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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 376 373 375 395 428 427 403 405 448 380
  Science and engineering 236 239 256 221 254 247 244 235 267 220
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 5 4 3 5 2 6 2 2 6
      Agricultural sciences 1 1 . . 1 1 1 . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation 1 4 4 3 4 1 5 2 2 5
    Biological and biomedical sciences 38 50 54 36 40 47 44 37 49 38
      Biochemistry and biophysics 10 9 11 4 7 9 6 9 8 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 2 3 1 1 1 5 3 1 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 . 3 1 1 4 1 1 3 4
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 11 9 9 15 10 9 9 6 11
      Genetics and genomics 1 . 1 2 . 1 . 1 . .
      Microbiology and immunology 2 7 11 7 6 10 4 6 8 6
      Molecular biology 5 6 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 5 5 7 3 5 3 2 16 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 1 3 . . . 1 . 2 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . 2 . 1 4 5 3 1 . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 6 4 2 . 1 9 3 2 2
    Computer and information sciences 28 31 30 25 35 25 23 19 25 20
      Computer science 26 27 24 15 23 13 10 9 11 9
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 4 6 10 12 12 13 10 14 11
    Engineering 5 9 1 1 . 2 . 1 2 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 3 6 1 1 . . . . 2 .
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 1 . . . . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering . . . . . 2 . . . .
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . . . 1 . 1
      Engineering, other 1 2 . . . . . . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 4 6 7 4 4 6 5 8 5
      Geological sciences 2 4 6 7 4 4 5 5 8 5
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 . . . . . 1 . . .
    Health sciences 18 13 14 15 23 26 19 16 20 20
      Nursing science . . . . . . . . . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . . . 1
      Public health 11 7 9 11 13 17 7 13 13 9
      Health sciences, other 7 6 5 4 10 9 12 3 7 10
    Mathematics and statistics 13 16 20 11 15 16 13 11 13 16
      Applied mathematics . 1 . . 2 1 1 2 5 3
      Mathematics 3 4 3 4 3 7 4 3 4 8
      Statistics 1 . 2 2 . 2 . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 11 15 5 10 6 8 6 4 5
    Physical sciences 51 44 36 37 40 37 41 40 46 43
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 4 2 2 2 2 5 1 3 4
      Chemistry 29 33 25 27 23 25 26 24 30 27
      Physics 15 7 9 8 15 10 10 15 13 12
    Psychology 22 15 23 20 28 21 26 32 31 17
      Clinical psychology 2 3 1 4 2 1 2 4 1 .
      Counseling and applied psychology 5 4 12 5 8 5 6 14 12 6
      Research and experimental psychology 10 8 4 7 14 10 15 9 14 8
      Psychology, other 5 . 6 4 4 5 3 5 4 3
    Social sciences 55 52 68 66 64 67 66 72 71 54
      Anthropology 4 7 13 10 9 8 12 7 13 10
      Economics 10 5 6 9 15 13 10 8 8 8
      Political science and government 3 3 6 8 5 10 5 8 13 9
      Public policy analysis 3 1 3 2 4 4 5 5 4 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 5 5 11 8 6 6 12 11 16 8
      Social sciences, other 30 31 29 29 25 26 22 33 17 19
  Non-science and engineering 140 134 119 174 174 180 159 170 181 160
    Business 12 12 7 14 13 12 10 16 16 9
      Business 12 12 7 14 13 12 10 16 16 9
    Education 42 56 48 56 54 61 52 50 53 53
      Education leadership and administration . 2 . 1 1 2 2 1 2 .
      Education research 21 42 35 36 38 42 34 29 30 37
      Teacher education and teaching fields 20 11 9 17 13 15 14 16 19 14
      Education, other 1 1 4 2 2 2 2 4 2 2
    Humanities and arts 61 51 51 78 93 70 74 84 90 83
      Letters 9 11 11 19 17 17 22 23 27 29
      Foreign languages and literature 13 16 16 11 26 14 11 13 16 17
      History 11 6 8 14 12 14 12 19 19 14
      Philosophy and religious studies 8 6 8 5 6 7 8 8 4 6
      Music and performing arts 11 11 7 23 18 8 14 10 15 9
      Humanities and arts, other 9 1 1 6 14 10 7 11 9 8
    Other non-science and engineering 25 15 13 26 14 37 23 20 22 15
      Communication 9 8 8 12 7 21 8 9 14 11
      Public administration and social services 4 4 1 8 4 9 7 3 2 .
      Non-science and engineering, other 12 3 4 6 3 7 8 8 6 4

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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