Publications

Ph.D. Completion and Attrition: Analysis of Baseline Demographic Data from the Ph.D. Completion Project

In September 2008, CGS published "Ph.D. Completion and Attrition: Analysis of Baseline Demographic Data from the Ph.D. Completion Project."

This is the second in a series of monographs from the CGS Ph.D. Completion Project. It focuses on ten-year and seven-year completion rates by demographic characteristics (gender, citizenship, and race/ethnicity) based on data, submitted by 24 institutions, on students who entered their Ph.D. programs in academic years 1992-93 through 2003-04. It presents cumulative and annual completion rates from various perspectives: overall, by field, by institution type, and by time of entry into the Ph.D. program. Completion between years seven and ten is also discussed.

Executive Summary

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Quantitative Data: Program Completion and Attrition Data

Information on the first book in this series: Ph.D. Completion and Attrition: Analysis of Baseline Program Data from the Ph.D. Completion Project (released Dec. 2007)

Information on the third book in this series: Ph.D. Completion and Attrition: Findings from Exit Surveys of Ph.D. Completers (released Sept. 2009)

Information on the fourth book in this series: Ph.D. Completion and Attrition: Policies and Practices to Promote Student Success (released March 2010)