2024-2025 Survey of Earned Doctorates

Survey of Earned Doctorates

2025SED_Questionnaire_updated_03-19-2025

2024-2025 Survey of Earned Doctorates

OMB: 3145-0019

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SED

Survey of Earned Doctorates
July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
Conducted by
NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT
FOR THE
HUMANITIES

Data collection activities contracted to

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Birth name or former name, if legally changed

Today’s Date

Doctoral Institution

Branch or City

Suffix (e.g., Jr.)

Type of Research Doctoral Degree (e.g., PhD, EdD, etc.)

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Part A1 - RESEARCH DOCTORAL DEGREE
A1. When did you start your research doctoral degree and when was the degree granted or when is it expected to be granted?
Month/year degree started:

Month/year degree granted

or expected:

Month

Year

Month

Year

A2. What is the name of the department that supervised your doctoral studies?

This could be interdisciplinary committee, center, institute, etc. Please use the full department name and avoid acronyms.

Department/Committee/Center/Institute/Program

A3. What was the primary field of study for your research doctoral degree?

Do not use acronyms or abbreviations.

Field Name
A4. Was your dissertation research (or performance, project report, or music or literary composition) interdisciplinary?

Yes
GO TO A6

A5. (If Yes to interdisciplinary research) Please list the fields of study for your dissertation research.
Primary Field:

Field 2:

Field 3:

Field Name

GO TO A7

A6. (If No) What was the name of the primary field of study for your dissertation research?

Primary Field:

Field Name

A7. Did you receive full or partial tuition remission (waiver) for your doctoral studies?

Select one.

No, I did not receive any tuition remission
Yes, I received remission for less than 1/3 of tuition
Yes, I received between 1/3 and 2/3 of tuition
Yes, I received remission for more than 2/3 of tuition, but less than full
Yes, I received full tuition remission

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Part A2 - EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
A8. The next few questions ask about your educational experiences prior to entering your research doctoral degree.
Please select below all other degrees you have received after high school, and indicate the month and year each degree was
started and awarded.
Do not include your research doctoral degree you reported already.
Degree type

Month
started

Select one per row.
Associate’s degree (e.g., AS, AA) or equivalent
Bachelor’s degree (e.g., BS, BA, AB) or equivalent
Master’s degree (e.g., MS, MA, MBA, MSW) or equivalent
Professional doctoral degree (e.g., MD, DDS, DVM, JD, PsyD)
Another research doctoral degree (e.g., PhD, DSc)
Other postsecondary degree - Specify:

Associate’s degree (e.g., AS, AA) or equivalent
Bachelor’s degree (e.g., BS, BA, AB) or equivalent
Master’s degree (e.g., MS, MA, MBA, MSW) or equivalent
Professional doctoral degree (e.g., MD, DDS, DVM, JD, PsyD)
Another research doctoral degree (e.g., PhD, DSc)
Other postsecondary degree - Specify:

Year
started

Month
awarded

Year
awarded

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A9. (If you did not receive a professional doctorate) In addition to your doctoral degree, are you currently earning a professional
doctoral degree, such as an MD, DDS, DVM, JD, or PsyD?

Yes
No

A10. (If you did not receive an associate’s degree) Have you ever earned college credit from a community or 2-year college?

Yes
No

A11. In what month and year did you first enter any graduate program, even if you did not earn a degree?

Month:

Year:

EDUCATION HISTORY DEGREE LOOP STARTS
In the Web instrument, degrees reported in Questions A8 and A9 go through the loop for each degree.
Up to 9 degrees are allowed, and multiple degrees of same type are looped through that degree type
section each time.

ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE LOOP STARTS
A12. Please indicate the geographic location of the institution for your associate’s degree in [year awarded].

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory
Outside of the United States

A13. Please type the institution name where you received your associate’s degree in [year awarded].
Institution Name:
City/Town:
State/Foreign (non-U.S.) Country:

A14. What was the field of study for your associate’s degree in [year awarded]?

Do not use acronyms or abbreviations.

Field Name

ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE LOOP ENDS

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BACHELOR’S DEGREE LOOP STARTS
A15. Please indicate the geographic location of the institution for your bachelor’s degree in [year awarded].

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory

Outside of the United States

A16. Please type the institution name where you received your bachelor’s degree in [year awarded].
Institution Name:
City/Town:
State/Foreign (non-U.S.) Country:

A17. What was the field of study for your bachelor’s degree in [year awarded]?

Do not use acronyms or abbreviations.

Field Name

A18. Did you complete a double major for your bachelor’s degree that you received in [year awarded]?

Yes

GO TO A20

A19. (If Yes) What was the second major field of study for your bachelor’s degree in [year awarded]?

Do not use acronyms or abbreviations.

Field Name

BACHELOR’S
DEGREE LOOP ENDS

MASTER’S DEGREE LOOP STARTS
A20. Please indicate the geographic location of the institution for your master’s degree in [year awarded].

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory

Outside of the United States

A21. Please type the institution name where you received your master’s degree in [year awarded].
Institution Name:
City/Town:
State/Foreign (non-U.S.) Country:

A22. What was the field of study for your master’s degree in [year awarded]?

Do not use acronyms or abbreviations.

Field Name

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A23. Which of the following best describes your master’s degree in [year awarded]?

This master’s degree was required to enter or continue in my doctoral program

This master’s degree was not required, but it fulfilled credits for my doctoral program

This master’s degree was not required and it did not fulfill any credits for my doctoral program

GO TO A25

A24. About how many of the credits from your master’s degree awarded in [year awarded] counted toward your doctoral degree?
Select one.

Some
Most
All

MASTER’S DEGREE LOOP ENDS
SECOND RESEARCH DOCTORAL DEGREE LOOP STARTS
A25. Please indicate the geographic location of the institution for your second doctoral degree in [year awarded].

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory
Outside of the United States

A26. Please type the institution name where you received your second doctoral degree in [year awarded].
Institution Name:
City/Town:
State/Foreign (non-U.S.) Country:

A27. What was the field of study for your second doctoral degree in [year awarded]?

Do not use acronyms or abbreviations.

Field Name

SECOND RESEARCH DOCTORAL DEGREE LOOP ENDS
PROFESSIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE LOOP STARTS
A28. Please indicate the type of professional doctoral degree you have earned in [year awarded].

DDS

DVM

PsyD

DDiv

Other professional doctoral degree - Specify:

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A29. Please indicate the geographic location of the institution from which you have earned your professional doctoral degree in [year
awarded].

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory

Outside of the United States

A30. Please type the institution name where you have earned your professional doctoral degree in [year awarded].
Institution Name:
City/Town:
State/Foreign (non-U.S.) Country:

PROFESSIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE LOOP ENDS
OTHER POSTSECONDARY DEGREE LOOP STARTS
A31. Please indicate the geographic location of the institution for your other postsecondary degree.

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory

Outside of the United States

A32. Please type the institution name where you received your other postsecondary degree.
Institution Name:
City/Town:
State/Foreign (non-U.S.) Country:

A33. What was the field of study for your other postsecondary degree?

Do not use acronyms or abbreviations.

Field Name

OTHER POSTSECONDARY DEGREE LOOP ENDS
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE LOOP STARTS
A34. Please indicate the type of professional doctoral degree you are currently earning.

DDS

DVM

PsyD

DDiv

Other professional doctoral degree - Specify:

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A35. Please indicate the geographic location of the institution from which you expect to earn your professional doctoral degree.

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory

Outside of the United States

A36. Please type the institution name where you are earning your professional doctoral degree.
Institution Name:
City/Town:
State/Foreign (non-U.S.) Country:

A37. When did you start the professional doctoral degree that you are currently earning and when is the degree expected to be
granted?

Month/year degree started:

Month/year degree expected:

Month
Month

Year

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE LOOP ENDS

END OF EDUCATION HISTORY DEGREE LOOP
A38. Please indicate whether each of the following was a source of financial support for your educational and living expenses
during graduate school.
Include sources of support for all graduate-level degree programs (master’s and doctorate).
Select Yes or No for each.

Yes

a. Fellowship, scholarship
b. Dissertation grant
c. Teaching assistantship
d. Research assistantship
e. Other assistantship
f. Traineeship
g. Internship, clinical residency
h. Loans (from any source)
i.

Personal savings

Personal earnings during graduate school (other than sources listed above)

k. Spouse’s, partner’s, or family’s earnings or savings
l.

Employer reimbursement/assistance

m. Foreign (non-U.S.) support
n. Other - Specify:

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A39. Based on the total amount of financial support provided,
which of sources from A38 were your primary and
secondary source of support?

A40. When you receive your doctoral degree, how much money will
you owe that is directly related to your undergraduate and
graduate education?

Enter letters of primary and secondary sources.

Select one in each column.

UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE

Primary source of support
Secondary source of support

Select if no secondary source

None

$10,000 or less

$10,001 - $20,000

$20,001 - $30,000

$30,001 - $40,000

$40,001 - $50,000

$50,001 - $60,000

$60,001 - $70,000

$70,001 - $80,000

$80,001 - $90,000

$90,001 or more - Specify:

$90,001 - $100,000

$100,001 - $120,000
$120,001 - $140,000

$140,001 - $160,000

$160,001 or more - Specify:

Part B1 - POSTGRADUATION PLANS
B1. Where do you intend to live in the year after graduation?

Select one.

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory
State or U.S. Territory:
Outside the United States
Foreign (non-U.S.) Country:

B2. What best describes the status of your postgraduate plans?

Select one.

I(Aaccepted
or began a postdoc, residency, or other training position
“postdoc” is a temporary position primarily for gaining additional education and training
1

in research, awarded in academe, industry, government, or a nonprofit organization.)

I am returning to, or continuing in, predoctoral employment

I accepted or am employed in a position other than a postdoc or training position

I am negotiating an offer of employment with one or more specific organizations

I am seeking a position but currently have no offer of employment

I am enrolling in a full-time degree program (e.g., PhD, MD, DDS, JD, MBA)

I do not plan to work or study (e.g., family commitments)

Other - Specify:

GO TO POSTDOC OR OTHER TRAINING on PAGE 10
GO TO EMPLOYED OTHER THAN POSTDOC
OR TRAINING on PAGE 11
GO TO NEGOTIATING OR SEEKING on PAGE 13

GO TO PART B2 on PAGE 13

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POSTDOC OR OTHER TRAINING (if
B3. What best describes the nature of your postdoc or other
training?

you checked Box 1 in B2)

B5. What is the name and location of the organization where
you will work or train?
Please use the full organization name and avoid acronyms.

Select one.

a. Organization Name:

Postdoc fellowship or research associateship
Traineeship
Internship, clinical residency

b. Geographic location:

Select one.

Other training - Specify:

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory
State or U.S. Territory:

B4. What type of employer will you be working for on your
postdoc or other training?

Outside the United States

Select one.

Foreign (non-U.S.) Country:

EDUCATION

c. Is this a college or university?............

U.S. 4-year college or university other than medical
school
U.S. medical school (including university-affiliated
hospital or medical center)

Yes ........

B6. What will be your primary and secondary work activities?

U.S. university-affiliated research institute

Select one in each column.

U.S. community or 2-year college

PRIMARY SECONDARY

U.S. preschool, elementary, middle, secondary school
or school system

Research and development...............................

.............

Teaching ..........................................................

.............

Management or administration ........................

.............
.............

U.S. federal government

Professional services .......................................
(such as health care, engineering, consulting,
counseling, financial, or legal services)

U.S. state government

Other - Specify:

.............

Foreign (non-U.S.) educational institution
GOVERNMENT (other than educational institution)

.........................................

U.S. local government
Foreign (non-U.S.) government
No secondary work activities .................................................

PRIVATE OR NONPROFIT SECTOR (other than
educational institution)

B7. What will be the main source of financial support for your
postdoc or other training?

Industry (for profit)
Nonprofit organization (including private foundation)

Select one.

OTHER

U.S. government

Self-employed

Industry/business

Other - Specify:

College or university
Private foundation
Nonprofit, other than private foundation or college
Foreign (non-U.S.) government
No financial support (unpaid position)
Other - Specify:
Not sure/Unknown

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B8. What will be your basic annual salary for this postdoc or
other training?

B9. Is this salary based on a 12-month year or fewer than
12 months?

If you are not salaried, please estimate your earned income.

Include paid vacation and sick leave.
12-month year

Annual Salary/Earned Income:

Less than 12 months

In which currency did you report your salary above?

Number of months per year:

U.S. Dollars
Another currency - Specify:

GO TO PART B2 on PAGE 13

If you prefer not to report an exact amount, please
indicate into which range you expect your salary to fall:
Select one.
$30,000 or less

$80,001 - $90,000

$30,001 - $35,000

$90,001 - $100,000

$35,001 - $40,000

$100,001 - $110,000

$40,001 - $50,000

$110,001 - $120,000

$50,001 - $60,000

$120,001 - $130,000

$60,001 - $70,000

$130,001 or more

$70,001 - $80,000

Don’t know

EMPLOYED OTHER THAN POSTDOC OR TRAINING
(if you checked Box 2 or 3 in B2)

B11. What type of employer will you be working for?

B10. Is your employment considered military service?

Select one.

Yes

EDUCATION

U.S. 4-year college or university other than medical school
U.S. medical school (including university-affiliated hospital
or medical center)
U.S. university-affiliated research institute
U.S. community or 2-year college
U.S. preschool, elementary, middle, secondary school or
school system
Foreign (non-U.S.) educational institution
GOVERNMENT (other than educational institution)
U.S. federal government
U.S. state government
U.S. local government
Foreign (non-U.S.) government
PRIVATE OR NONPROFIT SECTOR (other than educational
institution)
Industry (for profit)
Nonprofit organization (including private foundation)
OTHER
Self-employed
Other - Specify:

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B12. What is the name and location of the organization where
you will work?

B15. What will be your basic annual salary for this principal job?
If you are not salaried, please estimate your earned income. Do not
include bonuses or additional compensation for summertime teaching
or research.

Please use the full organization name and avoid acronyms.
a. Organization Name:

Annual Salary/Earned Income:

In which currency did you report your salary above?

b. Geographic location:
Select one.

U.S. Dollars
Another currency - Specify:

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory

If you prefer not to report an exact amount, please
indicate into which range you expect your salary to fall:

State or U.S. Territory:

Select one.

Outside the United States
Foreign (non-U.S.) Country:
c. Is this a college or university?
Yes
No

GO TO B14

B13. (If Yes) At this educational institution, will you be holding
a faculty position?

$30,000 or less

$80,001 - $90,000

$30,001 - $35,000

$90,001 - $100,000

$35,001 - $40,000

$100,001 - $110,000

$40,001 - $50,000

$110,001 - $120,000

$50,001 - $60,000

$120,001 - $130,000

$60,001 - $70,000

$130,001 or more

$70,001 - $80,000

Don’t know

Select one.
Yes, a tenure-track faculty position

B16. Is this salary based on a 12-month year or fewer than
12 months?

Yes, a non-tenure-track faculty position
No

Include paid vacation and sick leave.
12-month year
Less than 12 months

B14. What will be your primary and secondary work activities?
Select one in each column.

Number of months per year:

PRIMARY SECONDARY
Research and development...............................

.............

Teaching ..........................................................

.............

Management or administration ........................

.............

Professional services .......................................
(such as health care, engineering, consulting,
counseling, financial, or legal services)

.............

Other - Specify:

.............

.........................................

B17. Is your position with the same employer you worked for
during your doctoral studies or before you started your
doctoral studies?
Select one.
Yes, I first worked for this employer before I started my doctoral
studies
Yes, I first worked for this employer during my doctoral studies
No

No secondary work activities .................................................

GO TO PART B2 on PAGE 13

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NEGOTIATING OR SEEKING (if
B18. What type of position(s) are you negotiating or seeking?

Select one or more.

you checked Box 4 or 5 in B2)
B21. Of the employers you selected in B19, which ONE employer
would be your top choice?

A postdoc or other training position
(A “postdoc” is a temporary position primarily for gaining
additional education and training in research, awarded in
academe, industry, government, or a nonprofit organization.)

Enter letter of top choice.
Top Choice

Employment (other than a postdoc or training position)

B22. What is your current employment status?

Other - Specify:

Please include part-time, full-time, and temporary positions.

I am employed in a position related to my field of study
I am employed in a position not related to my field of study

B19. What type of employer(s) are you negotiating with or
seeking?

GO TO B24 BELOW

I am not employed

Select one or more.

B23. (If employed) Is your position with the same employer you
worked for during your doctoral studies or before you started
your doctoral studies?

a Educational institution
b Government (other than educational institution)
c Business/industry

Select one.

d Nonprofit organization (including private foundation)

Yes, I first worked for this employer before I started my doctoral
studies

e Other - Specify:

Yes, I first worked for this employer during my doctoral studies
No

B20. Did you mark more than one response in Question B19?
Yes
No

GO TO B22

Part B2 - IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The next questions focus on how the coronavirus pandemic may have affected your graduate experiences and career plans.
B24. Did you experience any of the following as a result of the coronavirus pandemic?
Select Yes or No for each.

Yes

a. The pandemic delayed the timeline for completing my doctoral degree.
b. The pandemic led to a reduction or suspension of funding for my doctoral studies.
c. The pandemic affected my research (e.g., limited access to resources or collaborators/advisers,
changed research plan).
d. The pandemic changed my immediate postgraduate employment plans (e.g., limited job opportunities,
less-desirable employment, work visa status).
e. The pandemic changed my longer-term career plans (e.g., pursuit of different type of job or employer).
f.

The pandemic affected my plans about where to live in the year after graduation.

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B25. (If B24.c = Yes) How was your research affected as a result of the coronavirus pandemic?
Select Yes or No for each.

Yes

a. As a result of the pandemic, I had limited or no access to resources I needed (e.g., lab, data, hardware, software,
archives, human subjects, collaborators, or advisers).
b. I had to make changes to my research plan (e.g., goals, topic, focus, approach, scope) as a result of the pandemic.
c. The pandemic disrupted my research in other ways. Please specify:

B26. (If B24.d = Yes) How did your immediate postgraduate employment plans change as a result of the coronavirus pandemic?
Select Yes or No for each.

Yes

a. As a result of the pandemic, there were limited job opportunities in the employment I desire.
b. I had to accept a less-desirable job in terms of the type of position, employer, and/or location as a result of the
pandemic.
c. The pandemic changed my immediate postgraduate employment plans in other ways. Please specify:

B27. (If B24.e = Yes) How did your longer-term career plans change as a result of the coronavirus pandemic?
Select Yes or No for each.
a. As a result of the pandemic, I plan to pursue my career with a different type of employer (e.g., from academia to
industry) than I had considered before.
b. I plan to pursue my career in a different type of job or field than I had considered before as a result of the pandemic.
c. The pandemic opened new opportunities for my longer-term career plan in areas I had not considered before.
d. The pandemic changed my longer-term career plans in other ways. Please specify:

B28. Did the coronavirus pandemic change your graduate experience or career plans in any other ways?
Yes
No

B29. In what other ways did your graduate experience or plans change as a result of the coronavirus pandemic?

Specify:

Part C - BACKGROUND INFORMATION
C1. What is your sex?

C2. What is your current marital status?
Select one.

Male

Female

Never married
Married
Living in a marriage-like relationship
Widowed
Separated
Divorced

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C3. Not including yourself or your spouse/partner, do you have
any dependents?
Dependents are children or adults who receive at least one-half of

C7. What is your citizenship status?
Select one.

their financial support from you.

U.S. CITIZEN

Yes Write in number of dependents
in each age range.

5 years of age or younger . . . .

6 to 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19 years or older . . . . . . . . . .

Since birth

Naturalized

GO TO C9

NON-U.S. CITIZEN

With a Permanent U.S. Resident Visa (“Green Card”)

With a Temporary U.S. Visa

GO TO C8

C8. (If a non-U.S. citizen) Of which country are you a citizen?
C4. What is the highest level of education completed by parents
or guardians?

MOTHER/

FEMALE
GUARDIAN

FATHER/
MALE
GUARDIAN

Less than high school/
secondary school graduate..............................

..................

High school/secondary school graduate .........

..................

Some college...................................................

..................

Associate’s degree .........................................

..................

Bachelor’s degree............................................

..................

Master’s degree...............................................
(e.g., MA, MS, MBA, MSW, etc.)

..................

Professional degree ........................................
(e.g., MD, DDS, DVM, JD, PsyD, DDiv, etc.)

..................

Research doctoral degree ...............................
(e.g., PhD)

..................

Not applicable/Unknown.................................

..................

Select one for each parent or guardian.

Foreign (non-U.S.) Country:

C9. What is the geographic location of the high school or
secondary school that you last attended?

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory

Outside the United States

Day

Outside the United States
Foreign (non-U.S.) Country:

Select one.
No, I am not Hispanic or Latino
Yes, I am Mexican or Chicano
Yes, I am Puerto Rican
Yes, I am Cuban
Yes, I am Other Hispanic or Latino - Specify:

C11. What is your racial background?
Select one or more.

Foreign (non-U.S.) Country:

State or U.S. Territory:

Month

State or U.S. Territory:

C6. What is your date of birth?

Inside the United States or U.S. Territory

Select one.

C10. Are you Hispanic or Latino?

C5. Where is your place of birth?

Select one.

Year

American Indian or Alaska Native - Specify tribal affiliation(s):

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Asian
Black or African American
White

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C12. The following questions are designed to help us better understand the educational paths of individuals with specific functional
limitations. What is the USUAL degree of difficulty you have with...
Select one in each row.

NONE
SLIGHT
MODERATE
SEVERE
UNABLE TO DO

SEEING words or letters in ordinary newsprint....................................... .....................
.....................
.....................
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(with glasses/contact lenses, if you usually wear them)

HEARING what is normally said in conversation with.............................
another person (with hearing aid, if you usually wear one)

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WALKING without human or mechanical assistance .............................
or using stairs

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LIFTING or carrying something as heavy as 10 pounds,.........................
such as a bag of groceries

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CONCENTRATING, REMEMBERING, or MAKING DECISIONS......................
because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition

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C13.

C16. Please provide the best contact information where you can be
reached for possible additional research follow-up.

Mark this box (X) if you answered “NONE” to all the
activities in Question C12, and go to Question C15.

C14. What is the earliest age at which you first began
experiencing any difficulties in any of these areas?

Age

Since birth

C15. Please fill in the last four digits of your Social Security
number.

X X X - X X -

Your Current Street Address

City/State/Country/ZIP or Postal Code

E-mail Address

Daytime or Cell Telephone Number (including area or country code)

C17. Please provide the name and contact information of a person
who is likely to know where you can be reached. Do not include
someone in your household.

REMINDER: ALL INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE WILL BE TREATED AS
CONFIDENTIAL and used only for research or statistical purposes
by your doctoral institution, the survey sponsors, their contractors,
and collaborating researchers for the purpose of analyzing data,
preparing scientific reports and articles, and selecting samples for
a limited number of carefully defined follow-up studies.

As with all the information provided in this survey, complete confidentiality will be provided. This person will only be contacted if we
have difficulty contacting you.

Name of person who will know where you can be reached

Relationship (e.g., family, work colleague/adviser, friend)

City/State/Country/ZIP or Postal Code

E-mail Address

Telephone Number (including area or country code)

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Thank you for completing the survey. Please make any additional comments you may have about this
survey in the space provided below.
The results of this survey will be published in an annual report; the annual reports on earlier surveys are
available at www.nsf.gov/statistics/sed.
If you have questions or concerns about this survey, you may contact us by e-mail at: sed@rti.org or phone at:
1-877-256-8167.
For more information about the SED, go to: www.sedsurvey.org.

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To the Doctorate Recipient:
Congratulations on earning a doctoral degree!
Your accomplishment is significant for both this nation and others, as the new knowledge generated by
research doctorates enhances the quality of life in this country and throughout the world. Because of the
importance of persons earning research doctorates, several federal agencies–listed on the cover–sponsor
this Survey of Earned Doctorates.
The basic purpose of this survey is to gather objective data about doctoral graduates. These data play an
important role in local, regional, and national initiatives concerning graduate education. Through outreach
meetings with our constituents, we have learned that decision makers in universities, private organizations,
and government agencies use data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates when developing new programs
and allocating resources to current programs. If you have any comments about the survey, please provide
them on page 18.
On behalf of the sponsoring federal agencies, I thank you for your participation in this survey.
Best wishes,
Emilda B. Rivers
Director
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
National Science Foundation

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