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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 93 78 83 112 79 74 96 108 93 105
  Science and engineering 77 63 60 80 65 56 65 73 76 74
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . . . . 2 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . 2 1 .
    Engineering 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 . . . . . . . . .
    Health sciences . . . 1 . 1 . 2 1 .
      Public health . . . 1 . 1 . . 1 .
      Health sciences, other . . . . . . . 2 . .
    Psychology 71 59 57 75 59 48 63 63 66 70
      Clinical psychology 51 33 37 51 36 29 45 30 40 38
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 2 4 2 1 . 4 2 9 4
      Research and experimental psychology 3 6 2 3 8 9 1 2 6 6
      Psychology, other 15 18 14 19 14 10 13 29 11 22
    Social sciences 5 4 3 4 6 7 2 6 8 4
      Anthropology 1 . . . . . . . 1 .
      Economics . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Political science and government . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 1 . . 2 1 . . . . .
      Social sciences, other 3 4 2 2 5 7 2 6 6 4
  Non-science and engineering 16 15 23 32 14 18 31 35 17 31
    Business 8 6 9 19 12 12 24 32 12 30
      Business 8 6 9 19 12 12 24 32 12 30
    Education 2 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1
      Education leadership and administration . . . 1 . 1 . . . .
      Education research . 2 1 . . 2 . . 1 1
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . . . 1 1 1 1 . .
      Education, other 2 . . . . 1 . . . .
    Humanities and arts 3 . 7 8 . 1 1 . . .
      Letters . . . . . . . . . .
      History . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Philosophy and religious studies . . 1 . . 1 . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 3 . 6 7 . . 1 . . .
    Other non-science and engineering 3 7 6 4 1 . 5 2 4 .
      Communication 2 1 . . 1 . . 2 3 .
      Public administration and social services . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 6 6 3 . . 5 . 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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