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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 research universities in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Offer a full range of baccalaureate programs; Are committed to graduate education through the doctorate; Give high priority to research; Award 50 or more doctoral degrees each year; Receive annually $40 million or more in federal support [2] The Carnegie Foundation reported that 59 institutions met these criteria in 1994. [3]

4. 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]

5. Graduate science education in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Typically, PhD programs require applicants to have a bachelor's degree in a relevant field (and, in many cases in the humanities, a master's degree), reasonably high grades, several letters of recommendation, relevant academic coursework, a cogent statement of interest in the field of study, and satisfactory performance on a graduate-level exam ...

6. Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

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   Institutions that offer graduate and professional programs (such as law schools) but do not award the doctorate are classified as having Postbaccalaureate graduate programs. [9] These programs are classified by the fields in which the degrees are awarded. Single postbaccalaureate (education) (S-PostBac/Ed)—only offer graduate training in ...

7. United States National Research Council rankings - Wikipedia

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   These rankings did not provide exact ranks for any university or doctoral program; rather, a statistical range was given. This was because "the committee felt strongly that assigning to each program a single number and ranking them accordingly would be misleading, since there are significant uncertainties and variability in any ranking process ...