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Table 1. Kentucky baccalaureate origins of U.S. citizen doctorate recipients in the biological sciences (1978-2002). 



KY Baccalaureate Institution for 







National 



Totals 





National 



Totals 





National 



Biology Doctorates 



Totals 



KY Rank 



Rank/1434 



Men 



KY Rank 



Rank/1284 



Women 



KY Rank 



Rank/1288 



University of Kentucky 



161 



1 



120 



105 



1 



114 



56 



1 



132 



University of Louisville 



84 



2 



223 



50 



2 



228 



34 



2 



214 



Centre College 



54 



3 



324 



25 



6 



392 



29 



3 



243 



Western Kentucky University 



52 



4 



333 



29 



5 



346 



23 



4 



301 



Murray State University 



48 



5 



351 



35 



3 



306 



13 



5 



428 



Thomas More College 



41 



6 



385 



33 



4 



319 



8 



11 



596 



Eastern Kentucky University 



36 



7 



421 



24 



7 



409 



12 



6 



455 



Bellarmine College 



28 



8 



488 



17 



8 



492 



11 



7 



483 



Northern Kentucky University 



25 



9 



523 



16 



9 



513 



9 



8 



558 



Berea College 



20 



10 



588 



11 



11 



608 



9 



8 



558 



Georgetown College 



20 



10 



588 



11 



11 



608 



9 



8 



558 



Transylvania University 



18 



12 



628 



11 



11 



608 



7 



12 



634 



Morehead State University 



1 7 



io 





1 9 





ooo 



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Asbury College 



14 



14 



716 



7 



14 



719 



7 



12 



634 



Kentucky Wesleyan College 



6 



15 



953 



4 



15 



843 



2 



15 



951 



Kentucky State University 



4 



16 



1043 



3 



16 



904 



1 



17 



1064 



Union College 



3 



17 



1101 



3 



16 



904 



na 



na 



na 



Brescia College 



2 



18 



1161 



2 



18 



972 



0 



20 



1246 



Cumberland College 



2 



18 



1161 



0 



20 



1255 



2 



15 



951 



Campbellsville University 



2 



18 



1161 



1 



19 



1056 



1 



17 



1064 



Spalding University 



1 



21 



1230 



0 



20 



1255 



1 



17 



1064 



Total Academic Instiution 



638 







399 



239 



ect, NSF Division of Science Resources Sta- 

 tistics, pers. comm. 1 1 Feb.). 



RESULTS 



Table 1 presents the Kentucky baccalaure- 

 ate origins of doctoral recipients in the bio- 

 logical sciences for men and women from 

 1978 through 2002. A total of 638 baccalau- 

 reate degrees were awarded to individuals 

 who received a doctorate in the biological sci- 

 ences with 399 (63%) going to men and 239 

 (37%) going to women. Columns two, three, 

 and four, respectively, present the total num- 

 ber of doctorates awarded, the rank among 

 Kentucky institutions of higher education, and 

 the national rank out of 1434 institutions in 

 the SED database. Columns five, six, and sev- 

 en, respectively, present the number of doc- 

 torates awarded to men, the rank among Ken- 

 tucky institutions of higher education, and the 

 national rank out of 1284 institutions in the 

 SED database. Columns eight, nine, and ten, 

 respectively, present the number of doctorates 

 awarded to women, the rank among Kentucky 

 institutions of higher education, and the na- 

 tional rank out of 1288 institutions in the SED 

 database. Data entries of "na" indicate infor- 

 mation not available or not entered in the SED 

 database. 



Table 2 presents the Kentucky baccalaure- 

 ate origins of doctoral recipients in chemistry 



for men and women from 1978 through 2002. 

 A total of 325 baccalaureate degrees were 

 awarded to individuals who earned a doctorate 

 in chemistry with 243 (75%) going to men 

 and 82 (25%) going to women. Columns two, 

 three, and four, respectively, present the total 

 number of doctorates awarded, the rank 

 among Kentucky institutions of higher edu- 

 cation, and the national rank out of 1215 in- 

 stitutions in the SED database. Columns five, 

 six, and seven, respectively, present the num- 

 ber of doctorates awarded to men, the rank 

 among Kentucky institutions of higher edu- 

 cation, and the national rank out of 1215 in- 

 stitutions in the SED database. Columns eight, 

 nine, and ten, respectively, present the number 

 of doctorates awarded to women, the rank 

 among Kentucky institutions of higher edu- 

 cation, and the national rank out of 967 insti- 

 tutions in the SED database. Data entries of 

 "na" indicate information not available or not 

 entered in the SED database. 



Table 3 presents the Kentucky baccalaure- 

 ate origins of doctoral recipients in physics for 

 men and women from 1978 through 2002. A 

 total of 107 baccalaureate degrees were 

 awarded to individuals who received a doc- 

 torate in physics, with 98 (92%) going to men 

 and 9 (8%) going to women. Columns two, 

 three, and four, respectively, present the total 

 number of doctorates awarded, the rank 



