Figure 52 



Number of Institutions of Higher Education 

 by Highest Degree Awarded in Science and 

 Engineering, 1960-61 to 1970-71 



(Number) 

 800 



Bachelor s-granting institutions 



700 - 



Figure 53 



Scientists and Engineers '=' Employed by 



Universities and Colleges, 1965-71 



Number of scientists and engineers (Thousands) 

 160 



70 — 

 60 — 

 50- 

 40 — 



Master 's-granting institutions 



Bachelor's-granting institutions 



two ways: the number of graduate-level institu- 

 tions increased and existing graduate institu- 

 tions expanded their graduate programs. Some 

 aspects of the growth pattern of dt^ctoral institu- 

 tions are shown in the following tables. 



The first table shows the growth in the 

 number of Ph.D. -level institutions and the divi- 

 sion of doctorate awards among them. The 

 increasing number of institutions are divided 

 into three groups, in terms of the number of 

 Ph.D. degrees awarded. 



1965 >=' " '1 



(a) Includes all scientists and engineers (full-time-equivalent basis) employed in 

 universities 



SOURCE: National Science Foundation. 



The table shows that the number of 

 institutions in each group increased, with the 

 largest increase occurring in institutions which 

 awarded the smallest number of Ph.D.'s. 

 Growth in the last group of institutions, how- 

 ever, was matched by the expansion of graduate 

 programs in the larger Ph.D. -granting institu- 

 tions. Thus, in 1970-71 as in 1962-63, 7 percent 

 of the institutions produced one-third of all sci- 

 ence and engineering Ph.D.'s, 15 percent pro- 

 duced the second third, and 7S percent pro- 

 duced the remaining one-third of the Ph.D.'s. 



The proportion of full-time graduate students 

 enrolled in the three groups of institutions over 

 the 1962-71 period are shown in the following 

 table. 



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