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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 326 305 283 250 269 253 253 284 270 257
  Science and engineering 238 235 204 179 203 189 193 203 188 185
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 22 15 17 21 16 24 26 24 25 21
      Agricultural sciences 11 11 11 12 8 13 13 9 12 13
      Natural resources and conservation 11 4 6 9 8 11 13 15 13 8
    Biological and biomedical sciences 40 37 28 31 37 20 27 29 30 20
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 7 3 2 2 3 . 2 1 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 13 9 6 7 14 1 9 7 8 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . 2 1 . 1 . . 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 . . . 1 1 . . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 6 3 2 3 2 7 4 9 .
      Genetics and genomics 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1
      Microbiology and immunology 4 2 1 2 3 4 2 2 4 2
      Molecular biology 1 . 1 1 . . 1 1 . .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . . . 1 . . . 1 .
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 5 7 3 2 1 . 3 1 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 . . 2 . . . . 1 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 13 7 6 9 9 6 4 9 3 6
    Computer and information sciences 9 16 10 5 6 3 5 6 7 13
      Computer science 7 10 5 4 6 3 4 5 7 12
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 6 5 1 . . 1 1 . 1
    Engineering 78 91 74 51 62 65 62 65 65 61
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 5 4 . 5 2 1 3 2 3 3
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3 3 2 3 1 1 3 3 1 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 9 16 13 12 6 14 12 13 12 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 7 17 13 5 11 12 6 8 8 8
      Electrical and computer engineering 21 20 23 8 7 11 10 16 18 13
      Industrial engineering and operations research 15 6 6 6 15 12 12 9 7 6
      Materials and mining engineering 8 5 6 4 4 2 2 2 5 2
      Mechanical engineering 9 17 10 8 14 10 12 10 6 14
      Engineering, other 1 3 1 . 2 2 2 2 5 6
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 3 3 1 4 1 2 . 1 .
      Geological sciences 10 3 2 . 1 . . . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . 1 1 3 1 2 . 1 .
    Health sciences 20 19 13 12 22 27 16 10 8 10
      Nursing science . . 3 . . . . . . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences 9 3 1 4 9 5 3 3 2 2
      Public health 1 1 1 . 2 1 2 . 1 .
      Health sciences, other 10 15 8 8 11 21 11 7 5 8
    Mathematics and statistics 10 11 11 14 14 10 8 12 9 14
      Applied mathematics . 3 4 2 1 3 3 . 2 4
      Mathematics 1 . 1 . 1 1 2 2 1 5
      Statistics 1 1 2 4 2 . 1 . 2 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 8 7 4 8 10 6 2 10 4 4
    Physical sciences 18 18 16 18 14 17 13 16 5 4
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . 2 . . . . . . .
      Chemistry 12 12 8 12 8 14 4 6 4 3
      Physics 6 6 6 6 6 3 9 10 1 1
    Psychology 23 18 21 22 18 17 26 30 28 27
      Clinical psychology 4 5 5 7 5 5 8 6 9 8
      Counseling and applied psychology 13 11 9 7 8 7 9 10 8 10
      Research and experimental psychology 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 7 6 3
      Psychology, other 5 1 5 5 3 2 8 7 5 6
    Social sciences 8 7 11 4 10 5 8 11 10 15
      Economics 6 5 8 2 6 3 5 7 6 3
      Political science and government . . . . 3 . 1 2 2 6
      Public policy analysis 1 1 1 . . 1 1 . 2 5
      Social sciences, other 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 . 1
  Non-science and engineering 88 70 79 71 66 64 60 81 82 72
    Business 11 11 9 7 7 6 9 7 5 11
      Business 11 11 9 7 7 6 9 7 5 11
    Education 56 38 56 52 46 45 42 57 62 45
      Education leadership and administration 13 8 13 11 8 8 6 19 11 10
      Education research 18 17 16 5 14 16 24 15 23 25
      Teacher education and teaching fields 24 12 24 32 23 19 8 18 22 10
      Education, other 1 1 3 4 1 2 4 5 6 .
    Humanities and arts 9 5 7 7 6 8 5 12 11 15
      Letters 4 2 4 1 2 2 2 7 8 7
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . . . 1 .
      History 5 3 2 6 3 6 3 4 2 8
      Music and performing arts . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other . . . . 1 . . 1 . .
    Other non-science and engineering 12 16 7 5 7 5 4 5 4 1
      Communication 1 1 . . . . . . . .
      Public administration and social services 4 9 2 5 5 1 2 1 3 1
      Non-science and engineering, other 7 6 5 . 2 4 2 4 1 .

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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