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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 80 82 112 105 101 107 118 95 97 116
  Science and engineering 50 64 81 78 50 74 74 64 68 78
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 3 12 6 11 7 5 4 3 5 6
      Agricultural sciences 2 10 5 7 4 4 3 3 3 4
      Natural resources and conservation 1 2 1 4 3 1 1 . 2 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 5 8 16 8 6 8 13 8 12 10
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 1 3 1 . 3 . . 1 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general . . 3 3 3 2 . 1 1 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 1 . . . . . . 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 1 1 . 1 1 2 . 1 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 2 2 1 1 1 4 . . 1
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology 1 1 1 . . . . 3 1 .
      Molecular biology 1 2 4 2 . 1 5 2 4 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . 1 . . 1 . 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 1 1 . 1 . . 2 2 .
    Computer and information sciences 3 1 5 4 5 7 1 4 4 4
      Computer science 3 1 5 4 5 7 1 4 3 4
      Computer and information sciences, other . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Engineering 19 20 24 32 14 21 18 27 24 24
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 2 2 . . . . . 1 2
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 3 5 3 4 3 4 1 5 6 4
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 6 3 9 8 3 4 6 5 3 4
      Electrical and computer engineering 4 4 5 7 3 6 6 7 6 5
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 . 2 3 2 1 2 6 3 4
      Materials and mining engineering . . . 1 . 1 . . . .
      Mechanical engineering 3 5 2 8 3 2 2 4 4 5
      Engineering, other 1 1 1 1 . 2 1 . 1 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 .
      Geological sciences . . . . . 1 . 1 1 .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 2 2 3 2 . 2 1 . .
    Health sciences 3 1 1 . 3 2 7 1 2 6
      Nursing science . 1 . . 1 2 7 1 2 6
      Health sciences, other 3 . 1 . 2 . . . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 2 4 5
      Applied mathematics . . . 1 . . 2 . . 1
      Mathematics . . 1 1 . . 1 1 3 1
      Statistics 1 . 1 . 1 1 . . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 1 2 1 2 3 . 1 . 3
    Physical sciences 8 12 12 10 2 13 15 11 10 16
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 3 2 3 1 3 8 5 3 8
      Chemistry 5 5 3 5 . 4 4 2 1 4
      Physics 1 4 7 2 1 6 3 4 6 4
    Psychology 5 7 8 7 8 13 11 6 6 7
      Clinical psychology . 2 . . . 2 4 . 1 .
      Counseling and applied psychology 4 5 6 6 4 3 1 3 4 5
      Research and experimental psychology . . 2 1 2 6 6 . 1 1
      Psychology, other 1 . . . 2 2 . 3 . 1
    Social sciences 1 . 3 . . . . . . .
      Economics 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Social sciences, other . . 3 . . . . . . .
  Non-science and engineering 30 18 31 27 51 33 44 31 29 38
    Business 7 3 3 4 3 6 7 6 . 7
      Business 7 3 3 4 3 6 7 6 . 7
    Education 22 14 26 21 40 23 30 24 24 24
      Education leadership and administration 8 2 9 11 10 5 8 6 3 4
      Education research 12 9 11 8 27 12 13 12 17 15
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 3 5 2 3 5 7 4 4 4
      Education, other . . 1 . . 1 2 2 . 1
    Humanities and arts 1 1 1 1 8 4 6 1 5 5
      Letters 1 1 1 1 8 4 6 1 5 5
    Other non-science and engineering . . 1 1 . . 1 . . 2
      Communication . . 1 . . . . . . 2
      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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