Number of Ph.D.s conferred dropped 5.4% in 2021
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Image: Newly available data from the National Science Foundation suggest that the first full year of the pandemic had a major, negative impact on graduate students’ ability to finish their Ph.D.s. That was the first such dip since 2017, and experts said at the time that COVID-19 was probably a factor. percent decline in Ph.D.s
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