Data

Arizona State 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 510 506 508 525 390 338 369 410 470 427
  Science and engineering 391 392 390 394 272 244 263 279 333 304
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 11 22 15 8 6 5 3 8 9 8
      Agricultural sciences 3 5 2 2 . 1 . 2 1 2
      Natural resources and conservation 8 17 13 6 6 4 3 6 8 6
    Biological and biomedical sciences 46 47 54 39 32 31 23 30 50 40
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 11 15 10 6 6 1 5 12 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 9 10 8 4 2 2 3 1 3 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 3 3 4 . 4 1 2 2 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 1 1 2 1 . . . 2 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 4 4 3 2 2 5 4 7 6
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . . 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 8 4 7 2 7 3 2 1 5 3
      Molecular biology 8 3 8 5 3 4 4 4 6 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 5 4 4 7 3 6 1 4 7 9
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 2 . . 2 . 1 3 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 3 5 4 2 6 4 5 6 4 6
    Computer and information sciences 26 21 21 37 19 18 20 18 29 8
      Computer science 19 14 19 36 19 17 19 15 28 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 7 7 2 1 . 1 1 3 1 .
    Engineering 141 163 155 141 90 96 94 104 80 98
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 1 2 4 2 1 . 4 2 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 10 13 8 7 10 8 4 7 4 9
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 6 10 7 10 4 7 4 5 2 5
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 16 25 21 21 20 10 15 23 11 14
      Electrical and computer engineering 51 58 51 48 28 30 41 34 28 40
      Industrial engineering and operations research 19 15 20 19 4 13 8 10 7 9
      Materials and mining engineering 13 10 25 16 8 13 9 10 10 7
      Mechanical engineering 19 21 18 12 12 9 10 7 10 8
      Engineering, other 2 10 3 4 2 5 3 4 6 6
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 13 13 8 16 12 6 10 7 13 8
      Geological sciences 10 8 7 14 9 6 8 6 9 8
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 3 5 1 2 3 . 2 1 4 .
    Health sciences 8 7 12 14 11 7 8 11 12 11
      Nursing science . 1 2 4 3 5 1 4 4 4
      Public health 3 1 2 1 3 1 . 2 . .
      Health sciences, other 5 5 8 9 5 1 7 5 8 7
    Mathematics and statistics 18 15 14 23 17 13 12 10 12 10
      Applied mathematics 6 7 8 15 10 8 9 9 7 5
      Mathematics 3 1 1 1 . . . . 1 1
      Statistics 5 . 4 6 2 4 . . 2 3
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 7 1 1 5 1 3 1 2 1
    Physical sciences 38 19 27 31 21 11 23 33 33 34
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 4 5 6 5 1 2 1 1 3
      Chemistry 15 4 9 14 9 5 14 21 17 20
      Physics 16 11 13 11 7 5 7 11 15 11
    Psychology 31 27 29 24 17 20 33 17 31 24
      Clinical psychology 3 4 8 8 1 5 4 3 6 2
      Counseling and applied psychology 5 7 5 2 1 1 6 4 7 11
      Research and experimental psychology 15 10 2 9 11 8 12 5 12 9
      Psychology, other 8 6 14 5 4 6 11 5 6 2
    Social sciences 59 58 55 61 47 37 37 41 64 63
      Anthropology 4 9 6 6 11 5 8 4 8 10
      Economics 6 7 6 7 6 2 4 5 10 4
      Political science and government 6 2 2 1 2 4 3 2 2 7
      Public policy analysis 1 . 3 . . 1 . 1 2 5
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . 3 . 1 . . 1 4 5 3
      Social sciences, other 42 37 38 46 28 25 21 25 37 34
  Non-science and engineering 119 114 118 131 118 94 106 131 137 123
    Business 14 23 16 14 17 11 15 13 12 10
      Business 14 23 16 14 17 11 15 13 12 10
    Education 29 24 21 34 23 23 23 24 50 46
      Education leadership and administration 2 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Education research 12 12 12 12 13 10 18 18 34 27
      Teacher education and teaching fields 13 9 6 22 10 9 4 4 16 18
      Education, other 2 3 2 . . 4 1 2 . 1
    Humanities and arts 48 45 58 63 63 46 56 75 58 49
      Letters 5 6 9 8 11 6 8 18 13 7
      Foreign languages and literature 5 3 8 10 8 4 5 5 2 .
      History . 3 2 2 5 3 6 10 9 8
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 2 3 5 4 3 1 6 5 3
      Music and performing arts 32 27 35 36 33 30 30 31 26 26
      Humanities and arts, other 3 4 1 2 2 . 6 5 3 5
    Other non-science and engineering 28 22 23 20 15 14 12 19 17 18
      Communication 12 9 13 11 10 6 5 14 5 6
      Public administration and social services 9 5 5 5 3 7 6 5 9 7
      Non-science and engineering, other 7 8 5 4 2 1 1 . 3 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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