Data

Ohio State U., The, Columbus

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 748 767 712 704 726 749 733 716 725 681
  Science and engineering 572 625 546 536 543 555 557 544 545 497
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 33 55 38 33 45 51 48 39 39 37
      Agricultural sciences 29 44 30 29 36 40 35 29 28 29
      Natural resources and conservation 4 11 8 4 9 11 13 10 11 8
    Biological and biomedical sciences 107 110 103 98 116 103 120 115 106 116
      Biochemistry and biophysics 13 25 13 23 22 18 23 10 17 16
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 24 19 14 14 24 21 20 22 15 16
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 7 4 6 5 4 2 2 4 1 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 8 1 10 5 6 4 3 7 4 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 12 12 10 11 16 10 13 20 9 5
      Genetics and genomics 4 4 9 6 1 2 4 3 3 1
      Microbiology and immunology 15 15 12 9 13 12 9 13 12 23
      Molecular biology 6 12 4 8 7 10 14 10 10 13
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 5 8 8 7 6 9 8 5 11 6
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 . . . . . 1 1 . 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 2 3 3 7 7 6 7 17 14
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 10 8 14 7 10 8 17 13 7 10
    Computer and information sciences 10 12 19 25 16 23 25 30 26 24
      Computer science 6 9 14 21 16 21 23 29 26 24
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 3 5 4 . 2 2 1 . .
    Engineering 164 170 156 149 146 139 142 137 143 114
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10 13 2 7 6 7 8 8 3 4
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 15 7 11 15 15 10 16 9 14 6
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 17 18 18 16 11 20 8 16 19 15
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 12 8 6 6 8 8 3 5 6 5
      Electrical and computer engineering 51 53 58 42 44 44 41 40 39 29
      Industrial engineering and operations research 5 7 10 5 8 4 8 9 9 8
      Materials and mining engineering 26 29 20 24 19 12 22 19 14 16
      Mechanical engineering 21 23 21 26 23 18 21 24 27 21
      Engineering, other 7 12 10 8 12 16 15 7 12 10
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 5 19 9 7 13 7 10 4 12
      Geological sciences 4 2 14 7 6 11 4 10 3 7
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 3 5 2 1 2 3 . 1 5
    Health sciences 35 38 27 42 30 30 25 38 28 23
      Nursing science 4 5 2 7 7 2 3 5 1 1
      Pharmaceutical sciences 14 14 9 17 7 14 6 2 7 4
      Public health 7 2 4 4 8 2 6 10 10 6
      Health sciences, other 10 17 12 14 8 12 10 21 10 12
    Mathematics and statistics 33 34 21 26 18 33 17 20 33 34
      Applied mathematics 1 3 1 . 1 5 1 1 4 6
      Mathematics 3 1 2 4 5 8 6 5 12 10
      Statistics 9 11 9 5 3 10 5 5 15 12
      Mathematics and statistics, other 20 19 9 17 9 10 5 9 2 6
    Physical sciences 82 96 55 69 76 76 73 62 70 51
      Astronomy and astrophysics 9 13 6 7 6 8 5 7 12 5
      Chemistry 43 47 26 35 32 33 37 30 28 30
      Physics 30 36 23 27 38 35 31 25 30 16
    Psychology 35 33 28 22 31 28 26 28 25 23
      Clinical psychology 8 6 10 7 8 4 7 6 7 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 . 1 1 2 5 2 3 2 4
      Research and experimental psychology 13 14 10 5 14 13 9 12 11 8
      Psychology, other 13 13 7 9 7 6 8 7 5 8
    Social sciences 68 72 80 63 58 59 74 65 71 63
      Anthropology 2 3 6 9 5 10 6 2 4 .
      Economics 12 16 18 14 19 13 24 16 25 14
      Political science and government 7 9 9 7 10 10 9 7 9 8
      Public policy analysis 3 4 3 1 1 6 1 2 1 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 15 13 11 8 9 8 9 11 5 9
      Social sciences, other 29 27 33 24 14 12 25 27 27 30
  Non-science and engineering 176 142 166 168 183 194 176 172 180 184
    Business 17 8 11 11 12 12 17 10 11 13
      Business 17 8 11 11 12 12 17 10 11 13
    Education 76 63 60 73 74 78 73 51 71 65
      Education leadership and administration 1 4 2 2 2 4 10 5 6 3
      Education research 22 15 21 26 29 27 24 17 21 27
      Teacher education and teaching fields 41 25 31 34 28 30 26 20 37 28
      Education, other 12 19 6 11 15 17 13 9 7 7
    Humanities and arts 62 55 71 65 80 83 69 85 81 81
      Letters 20 13 18 16 24 26 11 18 21 21
      Foreign languages and literature 14 10 13 14 15 24 23 18 24 16
      History 9 14 16 10 9 14 19 23 15 17
      Philosophy and religious studies 5 4 6 4 9 4 5 5 3 5
      Music and performing arts 5 4 11 12 9 8 6 12 5 11
      Humanities and arts, other 9 10 7 9 14 7 5 9 13 11
    Other non-science and engineering 21 16 24 19 17 21 17 26 17 25
      Communication 8 4 8 10 6 8 7 18 7 12
      Public administration and social services 9 4 8 4 9 9 9 3 4 7
      Non-science and engineering, other 4 8 8 5 2 4 1 5 6 6

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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