But that sudden rise comes after a decline for much of the 1990s, leaving the number of Ph.D. degrees
awarded noncitizens in 2000 roughly the same as it was in 1991.
Not exact matches
Their analysis also showed a gap of 4.2 percentage points for Asians; however, the differences between Asian and white
award probabilities were explained by exclusion of
noncitizens from the analysis.
These
awards are open to all qualifying U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and
noncitizen nationals.