Data

Columbia U. in the City of New York

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 606 577 585 673 573 659 481 500 474 537
  Science and engineering 469 445 421 457 407 488 369 359 338 369
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 3 4 6 3 2 1 2 2 2 1
      Agricultural sciences . 1 . . . . . 1 . .
      Natural resources and conservation 3 3 6 3 2 1 2 1 2 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 122 112 100 106 104 105 95 84 85 86
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 3 2 4 8 7 6 2 5 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 14 15 13 17 19 16 11 10 4 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 15 13 17 18 16 16 5 7 13 14
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 4 6 6 9 4 5 6 4 14 14
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 26 17 19 15 11 15 13 14 14 3
      Genetics and genomics 11 4 4 6 7 3 10 1 2 3
      Microbiology and immunology 6 10 4 5 6 6 5 15 1 4
      Molecular biology 5 6 10 2 3 2 2 3 5 8
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 22 27 18 23 18 19 23 20 15 25
      Pharmacology and toxicology 6 2 . . 3 3 5 3 1 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 6 4 1 3 10 6 4 8 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 3 3 6 6 3 3 1 3 4
    Computer and information sciences 22 11 23 20 19 22 19 25 14 14
      Computer science 20 10 18 20 18 21 18 22 14 12
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 1 5 . 1 1 1 3 . 2
    Engineering 108 85 77 97 79 83 86 73 68 84
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 . . . . . 1 . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 23 18 17 16 19 14 15 18 20 21
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 15 9 8 9 9 9 9 4 4 10
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 15 7 5 15 13 12 13 9 8 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 18 18 18 27 15 21 25 15 14 14
      Industrial engineering and operations research 14 12 9 14 11 8 7 6 5 13
      Materials and mining engineering 5 3 4 2 2 3 1 7 1 3
      Mechanical engineering 12 11 9 11 5 11 8 10 11 10
      Engineering, other 5 7 7 3 5 5 7 4 5 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 18 12 19 22 15 19 5 16 10 7
      Geological sciences 10 9 13 12 5 12 4 13 6 5
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 8 3 6 10 10 7 1 3 4 2
    Health sciences 15 20 18 14 20 26 20 17 13 18
      Nursing science 5 3 6 5 5 8 7 8 4 4
      Public health 8 13 10 6 9 10 10 8 9 14
      Health sciences, other 2 4 2 3 6 8 3 1 . .
    Mathematics and statistics 29 22 28 27 20 24 20 25 20 27
      Applied mathematics 5 2 5 2 4 2 3 2 5 4
      Mathematics 2 1 3 5 7 10 7 5 8 13
      Statistics 12 9 10 9 6 10 6 4 5 9
      Mathematics and statistics, other 10 10 10 11 3 2 4 14 2 1
    Physical sciences 41 64 41 56 49 59 52 57 46 45
      Astronomy and astrophysics 6 11 6 5 10 7 8 6 6 7
      Chemistry 13 24 16 29 19 18 17 25 21 17
      Physics 22 29 19 22 20 34 27 26 19 21
    Psychology 33 39 39 36 42 52 11 2 6 9
      Clinical psychology 9 8 12 11 10 12 3 . . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 13 16 16 13 13 21 3 . . 1
      Research and experimental psychology 9 11 7 4 14 17 3 2 4 5
      Psychology, other 2 4 4 8 5 2 2 . 2 3
    Social sciences 78 76 70 76 57 97 59 58 74 78
      Anthropology 11 8 11 8 11 16 9 10 10 11
      Economics 30 26 24 31 15 36 20 17 23 27
      Political science and government 8 18 10 15 14 21 14 16 22 18
      Public policy analysis 1 . . . 1 . 1 . 3 4
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 8 8 6 13 5 13 9 5 6 9
      Social sciences, other 20 16 19 9 11 11 6 10 10 9
  Non-science and engineering 137 132 164 216 166 171 112 141 136 168
    Business 20 10 22 17 13 20 16 18 12 19
      Business 20 10 22 17 13 20 16 18 12 19
    Education 26 35 24 53 40 44 2 . . .
      Education leadership and administration . 1 1 2 1 1 . . . .
      Education research 9 16 10 19 16 18 1 . . .
      Teacher education and teaching fields 12 15 12 30 20 22 1 . . .
      Education, other 5 3 1 2 3 3 . . . .
    Humanities and arts 77 78 103 125 98 98 89 111 113 132
      Letters 19 13 20 19 16 21 11 20 23 27
      Foreign languages and literature 7 13 12 27 14 17 13 18 19 28
      History 20 23 27 27 27 23 29 27 26 36
      Philosophy and religious studies 10 10 16 13 11 13 9 13 12 12
      Music and performing arts 12 7 16 18 9 11 10 9 15 14
      Humanities and arts, other 9 12 12 21 21 13 17 24 18 15
    Other non-science and engineering 14 9 15 21 15 9 5 12 11 17
      Communication 2 2 4 3 5 2 2 4 2 3
      Public administration and social services 6 3 6 12 7 5 2 5 6 11
      Non-science and engineering, other 6 4 5 6 3 2 1 3 3 3

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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