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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 34 20 25 25 29 26 29 33 24 26
  Science and engineering 29 17 22 22 27 21 17 28 19 24
    Biological and biomedical sciences 10 5 5 4 6 9 4 5 5 5
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . . . 3 3 1 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 1 5 3 2 5 3 3 5 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . . . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Microbiology and immunology 4 2 . . . 1 . . . .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 . . 1 1 . . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . 1 . . . . . . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 . . . . . . . . .
    Health sciences 8 6 7 10 13 6 5 17 9 10
      Nursing science 5 . 2 4 2 1 3 4 2 2
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . 1 . . . 1 . .
      Public health . 1 . . 2 1 . 6 . .
      Health sciences, other 3 5 5 5 9 4 2 6 7 8
    Psychology 11 6 10 8 8 6 8 6 5 9
      Clinical psychology 8 3 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 4
      Research and experimental psychology 2 3 5 2 2 3 1 2 2 2
      Psychology, other 1 . . 2 1 . 3 . . 3
  Non-science and engineering 5 3 3 3 2 5 12 5 5 2
    Education 5 3 3 3 2 5 10 4 5 2
      Teacher education and teaching fields 5 3 3 3 2 4 8 3 4 1
      Education, other . . . . . 1 2 1 1 1
    Other non-science and engineering . . . . . . 2 1 . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . . . . . . 2 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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