Figure 42 



Distribution of Full-time Graduate Students in 

 Doctorate Departments, by Area of Science and 

 Type of Support, 1967-71 



(Percent) 

 20 40 60 80 



T T T T T 



Outside support (fellowships, trameeships, research Self and 



100 



Figure 43 



Distribution of Full-time Graduate Students 

 in Science and Engineering, by Source 

 of Support, 1969-71 



(Thousands) 



all sources 



160 



Self-support 



SOURCE National Science Foundation 



SOURCE National Science Foundation. 



social science degrees increased by a factor of 4.1 

 over the period, well above the growth (2.2 

 times) in the total science and engineering de- 

 grees awarded at that level. Social science de- 

 grees — as a proportion of all first degrees in sci- 

 ence and engineering — rose from about one- 

 fourth in 1959-60 to almost one-half in 1970-71. 

 The annual production of graduates in the life 

 and mathematical sciences increased by factors 

 of 2.2 and 2.4, respectively, over the period, 

 whereas those receiving degrees in the physical 

 sciences and engineering rose by factors of only 

 1.3 and 1.2, respectively. 



First degrees in science and engineering, as a 

 fraction of first degrees in all fields, remained 

 essentially constant at some 30 percent between 

 1959-71. The large increase in the annual 

 recipients of social science degrees was responsi- 

 ble for maintaining the fraction at a constant 

 level; engineering degrees, as a proportion of 

 degrees in all fields, declined continuously from 

 9.6 percent to 5.1 percent during the period, and 

 the physical sciences fell from 4.1 to 2.4 percent. 



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