Table 54. Doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science, engineering, and health in all institutions, by detailed field and doctoral degree type: 2014

Field Total Doctoral degreea Professional degreea Dual degreea Doctoral degree type unknowna
All surveyed fields 23,706 16,858 1,781 395 4,672
Science and engineering 17,419 13,247 715 185 3,272
Science 14,674 11,085 670 168 2,751
Agricultural sciences 616 479 13 2 122
Biological sciences 6,841 4,899 455 119 1,368
Anatomy 87 62 12 5 8
Biochemistry 708 530 20 5 153
Biology 587 516 20 5 46
Biometry and epidemiology 324 153 8 1 162
Biophysics 57 56 1 0 0
Botany and plant biology 236 197 7 0 32
Cell and molecular biology 611 490 38 10 73
Ecology 52 29 0 0 23
Entomology and parasitology 100 87 2 0 11
Genetics 402 279 26 6 91
Microbiology, immunology, and virology 822 515 41 15 251
Nutrition 166 94 13 0 59
Pathology 506 347 79 11 69
Pharmacology and toxicology 427 338 31 15 43
Physiology 507 334 59 23 91
Zoology 24 17 1 0 6
Biosciences nec 1,225 855 97 23 250
Communication 34 29 1 2 2
Computer sciences 450 354 14 10 72
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1,500 1,266 16 8 210
Atmospheric sciences 325 243 2 0 80
Geosciences 571 488 5 8 70
Ocean sciences 315 273 5 0 37
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences nec 289 262 4 0 23
Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 59 54 4 0 1
Mathematics and statistics 221 198 2 0 21
Mathematics and applied mathematics 195 178 1 0 16
Statistics 26 20 1 0 5
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 661 429 41 1 190
Neurobiology and neuroscience 666 515 65 9 77
Physical sciences 2,445 1,984 19 4 438
Astronomy and astrophysics 416 306 1 0 109
Chemistry 940 819 7 3 111
Physics 1,003 798 11 1 193
Physical sciences nec 86 61 0 0 25
Psychology 411 342 9 6 54
Clinical psychology 23 21 2 0 0
Psychology, general 219 162 5 4 48
Psychology nec 169 159 2 2 6
Social sciences 770 536 31 7 196
Agricultural economics 29 22 0 1 6
Anthropology 90 76 1 2 11
Economics (except agricultural) 66 47 6 0 13
Geography 54 46 4 0 4
History and philosophy of science 9 7 0 0 2
Linguistics 12 10 0 0 2
Political science and government 285 137 17 3 128
Sociology 56 49 1 0 6
Sociology and anthropology 0 0 0 0 0
Social sciences nec 169 142 2 1 24
Engineering 2,745 2,162 45 17 521
Aerospace engineering 43 39 0 0 4
Agricultural engineering 55 37 1 0 17
Architecture 5 4 1 0 0
Biomedical engineering 322 229 12 13 68
Chemical engineering 276 240 1 0 35
Civil engineering 313 246 6 1 60
Electrical engineering 459 367 13 0 79
Engineering science, mechanics, and physics 192 169 0 0 23
Industrial and manufacturing engineering 90 66 0 0 24
Mechanical engineering 438 344 8 1 85
Metallurgical and materials engineering 279 242 3 0 34
Mining engineering 8 8 0 0 0
Nuclear engineering 34 32 0 0 2
Petroleum engineering 63 63 0 0 0
Engineering nec 168 76 0 2 90
Health 6,287 3,611 1,066 210 1,400
Clinical medicine 5,098 2,796 908 192 1,202
Anesthesiology 143 90 28 8 17
Cardiovascular science 271 143 74 17 37
Endocrinology 118 65 26 1 26
Gastroenterology 96 60 19 2 15
Hematology 165 109 29 8 19
Neurology 329 188 70 5 66
Obstetrics and gynecology 121 55 32 2 32
Oncology and cancer research 511 314 100 39 58
Ophthalmology 231 127 40 3 61
Otorhinolaryngology 68 30 8 3 27
Pediatrics 420 237 47 7 129
Preventive medicine and community health 546 206 27 5 308
Psychiatry 169 122 24 0 23
Pulmonary disease 99 66 15 3 15
Radiology 336 189 48 16 83
Surgery 430 220 99 30 81
Clinical medicine nec 1,045 575 222 43 205
Other health 1,189 815 158 18 198
Communication disorders sciences 68 46 9 0 13
Dental sciences 82 59 13 3 7
Nursing science 56 40 2 7 7
Pharmaceutical sciences 347 302 10 2 33
Veterinary sciences 250 134 70 6 40
Other health nec 386 234 54 0 98