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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 85 101 85 94 90 102 114 112 107 105
  Science and engineering 42 51 38 44 43 35 57 52 55 42
    Biological and biomedical sciences 4 5 1 4 5 1 10 5 7 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 2 . . 2 . 1 1 . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . 1 2 . . 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 1 1 3 3 . 6 3 6 2
      Molecular biology 1 2 . 1 . . 1 1 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
    Health sciences . . 1 . . . 1 . . .
      Health sciences, other . . 1 . . . 1 . . .
    Psychology 31 35 29 35 36 30 38 36 41 31
      Clinical psychology 13 8 7 13 11 10 10 8 12 9
      Counseling and applied psychology 14 22 16 17 13 13 19 19 19 15
      Research and experimental psychology 3 5 4 5 9 5 5 5 10 6
      Psychology, other 1 . 2 . 3 2 4 4 . 1
    Social sciences 7 11 7 5 2 4 8 11 7 8
      Economics 5 8 4 5 2 4 6 9 1 7
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . . . 1 2 .
      Social sciences, other 2 3 3 . . . 2 1 4 1
  Non-science and engineering 43 50 47 50 47 67 57 60 52 63
    Business 3 1 2 2 . 1 . . 1 .
      Business 3 1 2 2 . 1 . . 1 .
    Education 17 14 15 14 15 21 10 18 13 24
      Education leadership and administration 6 3 3 3 5 6 2 6 4 4
      Education research 8 6 11 3 6 10 7 7 6 14
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 5 2 6
      Education, other . 4 . 7 2 2 . . 1 .
    Humanities and arts 18 23 20 24 26 26 35 34 32 34
      Letters 3 12 7 2 4 10 11 10 12 12
      History 4 2 2 5 2 5 4 5 5 4
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 5 8 8 8 5 8 11 10 11
      Humanities and arts, other 7 4 3 9 12 6 12 8 5 7
    Other non-science and engineering 5 12 10 10 6 19 12 8 6 5
      Public administration and social services 4 8 8 7 4 11 9 5 5 3
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 4 2 3 2 8 3 3 1 2

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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