Not quite sure what you're talking about. The majority of PhDs awarded in the US were science and engineering (S&E) degrees. The number of non S&E PhDs has held

Not quite sure what you're talking about. The majority of PhDs awarded in the US were science and engineering (S&E) degrees. The number of non S&E PhDs has held steady since about 1973 [1]. It's also never been a 1:1 ratio of PhD recipients ending up in academia. I will agree that many universities overinflate job prospects post-graduation, but students should also be doing their own market research before entering into such a long process. [1] https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf25300/report/u-s-doctorate-awards# https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf25300/report/u-s-doctorate-awa...