Retirement Patterns for U.S.-Trained Doctorate Holders in Science, Engineering & Health
December 2023
The chart allows users to explore data on the retirement patterns of U.S.-trained science, engineering, and health doctorate holders from 2015 to 2019. Users can hover over the horizontal bars to see statistics for each work status trajectory and hover over the vertical bars for additional statistics.
Data from the Survey of Doctorate Recipients inform program and policy decisions of businesses, government agencies, and universities.
The Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) is the only comprehensive source of data on the careers of the most highly trained scientists and engineers coming out of U.S. educational institutions. The SDR provides essential data on the education and training, work experience, career development, and demographics of this critically important population.
The Survey of Doctorate Recipients website includes interactive graphics that allow users to explore the data by the field of their doctorate, retirement patterns, and more.
This visualization was created by NORC’s VizStudio, a creative community of experts who turn complex data into compelling visual stories.