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CUNY, Graduate Center

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 370 336 337 394 394 410 419 431 408 469
  Science and engineering 247 233 221 238 252 257 257 278 259 331
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . 1 2 5 3 2 4 3 3 1
      Agricultural sciences . 1 1 . . 2 . . 2 1
      Natural resources and conservation . . 1 5 3 . 4 3 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 33 31 24 43 34 37 26 39 28 67
      Biochemistry and biophysics 13 11 8 14 7 11 7 5 7 13
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 9 6 11 12 9 1 4 . 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . 1 1 . . . . 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 1 2 2 1 3 5 8 7 10
      Genetics and genomics 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 2 1 2
      Molecular biology 5 3 1 6 1 3 4 5 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 3 4 5 4 8 2 8 6 21
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . 1 . 1 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . 1 1 . 4 . . 1 2 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 1 . 3 2 1 1 2 2 5
    Computer and information sciences 17 10 14 6 14 17 6 14 11 17
      Computer science 15 10 11 6 14 17 6 12 11 16
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 . 3 . . . . 2 . 1
    Engineering 3 3 2 1 . . 4 4 3 9
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . . 1 1 2 .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . 1 . . . . . . . 2
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . . . . . . . 1 . 1
      Electrical and computer engineering . . 1 . . . . 2 1 3
      Materials and mining engineering 1 1 1 1 . . 2 . . 1
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . . . 1
      Engineering, other 2 1 . . . . 1 . . 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 4 7 6 6 3 4 2 6 3
      Geological sciences 4 2 7 5 5 3 3 1 6 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . 2 . 1 1 . 1 1 . 2
    Health sciences 17 14 8 10 9 14 16 16 11 16
      Nursing science 13 11 7 5 7 10 7 4 6 13
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . 1 . . . 1
      Public health 1 . . . 1 1 2 1 1 .
      Health sciences, other 3 3 1 5 1 2 7 11 4 2
    Mathematics and statistics 7 6 6 15 6 13 18 15 12 9
      Applied mathematics . . 1 . 1 . 2 1 . .
      Mathematics 3 . 1 6 3 5 8 7 9 8
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 6 4 9 2 8 8 7 3 1
    Physical sciences 35 25 25 25 45 32 26 33 36 33
      Astronomy and astrophysics 3 2 2 . . . 4 1 . 1
      Chemistry 14 10 14 9 26 15 13 12 17 14
      Physics 18 13 9 16 19 17 9 20 19 18
    Psychology 54 53 59 59 53 67 72 76 62 85
      Clinical psychology 12 19 19 21 21 24 22 25 21 19
      Counseling and applied psychology 12 11 16 10 6 14 18 13 8 11
      Research and experimental psychology 12 9 13 17 21 23 22 27 22 36
      Psychology, other 18 14 11 11 5 6 10 11 11 19
    Social sciences 77 86 74 68 82 72 81 76 87 91
      Anthropology 13 19 7 11 14 10 13 12 13 19
      Economics 11 13 14 15 11 18 5 13 9 7
      Political science and government 9 7 9 6 8 8 19 12 13 14
      Public policy analysis 1 1 . . . . . . . 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 13 15 14 11 14 13 11 7 19 24
      Social sciences, other 30 31 30 25 35 23 33 32 33 26
  Non-science and engineering 123 103 116 156 142 153 162 153 149 138
    Business 13 6 11 7 11 8 11 16 10 12
      Business 13 6 11 7 11 8 11 16 10 12
    Education 15 13 12 18 16 22 24 15 27 19
      Education leadership and administration 8 7 6 13 9 14 11 5 6 7
      Education research 5 4 1 2 5 6 5 4 17 8
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 1 4 2 2 1 7 6 3 4
      Education, other 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 .
    Humanities and arts 87 78 85 122 110 118 122 115 108 102
      Letters 26 23 24 39 33 30 29 39 35 26
      Foreign languages and literature 12 4 6 16 13 23 18 10 13 13
      History 7 8 6 9 11 12 20 11 10 14
      Philosophy and religious studies 11 9 9 18 17 10 10 11 11 15
      Music and performing arts 23 23 21 29 22 30 31 20 28 22
      Humanities and arts, other 8 11 19 11 14 13 14 24 11 12
    Other non-science and engineering 8 6 8 9 5 5 5 7 4 5
      Communication . 1 . . . . 1 1 . .
      Public administration and social services 7 4 5 9 5 4 4 6 4 5
      Non-science and engineering, other 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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