Doctorate recipients in the U.S. by ethnicity 2021 | Statista

In 2021, at a total of 24,710, the majority of doctorate recipients in the United States were white or Caucasian. Another 14,595 doctorate recipients were Asian, and a further 4,013 recipients were Hispanic or Latino.

Number of doctorate recipients in the United States in 2021, by ethnicity

Characteristic	Number of doctorate recipients
White	24,710
Asian	14,595
Hispanic or Latino	4,013
Ethnicity not reported	3,659
Black or African American	3,040
More than one race	1,202
Other race or race not reported	926
American Indian or Alaska Native	105

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October 2022

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2021

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