AFAIK, the rate of PhD production in US CS programs is actually quite healthy: http://www.cra.org/CRN/articles/may07/taulbee.html http://www.cra.org/CRN/articl

AFAIK, the rate of PhD production in US CS programs is actually quite healthy: http://www.cra.org/CRN/articles/may07/taulbee.html http://www.cra.org/CRN/articles/may07/taulbee.html Admittedly the rate of new graduate student enrollment has decreased recently, but that's after a few years of record PhD production.