 9.0% | 4 | 5.3% | 6 | 8.1% | 4 | 5.6% | 7 | 7.8% | 3 | 4.1% | 6 | 10.2% | 3 | 7.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| White, Non-Hispanic | 36 | 51.4% | 46 | 51.7% | 41 | 53.9% | 42 | 56.8% | 38 | 52.8% | 59 | 65.6% | 60 | 82.2% | 47 | 79.7% | 33 | 84.6% | 11 | 84.6% | 21 | 100.0% | |
| Unknown | 18 | 25.7% | 19 | 21.3% | 7 | 9.2% | 3 | 4.1% | 2 | 2.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Total for all Institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-resident Alien | 931 | 27.0% | 878 | 26.8% | 873 | 30.1% | 756 | 27.7% | 711 | 29.2% | 626 | 28.8% | 577 | 26.6% | 697 | 29.9% | 493 | 25.3% | 303 | 17.3% | 227 | 14.0% | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 3 | 0.1% | 7 | 0.2% | 8 | 0.3% | 9 | 0.3% | 6 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.3% | 9 | 0.6% | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 112 | 3.3% | 147 | 4.5% | 107 | 3.7% | 110 | 4.0% | 81 | 3.3% | 98 | 4.5% | 64 | 3.0% | 112 | 4.8% | 65 | 3.3% | 95 | 5.4% | 40 | 2.5% | |
| Hispanic | 51 | 1.5% | 52 | 1.6% | 49 | 1.7% | 41 | 1.5% | 37 | 1.5% | 28 | 1.3% | 35 | 1.6% | 36 | 1.5% | 24 | 1.2% | 25 | 1.4% | 12 | 0.7% | |
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 131 | 3.8% | 130 | 4.0% | 132 | 4.6% | 134 | 4.9% | 90 | 3.7% | 90 | 4.1% | 97 | 4.5% | 76 | 3.3% | 51 | 2.6% | 67 | 3.8% | 62 | 3.8% | |
| White, Non-Hispanic | 1,989 | 57.7% | 1,853 | 56.5% | 1,543 | 53.2% | 1,519 | 55.6% | 1,346 | 55.3% | 1,221 | 56.1% | 1,311 | 60.5% | 1,411 | 60.4% | 1,312 | 67.3% | 1,260 | 71.8% | 1,267 | 78.4% | |
| Unknown | 228 | 6.6% | 211 | 6.4% | 188 | 6.5% | 162 | 5.9% | 163 | 6.7% | 110 | 5.1% | 81 | 7.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Total All Races/Ethnicities | 3,445 | 3,278 | 2,900 | 2,731 | 2,434 | 2,176 | 2,168 | 1,335 | 1,949 | 1,756 | 1,617 | ||||||||||||
| Source: Pennsylvania Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics and National Science Foundation | |||||||||||||||||||||||
