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Table 5. U.S. residing doctoral scientists and engineers, by fine field of doctorate, residence location, and sex: 2015

Field Total U.S. residing Non-U.S. residing
Total Male Female Total Male Female
Number SE Number SE Number SE Number SE Number SE Number SE Number SE
All fields 1,047,900 1,175 920,050 1,625 609,950 1,400 310,150 800 127,800 1,300 96,600 1,125 31,250 600
Science 796,450 1,150 704,950 1,625 447,600 1,500 257,350 875 91,550 1,125 66,250 975 25,300 575
Biological/agricultural/environmental life sciences 254,600 625 228,650 950 139,500 1,100 89,150 750 25,950 700 17,400 600 8,550 350
Agricultural/food sciences 29,550 450 23,050 475 16,950 475 6,100 250 6,500 325 5,000 300 1,500 125
Agriculture, general 250 25 200 25 100 25 50 25 50 25 50 25 * *
Agricultural and horticultural plant breeding/genetics 1,650 50 1,100 75 850 75 250 50 500 75 400 75 100 25
Agricultural animal breedinga 1,000 175 850 175 800 175 100 25 150 25 100 25 * *
Agricultural science, other 1,550 50 1,300 75 1,100 75 200 50 250 75 200 75 50 25
Agronomy and crop science 4,300 125 3,450 200 3,000 200 450 100 850 150 700 150 150 75
Animal nutrition 2,600 50 2,150 100 1,650 100 450 50 500 100 400 100 100 50
Animal science, poultry (or avian) 350 25 300 25 200 25 100 25 50 25 50 25 * *
Animal science, other 2,350 50 1,900 75 1,250 100 700 75 400 75 300 50 100 50
Dairy science 200 25 150 25 100 25 50 25 50 25 50 25 D D
Food sciencea 2,700 250 2,100 225 1,250 200 850 125 600 150 450 125 150 25
Food science and technology, other 2,700 25 1,950 100 1,050 100 950 75 750 100 500 75 250 50
Horticulture science 2,300 75 1,850 100 1,400 100 500 50 450 75 350 75 100 50
Plant pathology/phytophathology, agricultural sciences 3,000 75 2,100 125 1,450 125 650 75 900 125 600 125 300 75
Plant sciences, othera 1,100 75 900 75 600 75 300 25 200 25 100 25 100 25
Soil chemistry/microbiology 650 25 550 25 350 25 200 25 100 25 50 25 * *
Soil sciences, othera 2,900 225 2,200 225 1,800 200 400 75 650 100 600 100 100 50
Biochemistry/biophysics 36,050 225 33,100 325 22,150 450 10,950 375 2,950 275 2,200 275 700 125
Biochemistry 30,500 225 28,000 300 18,200 400 9,800 375 2,500 275 1,950 250 550 125
Biophysics, biological sciences 5,550 75 5,100 125 3,950 125 1,150 100 450 100 300 100 150 50
Cell/molecular biology 27,550 150 25,600 275 13,400 400 12,200 375 1,950 225 1,100 175 850 175
Cell/cellular biology and histology 8,100 75 7,750 125 3,750 175 4,050 200 350 100 200 75 150 50
Molecular biology 19,450 125 17,850 250 9,650 350 8,200 325 1,600 225 900 175 750 150
Environmental life sciences 11,850 300 10,000 300 7,300 300 2,700 125 1,850 150 1,350 125 500 100
Environmental science 3,450 50 3,050 100 1,950 125 1,100 100 400 75 200 75 150 50
Fishing and fisheries sciences/managementa 1,700 125 1,450 125 1,200 125 250 50 250 50 200 50 50 25
Forest engineering 50 25 50 25 * * D D * * * * D D
Forest sciences and biologya 2,000 250 1,700 250 1,450 250 250 50 300 100 250 75 S S
Forest/resources management 650 25 500 25 350 25 150 25 150 25 100 25 50 25
Forestry and related science, other 1,100 50 800 50 550 50 250 25 250 50 200 50 50 25
Natural resources/conservation 1,100 25 900 25 500 50 400 25 150 25 150 25 50 25
Wildlife/range managementa 1,400 100 1,250 100 950 100 300 25 200 50 150 50 50 25
Wood science and pulp/paper technology 400 25 300 25 250 25 50 25 100 25 100 25 * *
Microbiology 16,850 350 15,500 375 8,550 400 6,900 300 1,350 175 750 125 650 125
Bacteriology 450 25 450 25 250 25 200 25 50 25 * * * *
Microbiology, generala 15,750 350 14,450 375 8,050 400 6,400 300 1,300 175 700 125 600 125
Virology 650 25 600 25 250 25 350 25 50 25 D D 50 25
Zoology 12,050 150 10,700 225 7,950 250 2,750 175 1,350 175 950 150 400 75
Entomology 5,650 100 4,550 175 3,500 175 1,050 100 1,100 150 850 150 250 75
Zoology, other 6,400 100 6,150 125 4,450 175 1,700 150 250 75 100 50 150 50
Other biological sciences 120,700 400 110,750 475 63,250 625 47,500 550 9,950 375 6,050 325 3,950 250
Biology/biomedical sciences, general 8,500 125 7,800 175 4,450 200 3,300 175 700 125 550 125 150 75
Anatomy 2,950 75 2,850 75 2,050 75 800 75 150 50 100 50 50 25
Bioinformatics 950 25 850 25 600 25 300 25 100 25 50 25 * *
Biomedical sciences 4,350 50 4,000 100 1,850 125 2,100 125 350 75 200 75 200 50
Biometrics and biostatistics 2,950 50 2,750 50 1,650 75 1,100 75 250 50 150 50 100 25
Biotechnology 450 25 400 25 250 25 150 25 50 25 50 25 * *
Botany/plant biology 4,800 100 4,300 100 2,750 125 1,550 100 500 100 300 75 200 50
Cancer biology 2,100 25 1,950 50 850 50 1,150 50 150 50 50 25 50 25
Computational biology 350 25 300 25 200 25 100 25 50 25 50 25 * *
Developmental biology/embryology 3,300 50 2,950 100 1,400 100 1,600 100 350 100 150 50 150 75
Ecologya 10,450 125 9,150 150 5,750 175 3,450 150 1,250 125 750 125 500 75
Endocrinology 700 25 650 25 300 25 350 25 50 25 50 25 * *
Environmental toxicology, biological sciences 150 25 150 25 50 25 100 25 * * D D D D
Evolutionary biology 1,250 25 1,050 25 550 25 500 25 200 25 100 25 100 25
Genetics/genomics, human and animala 8,750 275 7,800 275 4,300 225 3,550 175 900 150 600 125 300 100
Immunology 8,900 100 8,450 125 4,650 225 3,800 200 450 100 200 75 250 75
Marine biology and biological oceanography 200 25 200 25 100 25 100 25 * * * * * *
Neurosciences 14,700 100 13,550 200 7,450 225 6,100 225 1,100 175 550 125 550 100
Nutrition sciences 4,800 75 4,250 125 1,100 125 3,150 150 500 100 200 75 300 75
Parasitology 750 25 650 25 400 25 250 25 100 25 50 25 50 25
Pathology, human and animal 4,000 75 3,700 75 2,300 125 1,400 100 300 50 200 50 100 50
Pharmacology, human and animal 10,700 125 10,250 150 6,000 225 4,300 200 450 100 300 100 100 50
Physiology, human and animal 10,950 125 10,250 150 6,900 200 3,350 200 650 125 450 100 200 75
Plant genetics 1,100 25 950 25 550 50 400 25 150 25 100 25 50 25
Plant pathology/phytophathology, biological sciences 850 25 700 25 400 25 250 25 200 25 150 25 50 25
Plant physiology 2,050 50 1,750 75 1,250 75 550 50 300 50 250 50 50 25
Structural biology 250 25 200 25 150 25 100 25 50 25 * * * *
Toxicology 3,400 25 3,250 50 1,700 100 1,550 100 200 50 100 50 100 50
Biology/biomedical sciences, other 6,100 100 5,600 150 3,400 175 2,200 150 450 100 300 100 150 50
Computer/information sciences 30,850 125 26,350 275 21,350 325 5,000 200 4,450 300 3,850 275 650 100
Computer science 26,600 125 22,750 275 19,050 325 3,700 175 3,850 275 3,350 250 500 100
Information science/systems 2,800 50 2,350 100 1,450 75 900 75 450 75 350 75 100 25
Robotics 200 25 150 25 150 25 * * 50 25 * * D D
Computer/information sciences, other 1,250 25 1,100 50 700 50 400 50 150 50 100 50 50 25
Mathematics/statistics 51,950 275 43,400 425 33,650 500 9,750 300 8,550 350 7,100 325 1,450 175
Mathematics/statistics, general 5,650 125 4,600 200 3,650 200 950 125 1,050 150 850 150 200 75
Algebra 4,100 125 3,650 125 2,850 150 800 75 450 100 350 100 100 50
Analysis and functional analysis 5,250 125 4,450 200 3,800 200 650 100 800 150 700 150 100 50
Applied mathematics 8,850 150 7,400 250 5,600 275 1,850 175 1,400 200 1,200 175 250 100
Computing theory and practice 1,650 50 1,450 50 1,300 50 100 25 200 50 200 50 D D
Geometry/geometric analysis 2,350 50 1,800 75 1,550 75 250 50 550 75 450 75 100 25
Logic 1,000 25 800 50 700 50 100 25 200 25 150 25 50 25
Number theory 1,600 25 1,300 50 1,000 50 250 50 350 50 300 50 50 25
Operations research, business 1,650 50 1,250 50 950 50 300 50 400 50 350 50 50 25
Operations research, engineering 2,750 50 2,350 75 1,950 100 400 50 450 75 350 75 50 25
Operations research, mathematics and statistics 1,050 25 800 50 650 50 200 25 250 50 150 50 50 25
Statistics, mathematics 8,650 75 7,400 200 4,950 225 2,450 200 1,250 200 1,050 175 200 75
Statistics, social sciences 1,800 50 1,350 75 950 75 400 50 450 75 350 75 100 25
Topology/foundations 2,900 50 2,450 100 2,050 100 450 50 400 75 350 75 50 25
Mathematics/statistics, other 2,750 50 2,400 75 1,800 100 600 50 350 50 250 50 50 25
Physical sciences 177,050 500 157,100 800 123,800 900 33,300 575 19,900 625 16,050 550 3,850 225
Astronomy/astrophysics 6,900 100 6,000 150 4,900 150 1,150 100 900 100 700 100 150 50
Astronomya 2,950 75 2,600 100 1,950 100 650 100 350 75 300 75 50 25
Astronomy, other 50 25 50 25 * * * * * * * * * *
Astrophysics 3,900 75 3,400 125 2,950 125 500 50 500 100 400 75 100 50
Chemistry, except biochemistry 87,250 325 79,450 500 59,000 625 20,450 475 7,750 375 5,900 350 1,850 175
Chemistry, general 10,400 125 9,250 200 6,350 250 2,900 200 1,150 175 900 150 300 100
Analytical chemistry 12,150 125 11,450 150 7,800 250 3,700 200 650 125 400 100 250 75
Inorganic chemistry 11,000 100 9,900 175 7,400 200 2,500 150 1,100 150 700 125 400 100
Medicinal/pharmaceutical 2,750 50 2,400 100 1,600 100 800 75 350 100 300 100 50 25
Nuclear chemistry 500 25 450 25 400 25 50 25 50 25 50 25 D D
Organic chemistry 25,050 175 23,150 275 18,400 325 4,750 250 1,900 225 1,700 200 250 75
Physical chemistry 14,800 150 13,400 225 10,300 250 3,100 200 1,400 175 1,150 150 250 100
Polymer chemistry 3,600 50 3,250 75 2,450 100 800 75 350 75 300 75 50 25
Theoretical chemistry 2,350 50 2,050 75 1,600 75 450 50 300 50 250 50 50 25
Chemistry, othera 4,600 100 4,100 125 2,650 175 1,450 125 500 100 250 75 250 75
Earth/atmospheric/ocean sciences 28,100 175 24,450 250 18,450 275 6,000 150 3,700 175 2,800 150 900 75
Atmospheric chemistry and climatology 1,050 25 900 25 650 25 250 25 150 25 100 25 50 25
Atmospheric physics and dynamics 950 25 800 25 650 25 200 25 150 25 100 25 50 25
Atmospheric science/meteorology, general 950 25 800 25 600 25 150 25 150 25 150 25 50 25
Atmospheric science/meteorology, other 700 25 600 25 500 25 150 25 100 25 50 25 * *
Geochemistry 2,150 50 1,800 75 1,300 75 500 50 350 50 250 50 100 25
Geological and earth sciences, general 1,000 25 850 50 650 50 200 25 150 25 100 25 50 25
Geological and earth sciences, othera 1,450 100 1,200 75 900 75 350 25 250 75 200 75 50 25
Geology 4,450 75 3,900 100 2,900 125 1,000 100 600 75 450 75 150 50
Geomorphology and glacial geology 700 25 650 25 550 25 100 25 50 25 50 25 * *
Geophysics and seismologya 3,700 125 3,300 125 2,600 150 700 75 400 75 250 75 100 50
Hydrology and water resources 1,200 25 1,000 25 800 50 200 25 200 25 150 25 50 25
Marine sciences 1,200 25 1,050 25 600 50 500 50 100 25 50 25 50 25
Meteorology 950 25 850 25 750 25 100 25 100 25 100 25 * *
Mineralogy and petrologya 1,100 50 1,000 50 800 50 200 25 100 25 50 25 * *
Ocean/marine, other 800 25 700 25 450 25 200 25 100 25 100 25 50 25
Oceanography, chemical and physical 3,550 50 3,000 100 2,200 100 800 75 500 75 400 75 100 50
Paleontology 1,100 25 1,050 25 800 25 250 25 100 25 50 25 * *
Stratigraphy and sedimentation 1,050 25 900 50 750 50 200 25 150 50 100 25 50 25
Physics 54,800 350 47,200 525 41,500 525 5,700 275 7,600 450 6,650 425 950 150
Physics, general 8,450 175 7,000 250 5,950 275 1,000 150 1,450 225 1,300 200 150 75
Acoustics 700 25 600 25 500 25 100 25 50 25 50 25 * *
Applied physics 1,250 25 1,150 50 950 50 150 25 100 25 100 25 50 25
Atomic/molecular/chemical physicsa 4,250 75 3,850 100 3,500 125 400 75 400 75 350 75 D D
Biophysics, physics 1,100 25 1,000 25 750 25 250 25 100 25 50 25 50 25
Condensed matter/low temperature physics 13,650 175 11,500 275 10,400 275 1,100 150 2,150 250 1,900 250 250 100
Fluids 550 25 500 25 500 25 50 25 50 25 50 25 * *
Medical physics/radiological science 300 25 300 25 250 25 50 25 * * * * D D
Nuclear physics 4,050 100 3,650 125 3,250 125 400 75 400 100 350 75 50 25
Optics/phototonics 3,650 75 3,250 100 2,750 125 500 75 400 75 350 75 D D
Particle (elementary) physicsa 7,800 100 6,300 200 5,750 200 550 100 1,550 200 1,350 200 200 75
Plasma/fusion physicsa 2,650 75 2,400 100 2,250 100 150 50 250 50 250 50 D D
Polymer physics 650 25 550 25 450 25 100 25 100 25 100 25 50 25
Physics, other 5,750 125 5,250 150 4,300 175 950 100 500 100 400 75 100 50
Psychology 139,550 425 134,250 525 58,500 825 75,750 750 5,250 300 2,200 200 3,100 225
Psychology, general 9,450 125 9,100 175 4,300 250 4,800 250 400 100 250 75 150 75
Behavioral analysis 100 25 100 25 50 25 50 25 * * * * D D
Clinical psychology 46,550 300 45,550 375 18,700 650 26,850 600 1,000 200 200 100 750 175
Cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics 3,950 50 3,550 75 1,850 100 1,750 100 400 75 200 50 200 50
Comparative psychology 400 25 400 25 250 25 150 25 * * * * D D
Counseling 15,450 125 15,150 150 6,400 300 8,800 300 300 100 100 75 150 75
Developmental and child psychology 7,550 100 7,150 125 2,150 175 5,000 175 400 100 D D 300 75
Educational psychology 3,500 75 3,450 75 1,500 125 1,950 100 100 50 50 25 50 25
Educational psychology, research and administration 11,750 150 11,000 200 4,200 250 6,850 225 750 125 250 75 500 75
Experimental psychology 7,950 125 7,550 125 4,800 175 2,750 150 350 100 200 75 150 50
Family psychology 800 25 800 25 250 25 550 25 50 25 D D 50 25
Health and medical psychology 100 25 100 25 * * 100 25 * * D D D D
Human development and family studies 2,750 25 2,650 50 600 75 2,050 75 150 50 D D 100 50
Industrial and organizational 5,550 75 5,350 100 2,900 150 2,450 150 250 75 100 50 150 50
Personality psychology 1,150 25 1,100 25 550 50 500 50 50 25 D D 50 25
Physiological/psychobiology psychology 3,850 75 3,650 75 2,150 100 1,500 100 200 50 150 50 50 25
Psychometrics 400 25 400 25 300 25 100 25 50 25 * * * *
Psychometrics and quantitative psychology 600 25 550 25 300 25 250 25 50 25 * * * *
School psychology 4,150 75 4,100 75 1,500 125 2,550 125 50 25 D D 50 25
Social psychology 7,450 100 7,000 125 3,150 150 3,850 125 450 75 300 75 150 50
Psychology, other 6,000 100 5,700 125 2,750 175 2,900 150 350 100 150 75 200 75
Social sciences 142,550 625 115,150 850 70,750 750 44,350 550 27,400 600 19,650 525 7,750 350
Economics 43,100 275 31,000 450 23,550 450 7,450 225 12,100 425 10,150 400 1,950 175
Agricultural economics 5,450 125 3,750 175 2,950 150 800 75 1,700 150 1,400 150 300 75
Econometrics 1,050 25 800 50 650 50 150 25 300 25 250 25 50 25
Economics 36,450 250 26,350 400 19,900 400 6,450 225 10,100 375 8,500 350 1,650 150
Natural resource/environmental economics, agricultural 50 25 50 25 * * * * * * * * D D
Natural resource/environmental economics, social sciences 100 25 100 25 50 25 50 25 * * * * * *
Political sciences 30,450 400 25,450 475 17,500 400 8,000 350 5,000 350 3,700 325 1,350 150
International relations/affairs 3,550 100 2,700 150 1,900 150 750 100 850 125 600 100 200 50
Political science and governmenta 22,800 375 19,300 425 13,600 400 5,650 350 3,500 300 2,700 275 800 150
Public policy analysis 4,150 25 3,500 125 1,950 100 1,550 100 650 125 350 100 300 75
Sociology 21,550 200 18,750 300 9,400 300 9,400 250 2,750 225 1,550 175 1,200 150
Other social sciences 47,450 275 39,950 400 20,400 425 19,550 350 7,550 325 4,250 225 3,300 225
Social sciences, general 1,050 50 950 50 500 50 450 50 100 25 100 25 50 25
American/U.S. studies 2,650 100 2,500 100 1,100 75 1,400 100 100 50 D D 50 25
Anthropology 15,250 175 13,250 225 6,350 225 6,850 225 2,000 175 850 125 1,150 150
Archaeology 1,350 25 1,150 50 550 50 600 50 200 25 100 25 100 25
Area/ethnic/cultural/gender studies 1,350 50 1,200 50 450 50 700 50 150 50 50 25 100 25
Criminology 1,700 25 1,600 50 850 50 800 50 100 25 50 25 * *
Demography/population studies 650 25 450 25 200 25 300 25 150 25 100 25 50 25
Geography 6,250 100 5,300 150 3,650 150 1,650 100 950 125 650 125 250 75
Gerontology, social sciences 100 25 100 25 * * 50 25 * * D D * *
History, science and technology and society 1,350 25 1,150 50 750 50 400 25 200 50 150 25 50 25
Linguistics 8,150 100 5,850 225 2,600 250 3,250 200 2,300 200 1,250 175 1,050 150
Urban affairs/studies 2,550 75 2,000 100 1,350 100 650 100 550 75 450 75 100 50
Social sciences, other 5,100 75 4,400 125 2,050 150 2,350 175 700 125 450 100 250 75
Engineering 202,900 550 171,250 925 146,350 1,000 24,900 475 31,700 800 28,150 750 3,550 200
Aerospace/aeronautical/astronautical engineering 8,150 75 7,150 150 6,600 150 600 75 1,000 125 950 125 D D
Chemical engineering 24,150 150 20,600 325 16,850 350 3,750 200 3,550 325 2,950 300 600 125
Civil engineering 19,650 200 14,850 350 12,750 375 2,100 150 4,800 350 4,250 325 550 100
Civil engineering 19,100 200 14,400 350 12,400 375 2,000 150 4,700 350 4,150 325 500 100
Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering 100 25 50 25 50 25 * * 50 25 * * D D
Structural engineering 300 25 250 25 200 25 50 25 50 25 50 25 * *
Transportation and highway engineering 150 25 150 25 100 25 50 25 50 25 * * D D
Electrical/computer engineering 57,450 400 49,350 500 43,800 525 5,600 250 8,100 400 7,450 375 600 100
Communications engineering 850 25 650 25 600 25 100 25 200 25 150 25 * *
Computer engineering 7,250 50 5,950 150 5,150 150 800 75 1,300 150 1,150 125 150 50
Electrical, electronics and communications engineeringa 47,200 400 40,900 475 36,400 500 4,450 225 6,350 350 5,900 350 450 75
Systems engineering 2,100 50 1,850 50 1,600 50 250 25 250 50 250 50 D D
Materials and metallurgical engineering 20,450 125 17,450 250 14,250 275 3,200 200 3,000 225 2,550 225 450 75
Ceramic sciences engineering 1,050 25 900 50 750 50 100 25 200 50 150 50 50 25
Materials science engineering 14,600 125 12,650 250 10,000 300 2,650 200 1,900 225 1,600 225 300 75
Metallurgical engineering 3,200 75 2,750 100 2,600 100 100 25 450 75 450 75 D D
Polymer and plastics engineering 1,550 25 1,150 50 850 75 300 50 400 50 300 50 100 25
Mechanical engineering 28,600 200 24,600 375 22,100 400 2,500 225 4,000 325 3,750 300 250 75
Other engineering 44,450 200 37,200 350 30,000 375 7,200 200 7,250 300 6,200 300 1,050 100
Engineering, general 1,650 25 1,400 50 1,200 75 200 50 300 50 250 50 50 25
Agricultural engineering 2,550 50 2,000 75 1,750 100 250 50 550 75 500 75 50 25
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11,250 75 10,400 150 7,350 175 3,050 175 850 125 550 125 300 75
Engineering management and administration 300 25 250 25 150 25 50 25 50 25 50 25 * *
Engineering mechanics 4,150 50 3,550 125 3,250 125 250 50 650 100 600 100 D D
Engineering physics 1,050 25 950 25 850 25 100 25 50 25 50 25 D D
Engineering science 1,250 25 1,050 50 900 50 150 25 200 25 200 25 50 25
Environmental health engineering 3,600 50 2,850 100 2,150 100 750 75 750 100 550 75 150 50
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 6,950 100 5,000 200 3,750 200 1,250 100 1,900 175 1,700 175 200 50
Mining and mineral engineering 650 25 450 25 400 25 50 25 200 25 200 25 * *
Nuclear engineering 4,050 50 3,450 100 3,200 100 300 50 550 100 500 100 D D
Ocean engineering 650 25 500 25 450 25 50 25 150 25 150 25 * *
Petroleum engineering 1,400 50 1,100 50 950 75 150 25 300 50 300 50 D D
Engineering, othera 4,900 125 4,200 150 3,600 150 600 75 750 125 600 125 150 50
Health 48,500 275 43,900 350 16,000 350 27,900 350 4,600 250 2,200 175 2,400 200
Health sciences, general 1,150 25 1,100 25 550 50 550 50 50 25 D D * *
Environmental health 1,750 25 1,500 50 900 50 600 50 250 50 150 50 100 25
Environmental toxicology, health sciences 250 25 200 25 100 25 100 25 * * * * * *
Epidemiology 5,600 50 5,000 125 1,750 175 3,250 150 600 125 250 100 350 75
Gerontology, health sciences 50 25 50 25 * * 50 25 D D D D D D
Health policy analysis 100 25 100 25 50 25 50 25 * * D D D D
Health systems/service administrationa 2,750 225 2,600 225 1,500 175 1,150 100 150 25 100 25 100 25
Kinesiology/exercise science 3,150 25 2,750 100 1,550 125 1,200 100 400 100 250 75 150 50
Medicinal/pharmaceutical sciencesa 5,800 100 5,300 150 3,350 200 1,950 175 500 125 350 100 200 75
Nursing science 10,850 125 10,000 200 300 75 9,700 200 900 150 D D 800 150
Oral biology/oral pathology 50 25 50 25 50 25 * * * * D D D D
Public health 5,700 75 4,900 125 1,250 175 3,650 175 800 125 550 100 250 75
Rehabilitation/therapeutic services 1,150 25 1,050 25 400 50 650 50 100 25 * * 50 25
Speech-language pathology and audiology 4,250 75 4,100 75 1,450 125 2,650 125 150 50 D D 150 50
Veterinary sciences 1,850 50 1,500 75 1,000 75 500 50 350 50 250 50 100 25
Health sciences, other 4,000 75 3,700 100 1,900 125 1,800 100 300 75 150 75 150 50
Codes used in data tables: * = suppressed when population estimate < 25. D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information. S = suppressed for reliability; coefficient of variation exceeds publication standards.
SE = standard error.
a This field includes results for more than one field. See Table A-1 in the Technical Notes for aggregation detail.
NOTES: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 50. Standard errors are rounded up to the nearest 25. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. Residence location is based on reported living location on 1 February 2015.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients, 2015.