Data

Stanford U.

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 799 836 815 769 770 726 758 763 689 729
  Science and engineering 688 726 712 656 643 616 600 644 550 608
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 9 8 9 4 8 11 11 9 6 11
      Agricultural sciences 1 . 4 . . . 1 . . 7
      Natural resources and conservation 8 8 5 4 8 11 10 9 6 4
    Biological and biomedical sciences 127 140 150 123 98 116 101 110 104 102
      Biochemistry and biophysics 15 16 9 15 17 15 11 10 13 15
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 15 15 19 15 14 15 14 13 12 8
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 12 14 16 2 9 7 12 7 9 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 8 11 17 18 15 9 4 11 9 10
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 13 9 12 5 6 4 13 2 7 8
      Genetics and genomics 15 13 12 15 6 14 14 12 6 9
      Microbiology and immunology 14 18 19 12 11 15 14 18 13 10
      Molecular biology 6 8 8 4 . 5 2 4 4 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 14 18 17 22 12 21 9 15 16 15
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . . 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 12 16 14 11 7 10 6 14 9 12
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 3 2 7 4 1 1 2 4 6 7
    Computer and information sciences 60 49 44 39 44 29 34 29 36 36
      Computer science 53 42 41 37 37 28 33 27 34 36
      Computer and information sciences, other 7 7 3 2 7 1 1 2 2 .
    Engineering 235 281 257 260 242 229 201 255 229 248
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 20 16 19 14 26 16 10 21 8 12
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 26 38 22 31 26 18 13 20 11 19
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 22 27 32 27 21 28 19 20 27 23
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 21 33 24 30 25 18 28 19 25 24
      Electrical and computer engineering 64 56 59 73 63 59 58 80 73 98
      Industrial engineering and operations research 3 4 6 1 3 2 4 8 5 7
      Materials and mining engineering 19 27 21 17 23 29 25 27 22 15
      Mechanical engineering 29 49 41 53 39 42 34 47 43 28
      Engineering, other 31 31 33 14 16 17 10 13 15 22
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 19 31 28 26 29 34 33 20 25 25
      Geological sciences 14 27 25 22 21 31 31 16 22 20
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 4 3 4 8 3 2 4 3 5
    Health sciences . . 5 . 1 . 2 1 . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Public health . . 3 . . . 1 . . .
      Health sciences, other . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 . .
    Mathematics and statistics 38 41 39 29 24 26 50 36 18 31
      Applied mathematics 6 5 11 5 1 . 6 8 2 7
      Mathematics 6 3 3 4 7 8 5 3 4 10
      Statistics 11 13 11 11 9 6 21 5 4 10
      Mathematics and statistics, other 15 20 14 9 7 12 18 20 8 4
    Physical sciences 109 96 90 98 107 87 106 82 60 86
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 5 4 6 2 1 3 2 3 8
      Chemistry 42 29 40 33 55 46 42 34 24 29
      Physics 60 62 46 59 50 40 61 46 33 49
    Psychology 12 11 10 14 16 17 5 23 9 17
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . 1 . 3 . 1 . 1
      Research and experimental psychology 7 10 6 6 12 5 4 13 2 15
      Psychology, other 5 1 4 7 4 9 1 9 7 1
    Social sciences 79 69 80 63 74 67 57 79 63 52
      Anthropology 4 9 10 8 12 9 7 14 6 4
      Economics 28 26 28 17 31 30 25 25 31 24
      Political science and government 17 12 19 17 11 14 8 17 10 7
      Public policy analysis 1 2 1 3 1 . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 12 5 10 7 8 5 9 12 10 9
      Social sciences, other 17 15 12 11 11 9 8 11 6 8
  Non-science and engineering 111 110 103 113 127 110 158 119 139 121
    Business 21 27 27 22 23 23 33 24 20 14
      Business 21 27 27 22 23 23 33 24 20 14
    Education 26 21 16 25 25 20 29 27 40 27
      Education leadership and administration . . . . . . . . . 1
      Education research 11 9 9 10 10 13 11 8 19 12
      Teacher education and teaching fields 5 4 3 6 4 2 3 8 4 7
      Education, other 10 8 4 9 11 5 15 11 17 7
    Humanities and arts 54 51 52 56 70 54 64 63 70 73
      Letters 11 13 10 19 18 10 9 18 20 19
      Foreign languages and literature 7 9 7 7 13 9 18 8 12 11
      History 14 8 15 10 14 12 9 11 13 12
      Philosophy and religious studies 11 5 10 8 6 9 11 6 10 12
      Music and performing arts 8 7 9 7 6 9 8 11 8 14
      Humanities and arts, other 3 9 1 5 13 5 9 9 7 5
    Other non-science and engineering 10 11 8 10 9 13 32 5 9 7
      Communication 7 5 2 4 6 10 7 4 4 2
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 6 6 6 3 3 25 1 5 5

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

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