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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 124 125 92 96 99 110 115 113 103 99
  Science and engineering 84 79 56 62 68 67 66 61 54 61
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . 2 . . . . . . . 1
      Agricultural sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . 1 . . . . . . . 1
    Biological and biomedical sciences 12 18 8 17 13 14 14 13 11 5
      Biochemistry and biophysics . 1 . 1 . 2 2 . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 6 8 3 5 6 . 2 1 3 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . 1 . 1 . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 1 2 . . 1 . 4 2 .
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology . 1 . 1 . . . 2 1 .
      Molecular biology . . . . 1 1 . 2 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 5 7 2 5 4 5 7 2 4 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . 3 . 1 . 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . 1 2 1 3 2 1 . 3
    Computer and information sciences 9 9 9 6 7 7 9 1 4 2
      Computer science 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 1 4 2
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 2 2 . . . . . . .
    Engineering 20 18 11 9 17 12 12 13 8 17
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . 1 . 1 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . 2 . 1 . . . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 1 3 2 . 1 . . . . .
      Electrical and computer engineering 8 9 2 5 5 5 5 6 1 14
      Materials and mining engineering . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Mechanical engineering 4 5 2 1 6 2 4 1 2 .
      Engineering, other 7 1 3 3 4 5 2 6 3 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 5 4 5 1 3 . 2 1 2
      Geological sciences 5 3 3 4 . 2 . 1 . 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . 2 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 .
    Health sciences 10 8 6 9 8 5 9 7 7 10
      Nursing science 10 7 6 7 8 5 9 6 7 9
      Public health . . . 1 . . . . . 1
      Health sciences, other . 1 . 1 . . . 1 . .
    Mathematics and statistics 7 4 3 4 6 6 6 4 5 5
      Applied mathematics 1 2 1 . 2 2 2 2 . 3
      Mathematics 1 . . 1 2 . 1 1 3 2
      Statistics . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 5 2 2 3 1 4 3 1 2 .
    Physical sciences 7 7 7 4 6 8 5 7 4 4
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 1 . . . . . . . .
      Chemistry 2 2 3 2 3 4 3 4 . 3
      Physics 4 4 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 1
    Psychology 11 5 6 8 9 9 9 12 11 7
      Clinical psychology 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 2 . 1 1 3 3 1 1 1
      Research and experimental psychology 8 3 6 6 8 6 6 11 10 5
      Psychology, other . . . 1 . . . . . 1
    Social sciences 3 3 2 . 1 3 2 2 3 8
      Political science and government . 1 1 . . . . . 1 1
      Public policy analysis . . . . . 1 . 1 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 1 . . . . . . . . 1
      Social sciences, other 2 2 1 . 1 2 2 1 1 6
  Non-science and engineering 40 46 36 34 31 43 49 52 49 38
    Business 12 15 6 4 6 10 9 11 7 6
      Business 12 15 6 4 6 10 9 11 7 6
    Education 19 23 22 23 20 23 35 30 32 25
      Education leadership and administration 7 7 10 14 10 11 18 13 14 11
      Education research 10 13 8 8 10 10 16 12 15 14
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 2 3 . . 1 1 4 2 .
      Education, other 2 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 .
    Humanities and arts 4 7 5 3 3 8 4 3 3 4
      Letters 1 6 2 3 2 4 2 2 2 1
      Foreign languages and literature . . 2 . 1 . . 1 . .
      History . . . . . . . . . 1
      Philosophy and religious studies . 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Music and performing arts . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 3 . . . . 4 2 . . 2
    Other non-science and engineering 5 1 3 4 2 2 1 8 7 3
      Communication . . . . . . . 2 1 .
      Public administration and social services 5 . 2 4 2 2 1 6 6 3
      Non-science and engineering, other . 1 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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