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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 222 216 196 192 233 225 228 198 217 167
  Science and engineering 142 146 153 129 134 147 141 97 118 88
    Biological and biomedical sciences 28 36 38 37 33 24 32 24 31 18
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 8 6 10 8 3 2 4 6 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 6 4 5 4 . 3 6 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 3 6 . 2 3 4 2 . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . 2 1 2 . . 1 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 4 6 2 2 . 1 . 3 .
      Genetics and genomics . 2 . 2 . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 3 2 4 4 4 8 9 2 5 5
      Molecular biology 4 2 2 3 1 3 3 3 2 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 8 8 8 8 8 4 9 4 11 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . 1 1 3 1 . 2 3 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 1 1 . . . 1 1 . .
    Computer and information sciences 13 10 22 6 14 10 17 8 16 8
      Computer science 10 8 17 6 12 9 15 6 13 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 2 5 . 2 1 2 2 3 .
    Engineering . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Electrical and computer engineering . 1 . . . . . . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . 1 . . . 1 . . 1 2
      Geological sciences . . . . . 1 . . 1 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
    Health sciences 14 9 14 11 15 8 7 5 12 1
      Nursing science 3 2 3 5 5 2 2 . 7 .
      Public health 7 6 8 3 8 . 2 4 2 .
      Health sciences, other 4 1 3 3 2 6 3 1 3 1
    Mathematics and statistics 2 6 6 7 5 11 7 6 3 3
      Applied mathematics . 1 1 1 1 4 . 1 . 1
      Mathematics . . . . 1 2 . 1 1 1
      Statistics . 1 . 2 1 1 3 . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 2 4 5 4 2 4 4 4 2 1
    Physical sciences 24 23 9 19 23 17 18 17 16 17
      Astronomy and astrophysics 8 7 2 7 4 2 5 3 3 1
      Chemistry 11 8 3 9 12 9 8 11 9 10
      Physics 5 8 4 3 7 6 5 3 4 6
    Psychology 23 28 18 24 13 24 23 18 12 19
      Clinical psychology 6 8 5 9 2 12 4 2 5 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 7 9 7 6 3 5 5 3 5 4
      Research and experimental psychology 8 9 4 7 5 5 5 7 1 8
      Psychology, other 2 2 2 2 3 2 9 6 1 1
    Social sciences 38 32 46 25 31 52 37 19 27 20
      Economics 10 12 18 11 8 17 8 10 12 7
      Political science and government 6 7 5 3 5 6 3 3 4 4
      Public policy analysis 4 1 5 1 2 10 5 . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 10 6 7 4 8 6 13 2 4 5
      Social sciences, other 8 6 11 6 8 13 8 4 7 4
  Non-science and engineering 80 70 43 63 99 78 87 101 99 79
    Business 15 18 5 11 19 7 14 21 8 11
      Business 15 18 5 11 19 7 14 21 8 11
    Education 32 29 22 25 40 38 34 51 50 45
      Education leadership and administration . . . . . 1 1 1 3 1
      Education research 13 15 11 12 25 19 20 20 30 27
      Teacher education and teaching fields 18 13 10 13 15 18 12 26 16 17
      Education, other 1 1 1 . . . 1 4 1 .
    Humanities and arts 23 17 14 22 34 30 31 19 34 20
      Letters 18 12 10 14 25 22 20 11 29 13
      History 5 4 4 8 9 8 9 6 4 5
      Music and performing arts . 1 . . . . . . . 1
      Humanities and arts, other . . . . . . 2 2 1 1
    Other non-science and engineering 10 6 2 5 6 3 8 10 7 3
      Communication 7 5 2 4 4 3 7 9 7 3
      Public administration and social services 2 1 . . . . 1 1 . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 . . 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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