Abstract :
After peaking at between 1,000 and 1,100 graduates per year in the early and mid-1990s, the number of doctorates granted annually by US computer science departments slowly declined and has now stabilized at around 800, according to new figures from the Computing Research Association´s 2004-2005 Taulbee Survey. However, as long as currently enrolled students complete their doctorates, this number appears likely to increase in the coming decade