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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 67 73 69 55 60 52 54 62 47 42
  Science and engineering 46 53 48 41 39 29 42 45 32 31
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . 1 2 1 1 3 4 9 1 2
      Agricultural sciences . . 2 . . 1 . 2 . .
      Natural resources and conservation . 1 . 1 1 2 4 7 1 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 3 5 2 1 1 2 1 3 4 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 2 2 . . 1 . . . 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 1 . 1 . . 1 1 3 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology . 1 . . 1 . . . . .
      Molecular biology 1 . . . . 1 . 1 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . . . . . . . 1
    Computer and information sciences 10 6 7 3 5 4 . 2 3 1
      Computer science 8 5 3 3 5 4 . 1 3 .
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 1 4 . . . . 1 . 1
    Engineering 26 37 29 26 25 17 28 24 22 22
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . 1 . 1 2 1 . 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 . 1 . . . . 1 2 .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . . 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 4
      Electrical and computer engineering 4 11 6 4 8 1 6 7 4 5
      Industrial engineering and operations research 2 3 3 6 7 7 7 3 3 2
      Materials and mining engineering . 1 1 2 1 . 1 . 1 2
      Mechanical engineering 4 7 6 5 3 . 5 2 7 7
      Engineering, other 15 15 10 7 6 7 7 9 4 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 1 2 1 . . . 4 1 2
      Geological sciences . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 1 1 1 . . . 4 1 2
    Health sciences 1 1 6 4 . . 4 . . .
      Health sciences, other 1 1 6 4 . . 4 . . .
    Mathematics and statistics . . . 4 1 . 1 . . .
      Applied mathematics . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Mathematics . . . 3 1 . 1 . . .
    Physical sciences 3 1 . . . 1 2 . . .
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Chemistry 1 . . . . . 1 . . .
      Physics 2 1 . . . 1 . . . .
    Psychology . . . 1 5 2 . 1 . .
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . 1 5 2 . 1 . .
    Social sciences 2 1 . . 1 . 2 2 1 2
      Anthropology . . . . . . . . . .
      Economics . . . . . . . 1 1 .
      Social sciences, other 2 1 . . 1 . 2 1 . 2
  Non-science and engineering 21 20 21 14 21 23 12 17 15 11
    Business . . . 1 15 13 7 13 2 .
      Business . . . 1 15 13 7 13 2 .
    Education 5 3 4 1 2 7 4 4 13 11
      Education leadership and administration 1 1 . . 1 2 3 1 9 10
      Education research 4 1 3 1 . 5 . 2 4 .
      Teacher education and teaching fields . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Education, other . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 . 1
    Other non-science and engineering 16 17 17 12 4 3 1 . . .
      Public administration and social services . 3 . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 16 14 17 12 4 3 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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