US Doctorate Lengths Vary by More Than Six Years Between Fields, Federal Data Analysis Finds
A federal data analysis by Grad Coach reveals that the time to earn a doctorate in the US varies significantly by field, with education doctorates taking a median of 12.3 years and physical sciences taking 6.0 years. This discrepancy is attributed to factors such as part-time study and full-time employment among education doctorate students. The analysis highlights the complexity of measuring doctorate durations, as different starting points are used, and notes the absence of comparable UK data.
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