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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 339 370 336 337 394 394 410 419 431 408
  Science and engineering 234 247 233 221 238 252 257 257 278 259
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 . 1 2 5 3 2 4 3 3
      Agricultural sciences . . 1 1 . . 2 . . 2
      Natural resources and conservation 1 . . 1 5 3 . 4 3 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 39 33 31 24 43 34 37 26 39 28
      Biochemistry and biophysics 15 13 11 8 14 7 11 7 5 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 6 7 9 6 11 12 9 1 4 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 . . . 1 1 . . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 6 2 1 2 2 1 3 5 8 7
      Genetics and genomics 1 1 . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 2 1
      Molecular biology 4 5 3 1 6 1 3 4 5 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 4 3 4 5 4 8 2 8 6
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . 1 . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 . 1 1 . 4 . . 1 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . 1 . 3 2 1 1 2 2
    Computer and information sciences 7 17 10 14 6 14 17 6 14 11
      Computer science 6 15 10 11 6 14 17 6 12 11
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 2 . 3 . . . . 2 .
    Engineering 3 3 3 2 1 . . 4 4 3
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . . . 1 1 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Electrical and computer engineering 1 . . 1 . . . . 2 1
      Materials and mining engineering . 1 1 1 1 . . 2 . .
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . . . .
      Engineering, other 2 2 1 . . . . 1 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 4 4 7 6 6 3 4 2 6
      Geological sciences 7 4 2 7 5 5 3 3 1 6
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 . 2 . 1 1 . 1 1 .
    Health sciences 4 17 14 8 10 9 14 16 16 11
      Nursing science 1 13 11 7 5 7 10 7 4 6
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Public health . 1 . . . 1 1 2 1 1
      Health sciences, other 3 3 3 1 5 1 2 7 11 4
    Mathematics and statistics 11 7 6 6 15 6 13 18 15 12
      Applied mathematics 1 . . 1 . 1 . 2 1 .
      Mathematics 1 3 . 1 6 3 5 8 7 9
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 4 6 4 9 2 8 8 7 3
    Physical sciences 31 35 25 25 25 45 32 26 33 36
      Astronomy and astrophysics 3 3 2 2 . . . 4 1 .
      Chemistry 17 14 10 14 9 26 15 13 12 17
      Physics 11 18 13 9 16 19 17 9 20 19
    Psychology 51 54 53 59 59 53 67 72 76 62
      Clinical psychology 8 12 19 19 21 21 24 22 25 21
      Counseling and applied psychology 11 12 11 16 10 6 14 18 13 8
      Research and experimental psychology 18 12 9 13 17 21 23 22 27 22
      Psychology, other 14 18 14 11 11 5 6 10 11 11
    Social sciences 78 77 86 74 68 82 72 81 76 87
      Anthropology 15 13 19 7 11 14 10 13 12 13
      Economics 11 11 13 14 15 11 18 5 13 9
      Political science and government 6 9 7 9 6 8 8 19 12 13
      Public policy analysis . 1 1 . . . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 16 13 15 14 11 14 13 11 7 19
      Social sciences, other 30 30 31 30 25 35 23 33 32 33
  Non-science and engineering 105 123 103 116 156 142 153 162 153 149
    Business 9 13 6 11 7 11 8 11 16 10
      Business 9 13 6 11 7 11 8 11 16 10
    Education 9 15 13 12 18 16 22 24 15 27
      Education leadership and administration 6 8 7 6 13 9 14 11 5 6
      Education research . 5 4 1 2 5 6 5 4 17
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 1 1 4 2 2 1 7 6 3
      Education, other 3 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1
    Humanities and arts 81 87 78 85 122 110 118 122 115 108
      Letters 29 26 23 24 39 33 30 29 39 35
      Foreign languages and literature 7 12 4 6 16 13 23 18 10 13
      History 9 7 8 6 9 11 12 20 11 10
      Philosophy and religious studies 6 11 9 9 18 17 10 10 11 11
      Music and performing arts 20 23 23 21 29 22 30 31 20 28
      Humanities and arts, other 10 8 11 19 11 14 13 14 24 11
    Other non-science and engineering 6 8 6 8 9 5 5 5 7 4
      Communication . . 1 . . . . 1 1 .
      Public administration and social services 5 7 4 5 9 5 4 4 6 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 1 1 3 . . 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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