Data

Georgia Institute of Technology

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 531 560 563 512 503 512 503 531 526 551
  Science and engineering 512 540 536 491 481 499 479 501 508 540
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . 1 1 1 2 2 . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . 1 1 1 2 2 . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 38 36 25 21 28 25 17 28 23 29
      Biochemistry and biophysics 7 5 4 3 4 7 3 4 5 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 7 3 2 2 1 2 4 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 14 15 9 10 10 2 5 5 5 5
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . 2 . 2 1 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 1 . 2 4 2 1 . 2 3
      Genetics and genomics . 1 2 . . . . 1 . .
      Microbiology and immunology 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 4
      Molecular biology 3 1 3 1 3 4 5 2 1 7
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 1 . 1 2 1 . 2 3 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 2 . . 1 3 . 5 2 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 2 3 .
    Computer and information sciences 56 43 66 51 42 37 32 54 43 46
      Computer science 31 30 50 45 38 31 26 50 36 41
      Computer and information sciences, other 25 13 16 6 4 6 6 4 7 5
    Engineering 314 351 359 322 296 323 341 324 353 367
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 35 46 26 28 40 40 46 27 35 46
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 28 36 30 35 25 34 34 33 29 44
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 25 22 39 23 26 33 35 35 44 36
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 23 23 32 38 37 30 29 31 42 38
      Electrical and computer engineering 74 87 86 75 73 83 87 80 104 92
      Industrial engineering and operations research 25 30 30 19 17 24 24 17 21 23
      Materials and mining engineering 37 21 40 33 23 25 20 29 19 23
      Mechanical engineering 49 62 59 56 50 46 57 58 54 59
      Engineering, other 18 24 17 15 5 8 9 14 5 6
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 12 11 9 13 9 19 8 11 6 16
      Geological sciences 7 2 3 6 5 11 1 5 2 5
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 9 6 7 4 8 7 6 4 11
    Health sciences 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 3 2
      Health sciences, other 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 3 2
    Mathematics and statistics 24 20 18 20 16 22 9 11 19 10
      Applied mathematics 7 4 4 4 1 6 1 3 6 3
      Mathematics 3 1 2 2 1 7 4 3 4 6
      Statistics . 2 3 . 4 2 1 1 3 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 14 13 9 14 10 7 3 4 6 .
    Physical sciences 43 53 46 39 65 48 42 51 39 43
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 4 4 . 2 6 3 2 1 .
      Chemistry 22 28 26 14 39 28 21 24 22 25
      Physics 17 21 16 25 24 14 18 25 16 18
    Psychology 9 9 4 9 10 6 9 8 8 12
      Counseling and applied psychology . . 1 4 1 1 2 2 4 4
      Research and experimental psychology 5 6 1 1 7 4 2 2 3 5
      Psychology, other 4 3 2 4 2 1 5 4 1 3
    Social sciences 14 16 7 13 13 13 18 12 14 15
      Economics 6 3 1 2 3 3 4 2 1 .
      Public policy analysis 2 4 . 4 2 3 4 6 8 9
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . 2 . 1 . . . 2 1
      Social sciences, other 6 9 4 7 7 7 10 4 3 5
  Non-science and engineering 19 20 27 21 22 13 24 30 18 11
    Business 14 6 10 14 10 6 4 13 10 6
      Business 14 6 10 14 10 6 4 13 10 6
    Education . 2 . . 1 . . 1 2 .
      Education leadership and administration . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Education research . 1 . . . . . . 2 .
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 1 . . 1 . . . . .
    Humanities and arts 3 1 4 1 5 1 1 2 1 1
      History . . . . . . . 1 . 1
      Music and performing arts 1 1 3 1 2 1 . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 2 . 1 . 3 . 1 1 1 .
    Other non-science and engineering 2 11 13 6 6 6 19 14 5 4
      Communication 1 3 2 . 1 1 2 6 2 1
      Public administration and social services . 2 . 1 . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 6 11 5 5 5 17 8 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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