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European doctoral graduates in the U.S.
43,300 doctorates were granted by U.S. universities in 2005. Of the 2005 doctorate recipients with known
citizenships, about 35% were non-U.S. citizens. The top countries in terms of the number of doctorates awarded to
its citizens are China (which accounts for 9.4% of all doctorates awarded by U.S. universities), South Korea (3.8%),
India (3.1), Taiwan (1.8%) and Canada (1.4%).
The six top EU countries are: Germany (11th), Italy (14th), the UK (15th), France (17th), Spain (20th) and Greece
(23rd). These six EU countries account for 2.4% of the total number of doctorates awarded by U.S. institutions (or
6.9% of the number of non-U.S. citizens earning doctorates).
On average, U.S. universities award about 1.6 doctorates to citizens of these 6 countries for every 100 granted at
home. This ratio ranges from 8.3% for Greece to 1.1% in Germany.