Table A.3
Characteristics of 2005 foreign-born doctoral graduates
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| Proportion | Confidence limits (95%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | ||
| percent | |||
| Proportion of foreign-born graduates by field of study | |||
| All fields of study | 36 | 35 | 37 |
| Life sciences | 30 | 28 | 32 |
| Engineering | 74 | 71 | 77 |
| Computer, mathematics and physical sciences | 44 | 41 | 47 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 24 | 22 | 26 |
| Humanities | 23 | 20 | 26 |
| Education and other fields of study | 31 | 28 | 34 |
| Canadian citizens by naturalization, by field of study | |||
| All fields of study | 70 | 68 | 72 |
| Life sciences | 68 | 64 | 72 |
| Engineering | 74 | 71 | 77 |
| Computer, mathematics and physical sciences | 62 | 57 | 67 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 78 | 73 | 83 |
| Humanities | 67 | 61 | 73 |
| Education and other fields of study | 69 | 64 | 74 |
| Landed immigrants by field of study | |||
| All fields of study | 21 | 19 | 23 |
| Life sciences | 23 | 20 | 26 |
| Engineering | 20 | 17 | 23 |
| Computer, mathematics and physical sciences | 24 | 20 | 28 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 16 | 12 | 20 |
| Humanities | 25 | 19 | 31 |
| Education and other fields of study | 20 | 16 | 24 |
| Visa or foreign students by field of study | |||
| All fields of study | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Life sciences | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Engineering | 4E | 3 | 5 |
| Computer, mathematics and physical sciences | 5E | 3 | 7 |
| Psychology and social sciences | x | ... | ... |
| Humanities | x | ... | ... |
| Education and other fields of study | 5E | 2 | 8 |
| Proportion who became landed immigrants before graduating from their program, by field of study1 | |||
| All fields of study | 69 | 65 | 73 |
| Life sciences | 60 | 52 | 68 |
| Engineering | 62 | 54 | 70 |
| Computer, mathematics and physical sciences | 79 | 72 | 86 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 65 | 52 | 78 |
| Humanities | 76 | 65 | 87 |
| Education and other fields of study | 87 | 80 | 94 |
| ... not applicable x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act E use with caution 1. Excludes respondents for whom the date of immigration is unknown. Note: Excludes respondents for whom the citizen status is unknown. Source: Statistics Canada, National Graduates Survey (Class of 2005). |
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