Summary Report 1996 -- Highlights -- Copyright -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- TRENDS IN DOCTORATE RECIPIENTS -- CONTINUED BUT SLOWING INCREASE IN RESEARCH DOCTORATE AWARDS -- Rate of Growth -- Trends in Baccalaureate, Master's, and Doctorate Degrees -- Doctorates per Institution -- FIELD OF DOCTORATE -- Science and Engineering Fields -- Humanities, Education, and Professional Fields -- GENDER -- Gender by Field -- RACE/ETHNICITY -- Race by Field -- CITIZENSHIP -- Country of Citizenship -- Institutions -- Citizenship by Field -- TIME TO DEGREE -- FINANCIAL SUPPORT -- POSTGRADUATION STATUS AND PLANS -- LIST OF TABLES -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A: The Seven Basic Tables, 1996 -- APPENDIX B: Trend Tables, 1986-1996 -- APPENDIX C: Technical Notes -- Baccalaureate Institutions of U.S. Minorities -- Country of Citizenship (for non-U.S. Ph.D.s) -- Postgraduation Plans -- Primary Source of Graduate School Support -- Race/Ethnicity -- Time to Doctorate -- APPENDIX D Survey of Earned Doctorates Questionnaire, 1995-96.