TABLE 9. Temporary visa holders awarded doctorates in science and engineering, by region/country of citizenship: 2000–10 Field and region/country of citizenship 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Science and engineering 7,664 7,953 7,707 8,393 9,164 10,426 11,587 12,369 12,626 12,211 11,302 284 66 18 20 13 167 255 69 21 22 13 130 246 83 16 25 8 114 288 101 21 23 11 132 306 107 13 34 11 141 350 124 26 37 17 146 362 108 27 41 23 163 394 93 36 52 36 177 399 86 46 42 42 183 361 62 49 48 41 161 353 62 42 45 42 162 East/South Asia China India Japan Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand Vietnam Other 4,460 2,034 726 166 29 695 611 149 8 42 4,615 2,146 717 128 30 814 492 231 7 50 4,439 2,121 601 141 22 807 428 258 15 46 4,839 2,263 688 170 24 915 407 307 14 51 5,392 2,718 788 166 35 1,003 359 263 10 50 6,397 3,281 1,033 183 52 1,118 401 248 17 64 7,560 4,056 1,415 187 53 1,167 403 194 15 70 8,127 4,211 1,839 201 46 1,093 433 218 23 63 8,271 4,071 2,061 196 50 1,110 414 274 42 53 7,931 3,674 2,030 187 57 1,155 510 193 61 64 7,285 3,366 1,901 163 52 1,055 460 172 69 47 Europe Bulgaria France Germany Greece Italy Romania Russian Federation Spain Ukraine United Kingdom Other 1,168 32 64 169 67 72 92 165 44 28 64 371 1,293 39 62 181 86 107 96 186 60 32 86 358 1,262 34 81 164 64 106 124 168 52 49 86 334 1,313 37 68 154 73 96 112 186 60 42 77 408 1,388 54 82 153 91 105 141 169 66 39 73 415 1,469 62 98 145 89 124 163 185 55 52 68 428 1,459 43 106 128 110 126 164 187 55 57 77 406 1,450 40 120 126 101 95 148 186 62 63 82 427 1,388 55 120 137 82 132 116 143 69 56 83 395 1,352 43 112 166 109 101 131 130 67 71 76 346 1,195 49 95 154 73 104 88 108 50 67 69 338 North America Canada Mexico Other 525 243 190 92 500 253 186 61 487 251 175 61 555 280 198 77 596 337 164 95 605 312 193 100 575 315 169 91 605 341 166 98 634 354 160 120 645 373 169 103 614 325 165 124 Pacifica/Australia Indonesia Philippines Other 152 53 47 52 134 46 34 54 137 62 29 46 127 42 44 41 150 64 31 55 159 54 40 65 154 42 43 69 162 37 64 61 161 47 62 52 159 45 62 52 160 51 58 51 South America Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Venezuela Other 396 66 121 36 47 63 63 372 60 130 26 55 48 53 359 54 113 36 47 47 62 403 63 99 61 68 63 49 429 80 124 36 71 61 57 494 85 140 39 97 43 90 469 79 128 52 83 56 71 492 100 111 54 85 42 100 555 110 123 63 122 47 90 563 104 121 64 125 43 106 512 77 124 44 118 37 112 West Asia Bangladesh Iran Israel Jordan Lebanon Nepal Pakistan Saudi Arabia Turkey 636 33 40 31 49 22 11 47 53 248 719 44 71 33 54 23 15 38 51 274 697 32 35 25 47 27 11 32 71 320 799 38 45 49 62 28 11 30 63 348 843 41 45 53 88 31 15 33 93 319 886 61 112 55 65 21 26 36 74 321 969 80 124 54 79 48 21 54 60 321 1,045 57 127 59 85 51 22 50 41 410 1,133 67 129 51 77 51 54 65 40 466 1,111 61 137 65 60 55 66 43 27 446 1,076 57 142 65 72 50 68 52 25 412 Africa Egypt Ghana Kenya Nigeria Other TABLE 9. Temporary visa holders awarded doctorates in science and engineering, by region/country of citizenship: 2000–10 Field and region/country of citizenship 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 102 116 97 125 125 115 128 143 133 151 133 43 65 80 69 60 66 39 94 85 89 107 5,213 5,164 5,057 5,475 5,852 6,664 7,289 7,768 8,136 7,998 7,451 195 15 14 18 11 137 170 26 13 19 13 99 162 34 11 25 5 87 196 44 17 23 6 106 217 55 11 31 8 112 247 69 17 35 12 114 259 47 21 38 13 140 315 57 D D 23 154 302 48 30 42 25 157 277 33 36 D D 134 253 25 34 39 25 130 2,858 1,401 393 146 17 432 347 90 6 26 2,776 1,332 390 106 24 498 268 118 5 35 2,651 1,303 344 114 16 465 234 130 12 33 2,842 1,347 400 139 11 531 231 137 13 33 3,065 1,559 436 141 24 518 221 128 8 30 3,683 1,920 553 150 31 609 252 115 12 41 4,348 2,339 735 160 37 675 239 108 12 43 4,656 2,526 889 165 38 600 274 117 17 30 4,944 2,577 1,071 168 29 622 254 151 36 36 4,855 2,432 1,066 158 28 672 297 117 44 41 4,514 2,247 1,042 135 34 592 298 100 37 29 Europe Bulgaria France Germany Greece Italy Romania Russian Federation Spain Ukraine United Kingdom Other 939 28 49 134 46 58 71 136 37 25 57 298 1,012 34 43 142 48 84 75 155 46 22 79 284 1,011 32 58 123 36 84 104 142 44 38 79 271 1,048 32 46 132 49 78 94 145 46 37 72 317 1,114 49 56 118 61 87 117 141 50 32 65 338 1,199 55 68 121 62 98 140 158 44 47 59 347 1,174 40 74 110 62 97 138 157 44 49 64 339 1,171 D 74 104 65 78 126 157 47 50 D 361 1,096 47 67 121 51 83 105 123 51 47 74 327 1,103 D 73 138 71 73 118 111 51 60 D 295 973 43 61 141 42 71 80 93 41 59 59 283 North America Canada Mexico Other 419 200 139 80 400 210 141 49 397 219 128 50 453 255 134 64 491 288 124 79 482 270 130 82 479 270 134 75 468 279 109 80 515 292 124 99 513 298 134 81 492 266 122 104 Pacifica/Australia Indonesia Philippines Other 114 30 38 46 100 24 30 46 99 34 26 39 92 20 39 33 106 31 27 48 109 26 31 52 114 24 35 55 130 20 D D 131 25 D D 115 21 56 38 127 33 52 42 South America Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Venezuela Other 291 55 84 28 34 40 50 286 48 97 19 43 34 45 275 49 84 28 31 31 52 329 54 85 49 55 47 39 318 65 92 28 49 37 47 382 75 112 31 68 29 67 349 69 101 35 57 31 56 373 83 98 37 54 24 77 419 98 98 45 80 28 70 428 89 106 45 83 26 79 384 70 96 34 72 26 86 West Asia Bangladesh Iran Israel Jordan Lebanon Nepal 371 19 18 27 30 11 9 380 16 23 27 26 16 12 408 22 12 20 22 15 10 475 20 18 43 35 14 11 488 21 21 43 47 21 10 520 37 40 49 36 15 21 540 46 36 47 42 31 15 591 32 43 46 45 36 14 673 36 33 44 42 33 40 652 33 36 55 28 26 51 629 33 32 59 32 31 56 Other Country unknown Science Africa Egypt Ghana Kenya Nigeria Other East/South Asia China India Japan Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand Vietnam Other TABLE 9. Temporary visa holders awarded doctorates in science and engineering, by region/country of citizenship: 2000–10 Field and region/country of citizenship 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Pakistan Saudi Arabia Turkey Other 28 37 125 67 24 23 144 69 20 46 179 62 18 41 196 79 16 56 179 74 25 45 180 72 33 32 172 86 25 25 228 97 39 27 284 95 25 16 269 113 29 17 239 101 Country unknown 26 40 54 40 53 42 26 64 56 55 79 Engineering 2,451 2,789 2,650 2,918 3,312 3,762 4,298 4,601 4,490 4,213 3,851 Africa Egypt Ghana Kenya Nigeria Other 89 51 4 2 2 30 85 43 8 3 0 31 84 49 5 0 3 27 92 57 4 0 5 26 89 52 2 3 3 29 103 55 9 2 5 32 103 61 6 3 10 23 79 36 D D 13 23 97 38 16 0 17 26 84 29 13 D D 27 100 37 8 6 17 32 1,602 633 333 20 12 263 264 59 2 16 1,839 814 327 22 6 316 224 113 2 15 1,788 818 257 27 6 342 194 128 3 13 1,997 916 288 31 13 384 176 170 1 18 2,327 1,159 352 25 11 485 138 135 2 20 2,714 1,361 480 33 21 509 149 133 5 23 3,212 1,717 680 27 16 492 164 86 3 27 3,471 1,685 950 36 8 493 159 101 6 33 3,327 1,494 990 28 21 488 160 123 6 17 3,076 1,242 964 29 29 483 213 76 17 23 2,771 1,119 859 28 18 463 162 72 32 18 Europe Bulgaria France Germany Greece Italy Romania Russian Federation Spain Ukraine United Kingdom Other 229 4 15 35 21 14 21 29 7 3 7 73 281 5 19 39 38 23 21 31 14 10 7 74 251 2 23 41 28 22 20 26 8 11 7 63 265 5 22 22 24 18 18 41 14 5 5 91 274 5 26 35 30 18 24 28 16 7 8 77 270 7 30 24 27 26 23 27 11 5 9 81 285 3 32 18 48 29 26 30 11 8 13 67 279 D 46 22 36 17 22 29 15 13 D 66 292 8 53 16 31 49 11 20 18 9 9 68 249 D 39 28 38 28 13 19 16 11 D 51 222 6 34 13 31 33 8 15 9 8 10 55 North America Canada Mexico Other 106 43 51 12 100 43 45 12 90 32 47 11 102 25 64 13 105 49 40 16 123 42 63 18 96 45 35 16 137 62 57 18 119 62 36 21 132 75 35 22 122 59 43 20 38 23 9 6 34 22 4 8 38 28 3 7 35 22 5 8 44 33 4 7 50 28 9 13 40 18 8 14 32 17 D D 30 22 D D 44 24 6 14 33 18 6 9 South America Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Venezuela Other 105 11 37 8 13 23 13 86 12 33 7 12 14 8 84 5 29 8 16 16 10 74 9 14 12 13 16 10 111 15 32 8 22 24 10 112 10 28 8 29 14 23 120 10 27 17 26 25 15 119 17 13 17 31 18 23 136 12 25 18 42 19 20 135 15 15 19 42 17 27 128 7 28 10 46 11 26 West Asia Bangladesh Iran Israel 265 14 22 4 339 28 48 6 289 10 23 5 324 18 27 6 355 20 24 10 366 24 72 6 429 34 88 7 454 25 84 13 460 31 96 7 459 28 101 10 447 24 110 6 East/South Asia China India Japan Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand Vietnam Other Pacifica/Australia Indonesia Philippines Other TABLE 9. Temporary visa holders awarded doctorates in science and engineering, by region/country of citizenship: 2000–10 Field and region/country of citizenship 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Jordan Lebanon Nepal Pakistan Saudi Arabia Turkey Other 19 11 2 19 16 123 35 28 7 3 14 28 130 47 25 12 1 12 25 141 35 27 14 0 12 22 152 46 41 10 5 17 37 140 51 29 6 5 11 29 141 43 37 17 6 21 28 149 42 40 15 8 25 16 182 46 35 18 14 26 13 182 38 32 29 15 18 11 177 38 40 19 12 23 8 173 32 Country unknown 17 25 26 29 7 24 13 30 29 34 28 D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information. SOURCE: National Science Foundation/National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates.
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