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SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS: A SCIENCE FOR A TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY
TABLE D.2 Top Solar and Space Physics Ph.D.Producing Departments in the United States
and Canada
Institution
Number of Total
Ph.D.s, 2001-2010
University of Colorado, Boulder
37
University of California, Los Angeles
34
University of Michigan
31
Stanford University
27
Rice University
25
Utah State University
22
Boston University
18
University of New Hampshire
16
University of Washington
14
Dartmouth College
14
Cornell University
14
New Jersey Institute of Technology
13
University of Texas, Dallas
11
University of California, Berkeley
11
University of Maryland
10
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
10
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Postdoc
Scientist/Researcher
Faculty
Number of Positions
Year
Figure D-3
FIGURE D.3 Number of advertised positions in solar and space physics. SOURCE: Courtesy of Mark Moldwin, Department of
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, for the Education and Workforce Working Group of the
Decadal Strategy for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics).