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2. List of doctoral degrees in the US - Wikipedia

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   The first research doctorate was the doctor of philosophy, which came to the U.S. from Germany, and is frequently referred to by its initials of Ph.D. As academia evolved in the country a wide variety of other types of doctoral degrees and programs were developed.

3. List of fields of doctoral studies in the United States

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   These are fields of research-oriented doctoral studies, leading mostly to Ph.D.s – in the academic year 2014–15, 98% of the 55,006 research doctorates awarded in the U.S. were Ph.D.s; 1.1% were Ed.D.s; 0.9% were other research doctorates. [2]

4. List of research universities in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Doctoral conferrals in humanities, social science, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields, and in other fields (e.g., business, education, public policy, social work) These four measures were combined using principal component analysis to create two indices of research activity, one representing an aggregate level of ...

5. History of higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In the 1860s and 1870s, Yale and Harvard awarded a few PhD's. The major breakthrough came [according to whom?] with the opening of Clark University, which only offered graduate programs, and Johns Hopkins University, which began focusing more seriously on its PhD program. By the 1890s, Harvard, Columbia, Michigan and Wisconsin were building ...

6. UC Berkeley Department of History - Wikipedia

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   The graduate program in history prepares students for careers in academia, non-profits, government agencies, private sector, and more. Although the department does not offer a terminal master's degree, students may earn one en route to completing a PhD. The department selects about 20 students per year.

7. Doctor of Philosophy - Wikipedia

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   Akin to PhD programs in the UK and in the Netherlands, South African PhD programs consist of a research thesis or dissertation produced under the supervision of a subject-matter expert. South African PhD programs are designed to result in a substantial piece of scholarship that has undergone critical evaluation through peer review. Unlike PhD ...