The number of women receiving US physics PhDs is at an all-time high, according to the latest trend data from the American Institute of Physics (AIP) in College Park, Maryland. AIP figures show that in 2015, 365 women received PhDs, accounting for one in five of the total awarded. In 1975, just 47 physics doctorates (about 5% of the total) were conferred on women. By 2004, that number had risen to 175, about 16% of the total. The AIP's statistical research centre also examined primary sources of financial support for students who began physics graduate programmes in 2013 and 2014. It found that 1% of PhD students funded themselves, compared with 35% of master's students, and that 52% of PhD students worked as teaching assistants to support themselves financially. Another AIP report listed the skills most used by bachelor's graduates who pursued careers in science, technology, engineering and maths. The top skills cited by respondents were solving technical problems (97%), team working (95%), technical writing (79%), project management and quality control (both 77%), and programming (76%). Just one in five were asked to manage budgets.