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32. 1997 Economic Census
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995. Graduate Science/Engineering Students in Doctorate-Granting Colleges
[295.1 represents 295,100. As of fall. Includes outlying areas]
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Total (1,000)
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Total (1,000)
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Total (1,000)
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Total (1,000)
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Total (1,000)
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Field of science or
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Total
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Total
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Female Graduate Students
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Foreign Students
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Part-time
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Part-time
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Female
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Female
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Foreign
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Part-time
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Part-time
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engineering
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1975
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1985
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1985
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1975
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1985
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1975
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1985
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1990
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1975
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1985
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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Total, all surveyed
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fields
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295.1
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355.8
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398.8
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413.6
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432.4
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440.5
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441.2
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435.6
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431.7
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426.0
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422.8
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122.8
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150.8
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157.3
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167.8
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175.4
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181.2
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184.0
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186.0
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187.0
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187.6
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101.3
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107.3
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108.2
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105.1
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101.9
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98.4
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98.5
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99.2
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101.9
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87.7
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115.4
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124.0
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126.5
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131.5
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133.5
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132.4
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130.6
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127.5
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123.7
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121.3
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0.0
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34.5
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37.6
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38.0
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38.8
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39.8
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41.1
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42.2
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43.1
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43.9
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44.4
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25.4
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22.6
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22.8
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23.3
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24.1
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29.7
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32.4
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31.1
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30.6
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30.4
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30.3
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30.0
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30.0
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29.5
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29.0
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28.7
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Science/engineering
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272.1
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317.2
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351.7
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364.1
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379.4
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383.5
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380.4
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372.0
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366.8
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360.4
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356.9
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93.5
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113.8
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119.2
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127.0
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131.9
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134.6
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135.3
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137.0
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137.9
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138.7
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97.3
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102.9
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103.9
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100.7
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97.7
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94.2
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93.8
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94.6
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97.0
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81.1
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97.5
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101.7
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103.6
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106.9
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107.8
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105.5
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103.0
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100.6
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97.8
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96.4
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0.0
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29.5
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32.4
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32.8
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33.5
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34.4
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35.4
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36.4
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37.4
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38.3
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38.9
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27.7
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25.3
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25.6
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26.2
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27.2
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29.8
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30.7
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28.9
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28.4
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28.2
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28.1
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27.7
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27.7
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27.4
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27.1
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27.0
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Engineering, total
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35.7
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90.2
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99.8
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105.3
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109.2
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108.4
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105.2
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99.6
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96.4
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94.7
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93.8
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10.4
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13.6
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14.5
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15.9
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16.3
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16.8
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16.7
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17.0
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17.5
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17.8
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36.5
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39.6
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39.7
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37.7
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35.7
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34.2
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33.9
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35.3
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36.9
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28.5
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35.8
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35.9
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36.3
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37.1
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36.9
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35.9
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33.9
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32.4
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30.9
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30.0
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0.0
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11.5
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13.6
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13.8
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14.5
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15.1
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16.0
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16.8
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17.6
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18.5
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19.0
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36.6
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34.3
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35.1
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37.3
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39.3
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80.0
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39.7
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35.9
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34.5
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34.0
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34.0
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34.1
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34.1
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33.6
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32.6
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32.0
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Sciences, total
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206.4
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226.9
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251.9
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258.8
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270.2
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275.1
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275.1
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272.3
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270.4
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265.7
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263.1
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83.1
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100.2
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104.7
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111.2
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115.5
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117.7
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118.6
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120.0
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120.4
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120.9
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60.8
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63.2
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64.2
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63.0
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62.0
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60.0
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60.0
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59.3
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60.1
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52.6
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61.7
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65.8
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67.3
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69.8
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70.9
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69.6
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69.1
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68.2
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66.9
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66.4
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0.0
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36.6
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39.8
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40.5
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41.1
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42.0
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42.8
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43.5
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44.4
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45.3
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45.9
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24.1
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22.0
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22.2
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22.3
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22.9
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25.5
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27.2
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26.1
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26.0
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25.8
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25.8
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25.3
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25.4
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25.2
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25.2
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25.2
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Physical sciences
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25.0
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29.4
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32.5
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32.9
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33.6
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33.5
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32.7
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31.8
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30.8
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29.7
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29.1
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6.0
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7.6
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8.0
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8.3
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8.6
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8.5
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8.5
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8.5
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8.3
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8.2
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12.0
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12.3
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12.4
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11.8
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11.4
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11.1
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10.9
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10.6
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10.4
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3.5
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3.5
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3.7
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3.5
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3.6
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3.6
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3.4
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3.6
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3.5
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3.4
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3.4
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0.0
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20.5
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23.4
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24.4
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24.7
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25.6
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26.1
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26.7
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27.5
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28.0
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28.1
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37.0
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34.8
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35.2
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35.8
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35.7
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14.1
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11.9
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11.3
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10.7
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10.7
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10.8
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10.4
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11.2
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11.4
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11.4
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11.6
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Environmental
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10.8
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14.1
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12.9
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13.2
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13.8
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14.0
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14.2
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14.1
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13.7
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13.0
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12.8
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3.6
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3.7
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4.0
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4.3
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4.4
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4.7
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4.8
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4.8
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4.7
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4.9
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2.6
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2.8
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2.9
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2.9
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3.2
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2.9
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2.7
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2.4
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2.4
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1.9
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3.4
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3.0
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3.3
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3.3
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3.3
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3.4
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3.4
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3.4
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3.1
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2.8
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0.0
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25.3
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29.1
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30.3
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31.0
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31.5
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32.9
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34.0
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35.1
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36.2
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38.0
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20.1
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20.4
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19.8
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18.9
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19.0
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17.7
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23.8
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23.6
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24.8
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24.1
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23.3
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23.7
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24.1
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25.0
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23.5
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22.0
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Mathematical sciences
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14.9
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15.4
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17.5
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17.9
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18.2
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17.7
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17.4
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16.4
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16.0
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14.8
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14.4
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4.5
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5.4
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5.5
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5.7
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5.7
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5.6
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5.3
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5.3
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5.0
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5.0
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6.2
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6.3
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6.1
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5.8
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5.8
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5.5
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5.5
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5.3
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5.1
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4.7
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4.3
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4.3
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4.3
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4.2
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3.9
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3.9
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3.7
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3.7
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3.3
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3.3
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0.0
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29.0
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30.6
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30.9
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31.5
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32.0
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32.2
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32.6
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33.3
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33.6
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34.8
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35.5
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33.8
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34.3
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35.5
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35.1
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31.4
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27.6
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24.5
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23.9
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23.1
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22.1
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22.6
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22.3
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23.0
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22.3
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22.9
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Computer sciences
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7.5
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24.2
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28.1
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28.2
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29.7
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30.1
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28.8
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28.2
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29.1
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30.1
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31.1
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6.1
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6.5
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6.5
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6.6
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6.8
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6.7
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6.6
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7.2
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8.0
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8.4
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9.2
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9.8
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10.5
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10.4
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9.8
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9.6
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10.6
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11.5
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12.4
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3.3
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11.8
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13.3
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13.5
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14.0
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14.4
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13.5
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13.0
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13.5
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13.6
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13.6
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0.0
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25.2
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23.2
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23.0
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22.3
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22.7
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23.2
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23.5
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24.7
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26.7
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27.2
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32.7
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34.2
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36.3
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38.1
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40.1
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44.0
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48.6
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47.2
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47.7
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47.2
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47.7
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46.8
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46.2
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46.3
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45.2
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43.8
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Agricultural sciences
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10.2
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10.9
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10.6
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10.8
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11.1
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11.2
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11.5
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11.6
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11.2
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11.1
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11.0
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2.8
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3.1
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3.3
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3.5
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3.8
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4.0
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4.1
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4.1
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4.2
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4.4
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3.1
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3.1
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3.1
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3.1
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3.1
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3.1
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2.9
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2.7
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2.6
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1.6
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2.0
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1.9
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1.9
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2.0
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2.1
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2.3
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2.4
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2.3
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2.4
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2.5
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0.0
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25.8
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29.3
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30.8
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31.7
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33.8
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34.6
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35.4
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36.8
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38.0
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39.6
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28.8
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26.4
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25.8
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24.2
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23.1
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15.3
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18.4
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17.9
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18.0
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18.4
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19.0
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20.4
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21.0
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20.9
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21.7
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22.6
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Biological sciences
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41.9
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42.2
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46.4
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48.1
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50.2
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52.0
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53.6
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53.9
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53.7
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52.9
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52.7
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17.9
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21.2
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22.1
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23.3
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24.6
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25.6
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26.2
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26.2
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26.2
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26.5
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11.2
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12.2
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12.5
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12.7
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12.6
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12.0
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11.3
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10.9
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11.2
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6.8
|
6.8
|
6.9
|
6.9
|
7.4
|
7.4
|
7.5
|
7.6
|
7.8
|
7.8
|
7.6
|
|
0.0
|
42.5
|
45.5
|
46.0
|
46.4
|
47.3
|
47.7
|
48.5
|
48.9
|
49.5
|
50.3
|
|
24.2
|
22.2
|
21.0
|
20.7
|
21.2
|
|
16.3
|
16.1
|
14.8
|
14.3
|
14.8
|
14.3
|
13.9
|
14.0
|
14.6
|
14.8
|
14.5
|
|
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Psychology
|
28.7
|
30.8
|
35.9
|
37.8
|
39.3
|
39.5
|
39.7
|
38.9
|
38.7
|
39.9
|
39.8
|
|
18.4
|
23.6
|
25.0
|
26.6
|
26.9
|
27.2
|
26.9
|
26.9
|
27.7
|
27.7
|
|
1.7
|
1.8
|
1.8
|
1.7
|
2.0
|
1.9
|
1.8
|
1.8
|
2.0
|
|
8.1
|
9.4
|
10.4
|
11.3
|
11.5
|
11.2
|
11.1
|
10.6
|
10.0
|
10.7
|
10.8
|
|
0.0
|
59.7
|
65.6
|
66.2
|
67.6
|
68.1
|
68.6
|
69.0
|
69.5
|
69.4
|
69.7
|
|
4.6
|
4.8
|
4.5
|
4.6
|
5.0
|
|
28.2
|
30.6
|
29.0
|
29.9
|
29.2
|
28.4
|
28.0
|
27.1
|
25.9
|
26.8
|
27.0
|
|
|
Social sciences
|
67.6
|
59.9
|
68.0
|
70.0
|
74.4
|
77.0
|
77.2
|
77.4
|
77.1
|
74.3
|
72.2
|
|
23.9
|
29.1
|
30.2
|
32.9
|
34.7
|
35.5
|
36.2
|
37.0
|
36.3
|
35.8
|
|
14.8
|
15.0
|
15.0
|
14.5
|
14.1
|
14.0
|
14.4
|
14.1
|
14.1
|
|
22.8
|
20.6
|
22.4
|
22.6
|
23.7
|
24.9
|
24.5
|
24.9
|
23.9
|
22.7
|
22.4
|
|
0.0
|
39.8
|
42.8
|
43.2
|
44.2
|
45.1
|
45.9
|
46.7
|
47.9
|
48.8
|
49.5
|
|
21.7
|
18.1
|
18.7
|
18.9
|
19.6
|
|
33.7
|
34.4
|
32.9
|
32.3
|
31.8
|
32.4
|
31.8
|
32.2
|
31.0
|
30.6
|
31.0
|
|
|
Health fields, total
|
23.0
|
38.7
|
47.2
|
49.5
|
53.0
|
57.0
|
60.8
|
63.6
|
64.9
|
65.6
|
65.9
|
|
29.3
|
36.3
|
38.0
|
40.8
|
43.6
|
46.6
|
48.7
|
49.0
|
49.1
|
48.9
|
|
4.1
|
4.4
|
4.3
|
4.4
|
4.2
|
4.2
|
4.7
|
4.6
|
4.9
|
|
6.6
|
17.9
|
22.4
|
23.0
|
24.5
|
25.7
|
27.0
|
27.5
|
26.9
|
25.9
|
24.9
|
|
0.0
|
75.7
|
76.9
|
76.8
|
77.0
|
76.5
|
76.7
|
76.6
|
75.5
|
74.8
|
74.3
|
|
8.6
|
6.6
|
7.2
|
7.1
|
7.4
|
|
28.6
|
46.2
|
47.4
|
46.5
|
46.3
|
45.2
|
44.3
|
43.3
|
41.4
|
39.4
|
37.8
|
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Source: U.S. National Science Foundation, Survey of Graduate Science and Engineering Students and Postdoctorates, annual.
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/stats.htm
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/995_graduate_science_engineering_students_in_doctorate_granting.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
Copyright © 2019 Photius Coutsoukis and Information Technology Associates, all rights reserved.
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