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Table 7. U.S. residing doctoral scientists and engineers, by fine field of doctorate and disability status: 2017

Field of study Total With disability Without disability
Number SE Number SE Number SE
All fields 967,500 1,225 96,650 1,450 870,850 1,650
Science 736,700 1,250 76,600 1,300 660,100 1,650
Biological, agricultural, and environmental life sciences 246,850 725 23,600 725 223,250 875
Agricultural and food sciences 20,800 300 2,400 200 18,400 325
Agricultural sciences 1,400 75 200 75 1,200 100
Animal sciences 5,200 125 600 100 4,600 150
Food sciences and technology 4,200 150 350 100 3,900 150
Plant sciences 7,150 200 800 150 6,300 200
Soil sciences 2,850 100 450 100 2,400 125
Biochemistry and biophysics 34,500 300 2,950 275 31,550 375
Biochemistry 28,900 300 2,500 250 26,450 350
Biophysics 5,600 100 450 100 5,100 125
Cell, cellular biology, and molecular biology 33,550 275 2,950 300 30,600 375
Microbiological sciences and immunology 26,250 250 2,700 250 23,550 350
Immunology 9,250 125 800 150 8,500 175
Microbiological sciences 17,000 200 1,900 225 15,050 300
Natural resources and conservation 10,900 150 1,250 150 9,650 200
Fish, fisheries, wildlife and wildlands science and management 2,800 75 450 100 2,350 100
Forestry 3,550 75 300 75 3,250 100
Natural resource conservation, research, management, and policy 4,550 100 500 100 4,050 125
Zoology 10,350 175 1,500 175 8,850 250
Other biological sciences 110,450 450 9,850 450 100,650 525
Biomathematics, bioinformatics, and computational biology 4,700 75 350 75 4,350 100
Botany and plant biology 8,900 175 1,000 125 7,850 225
Epidemiology, ecology, and population biology 17,050 200 1,200 175 15,850 250
Genetics 9,200 150 750 125 8,450 175
Neurobiology and neuroscience 15,550 175 1,000 175 14,550 200
Nutrition sciences 4,600 100 400 100 4,200 125
Pharmacology and toxicology 14,200 150 1,050 150 13,150 225
Physiology, pathology, and related sciences 17,300 200 2,050 200 15,250 275
Biological and biomedical sciences, general 13,000 150 1,150 175 11,900 200
Biological and biomedical sciences, other 5,950 125 800 150 5,150 150
Computer and information sciences 30,150 300 2,250 225 27,900 350
Computer science 26,100 275 1,800 225 24,300 325
Information science, studies 2,600 100 300 50 2,350 100
Computer and information sciences, other 1,450 50 150 50 1,300 75
Mathematics and statistics 42,500 425 4,800 325 37,650 450
Applied mathematics 8,400 225 850 175 7,550 250
Mathematics 21,300 275 2,600 225 18,700 325
Statistics 8,000 200 800 150 7,200 250
Mathematics and statistics, other 4,750 125 600 100 4,200 125
Physical sciences, geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 159,250 600 15,850 600 143,400 675
Astronomy and astrophysics 6,450 100 600 100 5,850 150
Chemistry, except biochemistry 78,950 400 7,600 375 71,350 525
Inorganic chemistry 10,250 175 800 125 9,450 200
Organic chemistry 22,750 275 1,950 200 20,800 300
Chemistry, other, except biochemistry 46,000 325 4,850 300 41,150 425
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 25,350 200 2,750 200 22,600 250
Atmospheric sciences and meteorology 4,250 50 400 50 3,850 75
Geological and earth sciences, geosciences 15,950 175 1,800 175 14,150 225
Ocean sciences and marine sciences 2,200 50 200 50 2,000 50
Oceanography, chemical and physical 3,000 100 350 75 2,650 125
Physics 48,500 400 4,900 375 43,550 475
Psychology 136,900 525 15,050 525 121,850 800
Clinical psychology 46,500 325 4,650 350 41,900 450
Counseling and applied psychology 17,000 175 1,800 200 15,200 250
Educational and school psychology 18,050 225 2,300 250 15,750 300
Industrial and organizational psychology 5,750 75 600 125 5,150 150
Research and experimental psychology 34,650 225 3,950 225 30,700 325
Psychology, general 9,200 175 1,050 150 8,150 200
Psychology, other 5,750 100 700 125 5,050 150
Social sciences 121,050 700 15,050 650 106,000 925
Economics 32,000 425 3,500 325 28,500 475
Political science and government 24,150 350 3,100 300 21,050 400
Political science and government 19,850 350 2,700 300 17,150 400
Public policy analysis 4,350 75 450 75 3,900 125
Sociology, demography, and population studies 19,450 275 2,700 275 16,750 325
Other social sciences 45,450 375 5,750 325 39,700 475
Anthropology 13,950 225 1,600 200 12,350 300
Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies 4,100 125 550 75 3,550 125
Geography and cartography 5,600 125 750 125 4,850 175
International relations and national security studies 2,600 125 400 100 2,200 150
Linguistics 6,100 175 600 125 5,500 200
Urban studies, affairs 2,050 100 200 75 1,850 100
Social sciences, other 11,050 175 1,600 150 9,500 200
Engineering 186,700 775 16,100 675 170,600 975
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 7,350 175 600 125 6,750 175
Chemical engineering 23,200 325 2,250 275 20,950 400
Civil engineering 20,000 325 2,050 225 17,950 375
Electrical and computer engineering 50,950 425 4,550 400 46,400 575
Computer engineering 6,500 150 500 100 6,000 175
Electrical, electronics, and communications engineering 44,450 400 4,050 375 40,450 550
Mechanical engineering 26,700 325 1,750 250 24,900 375
Metallurgical and materials engineering 17,950 225 1,300 150 16,650 275
Other engineering 40,550 350 3,600 300 36,950 425
Agricultural engineering 1,900 100 350 100 1,550 125
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 12,450 150 950 150 11,500 200
Engineering mechanics, physics, and science 5,350 125 500 100 4,850 125
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 9,950 225 950 150 9,000 250
Nuclear engineering 3,400 125 250 75 3,150 125
Engineering, other 7,450 150 600 100 6,850 175
Health 44,100 325 3,950 300 40,150 425
Communication disorders sciences and services 4,100 75 450 100 3,650 125
Hospital and medical administration services 2,300 100 250 75 2,050 125
Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences, and administration 8,200 150 550 100 7,650 175
Public health 8,050 150 800 150 7,250 200
Registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research 10,750 200 1,000 200 9,700 275
Health sciences, other 10,700 175 900 125 9,850 200
Codes used in data tables: * = suppressed when population estimate < 25. D = suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information. na = not applicable. S = suppressed for reliability; coefficient of variation exceeds publication standards.
SE = standard error.
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. Survey asks degree of difficulty—none, slight, moderate, severe, or unable to do—an individual has in seeing (with glasses), hearing (with hearing aid), walking without assistance, lifting 10 pounds, or concentrating, remembering, or making decisions. Those respondents who answered "moderate," "severe," or "unable to do" for any activity were classified as having a disability. Residence location is based on reported living location on 1 February 2017.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients: 2017.