Table 1: Research Doctorates Completed by Students Earning their BA/BS from a UW System Institution
2002 – 2011
1
Percentage of UW
Regional Total
Number of STEM
2
Doctorates
Percentage of UW
Regional STEM Total
STEM Percentage of
Institutional Total
Stevens Point
272
18%
164
25%
60%
Eau Claire
263
17%
98
15%
37%
La Crosse
197
13%
94
14%
48%
Whitewater
160
10%
37
6%
23%
Oshkosh
148
10%
50
7%
34%
River Falls
121
8%
71
11%
59%
Green Bay
105
7%
41
6%
39%
Platteville
75
5%
47
7%
63%
Parkside
76
5%
33
5%
43%
Stout
63
4%
13
2%
21%
Superior
47
3%
21
3%
45%
TOTAL
1,527
100%
669
100%
UW-Madison
UW-Milwaukee
2,613
454
1,436
151
55%
33%
59,516
21,041
35%
Number of Doctorates
UW Institution
All Master's Degree
Granting Institutions
Source: NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates
1
Includes research doctorates only, such as Ph.D., D.M.A. Excludes professional degrees such as M.D., D.D.S., O.D., D.V.M., and J.D. Note that Ed.D. programs were re-classified from the research to
professional category in 2010, resulting in some year-to-year variability and representing a change in the NSF methodology.
2
Includes Engineering, Geosciences, Life Sciences, Math and Computer Sciences, and Physical Sciences.
Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
January 2014