Data

Arizona State U.

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 522 510 506 508 525 390 338 369 410 470
  Science and engineering 400 391 392 390 394 272 244 263 279 333
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 18 11 22 15 8 6 5 3 8 9
      Agricultural sciences 3 3 5 2 2 . 1 . 2 1
      Natural resources and conservation 15 8 17 13 6 6 4 3 6 8
    Biological and biomedical sciences 49 46 47 54 39 32 31 23 30 50
      Biochemistry and biophysics 9 3 11 15 10 6 6 1 5 12
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 9 9 10 8 4 2 2 3 1 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 4 2 3 3 4 . 4 1 2 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 1 1 2 1 . . . 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 5 4 7
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . . . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 3 8 4 7 2 7 3 2 1 5
      Molecular biology 11 8 3 8 5 3 4 4 4 6
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 5 5 4 4 7 3 6 1 4 7
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 3 2 . . 2 . 1 3 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 3 5 4 2 6 4 5 6 4
    Computer and information sciences 19 26 21 21 37 19 18 20 18 29
      Computer science 17 19 14 19 36 19 17 19 15 28
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 7 7 2 1 . 1 1 3 1
    Engineering 149 141 163 155 141 90 96 94 104 80
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 5 1 2 4 2 1 . 4 2
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 15 10 13 8 7 10 8 4 7 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 12 6 10 7 10 4 7 4 5 2
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 20 16 25 21 21 20 10 15 23 11
      Electrical and computer engineering 50 51 58 51 48 28 30 41 34 28
      Industrial engineering and operations research 15 19 15 20 19 4 13 8 10 7
      Materials and mining engineering 6 13 10 25 16 8 13 9 10 10
      Mechanical engineering 20 19 21 18 12 12 9 10 7 10
      Engineering, other 10 2 10 3 4 2 5 3 4 6
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 13 13 8 16 12 6 10 7 13
      Geological sciences 6 10 8 7 14 9 6 8 6 9
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 4 3 5 1 2 3 . 2 1 4
    Health sciences 9 8 7 12 14 11 7 8 11 12
      Nursing science 2 . 1 2 4 3 5 1 4 4
      Public health 2 3 1 2 1 3 1 . 2 .
      Health sciences, other 5 5 5 8 9 5 1 7 5 8
    Mathematics and statistics 16 18 15 14 23 17 13 12 10 12
      Applied mathematics 10 6 7 8 15 10 8 9 9 7
      Mathematics . 3 1 1 1 . . . . 1
      Statistics 4 5 . 4 6 2 4 . . 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 2 4 7 1 1 5 1 3 1 2
    Physical sciences 28 38 19 27 31 21 11 23 33 33
      Astronomy and astrophysics 6 7 4 5 6 5 1 2 1 1
      Chemistry 12 15 4 9 14 9 5 14 21 17
      Physics 10 16 11 13 11 7 5 7 11 15
    Psychology 30 31 27 29 24 17 20 33 17 31
      Clinical psychology 4 3 4 8 8 1 5 4 3 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 5 7 5 2 1 1 6 4 7
      Research and experimental psychology 9 15 10 2 9 11 8 12 5 12
      Psychology, other 14 8 6 14 5 4 6 11 5 6
    Social sciences 72 59 58 55 61 47 37 37 41 64
      Anthropology 9 4 9 6 6 11 5 8 4 8
      Economics 10 6 7 6 7 6 2 4 5 10
      Political science and government 8 6 2 2 1 2 4 3 2 2
      Public policy analysis 2 1 . 3 . . 1 . 1 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . 3 . 1 . . 1 4 5
      Social sciences, other 43 42 37 38 46 28 25 21 25 37
  Non-science and engineering 122 119 114 118 131 118 94 106 131 137
    Business 13 14 23 16 14 17 11 15 13 12
      Business 13 14 23 16 14 17 11 15 13 12
    Education 24 29 24 21 34 23 23 23 24 50
      Education leadership and administration . 2 . 1 . . . . . .
      Education research 12 12 12 12 12 13 10 18 18 34
      Teacher education and teaching fields 12 13 9 6 22 10 9 4 4 16
      Education, other . 2 3 2 . . 4 1 2 .
    Humanities and arts 60 48 45 58 63 63 46 56 75 58
      Letters 11 5 6 9 8 11 6 8 18 13
      Foreign languages and literature 1 5 3 8 10 8 4 5 5 2
      History 3 . 3 2 2 5 3 6 10 9
      Philosophy and religious studies 5 3 2 3 5 4 3 1 6 5
      Music and performing arts 35 32 27 35 36 33 30 30 31 26
      Humanities and arts, other 5 3 4 1 2 2 . 6 5 3
    Other non-science and engineering 25 28 22 23 20 15 14 12 19 17
      Communication 14 12 9 13 11 10 6 5 14 5
      Public administration and social services 6 9 5 5 5 3 7 6 5 9
      Non-science and engineering, other 5 7 8 5 4 2 1 1 . 3

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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