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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 184 187 190 193 197 191 200 196 212 185
  Science and engineering 157 165 163 163 175 163 160 156 179 159
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 1 . 1 . . . . .
      Agricultural sciences . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . 1 . . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 59 70 56 43 67 61 61 51 66 58
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 2 1 5 7 5 7 8 11 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 7 2 3 5 4 2 5 8 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 8 5 2 3 7 4 1 3 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 . 5 2 1 4 2 3 2 8
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 12 6 4 7 2 3 2 4 2
      Genetics and genomics 5 6 6 3 9 3 4 1 2 3
      Microbiology and immunology 9 10 7 3 4 4 10 9 7 9
      Molecular biology 3 1 5 1 . 2 3 2 1 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 9 4 3 6 9 5 5 9 8
      Pharmacology and toxicology 8 2 3 3 7 4 2 3 5 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 16 12 10 14 16 15 16 10 11 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 1 2 . 2 2 3 2 3 1
    Computer and information sciences 4 7 3 4 6 1 4 3 10 5
      Computer science 3 5 1 2 2 . 3 . 5 3
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 3 5 2
    Engineering 47 49 53 60 49 46 55 57 55 59
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 2 2 2 . 1 . 1 . 2 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16 13 24 15 9 7 14 12 11 23
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 5 6 4 16 9 14 11 17 9 14
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 2 3 2 3 3 4 2 5 3 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 6 4 3 16 15 8 8 5 12 14
      Industrial engineering and operations research 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 2 2
      Materials and mining engineering 8 13 10 4 2 6 7 6 6 2
      Mechanical engineering 5 5 6 4 6 4 9 7 8 3
      Engineering, other 1 2 . 1 1 2 1 2 2 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . 1 1 2 . 4 .
      Geological sciences . . . . 1 1 2 . 4 .
    Health sciences 7 10 17 14 16 19 8 5 3 5
      Nursing science 3 4 8 12 9 15 6 5 2 4
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Public health . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Health sciences, other 4 6 9 2 7 4 1 . . 1
    Mathematics and statistics 3 3 3 7 5 3 1 4 3 1
      Applied mathematics 2 2 . 6 4 1 1 4 2 .
      Mathematics . . . . . 1 . . . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 1 3 1 1 1 . . 1 .
    Physical sciences 21 15 14 21 16 16 22 21 27 14
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 1 1 4 1 2 2 1 3 2
      Chemistry 10 11 10 7 11 6 13 11 13 10
      Physics 9 3 3 10 4 8 7 9 11 2
    Psychology 6 5 6 6 8 7 5 6 4 9
      Clinical psychology 3 2 3 2 5 5 4 5 3 5
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . . . . . . . .
      Research and experimental psychology 3 3 3 3 3 2 . 1 1 4
      Psychology, other . . . 1 . . 1 . . .
    Social sciences 10 6 10 8 6 9 2 9 7 8
      Anthropology 1 2 . 4 3 6 . 2 2 4
      Economics 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Public policy analysis . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 5 3 7 2 2 1 2 5 3 3
      Social sciences, other 3 1 3 2 1 1 . 2 2 1
  Non-science and engineering 27 22 27 30 22 28 40 40 33 26
    Business 11 8 12 16 13 11 21 18 14 15
      Business 11 8 12 16 13 11 21 18 14 15
    Education 3 1 2 . 1 1 1 4 3 .
      Education research . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 1 2 . 1 1 1 4 2 .
    Humanities and arts 7 10 9 9 7 10 15 10 7 8
      Letters 1 1 1 . 3 6 1 4 5 4
      History 2 3 2 1 1 1 4 3 . 1
      Philosophy and religious studies . . . 1 . . 1 . . .
      Music and performing arts 2 5 4 7 1 2 8 3 2 1
      Humanities and arts, other 2 1 2 . 2 1 1 . . 2
    Other non-science and engineering 6 3 4 5 1 6 3 8 9 3
      Communication . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Public administration and social services 6 2 4 5 1 6 3 7 8 3
      Non-science and engineering, other . 1 . . . . . . 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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