Doctoral Degrees Increased Last Year, but Career Opportunities Remained Bleak

By Audrey Williams June. The number of earned doctorates awarded by American universities increased 3.5 percent in 2013, to 52,760, according to data from the National Science Foundation.
However, the snapshot of new Ph.D.’s, which comes from an annual report on doctoral-degree attainment known as the "Survey of Earned Doctorates," highlights a bleak part of post-Ph.D. life. More...