Program Completion and Attrition Data
CGS published “Ph.D. Completion and Attrition: Analysis of Baseline Program Data from the Ph.D. Completion Project” in December 2007. The data CGS used to create the figures in the publication are available in the tables below.
Completion Data (Excel, 89 KB)
| Table 1 | Cumulative Ten-Year Completion Rates by Program, Broad Field, STEM vs. SSH, and Overall |
| Table 2 | Descriptive Statistics for Completion Rates by Program and Broad Field |
| Table 3 | Cumulative Ten-Year Completion Rates by Institution Type and Broad Field |
| Table 4 | Cumulative Ten-Year Completion Rates by Cohort Size and Broad Field |
| Table 5 | Cumulative Seven-Year Completion Rates for A- and B-Cohorts by Broad Field |
Attrition Data (Excel, 78 KB)
| Table 1 | Cumulative Ten-Year Attrition Rates by Program, Broad Field, STEM vs. SSH, and Overall |
| Table 2 | Cumulative Ten-Year Attrition Rates by Institution Type and Broad Field |
| Table 3 | Cumulative Attrition Rates by Cohort Size and Broad Field |
| Table 4 | Cumulative Four-Year Attrition Rates by Broad Field and Cohort Year |
| Table 5 | Components of Overall Early Attrition for Years One Through Four |
| Table 6 | Cumulative Ten-Year Attrition, Completion and Continuing Rates by Broad Field |
| Table 7 | Overall Four-Year Cumulative Attrition, Completion, and Continuing Rates for A-, B-, and C-Cohorts by Broad Field |
| Table 8 | Attrition, Completion, and Continuing Rates by Cohort Year |