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Ohio State U., The, Columbus

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 711 748 767 712 704 726 749 733 716 725
  Science and engineering 552 572 625 546 536 543 555 557 544 545
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 52 33 55 38 33 45 51 48 39 39
      Agricultural sciences 41 29 44 30 29 36 40 35 29 28
      Natural resources and conservation 11 4 11 8 4 9 11 13 10 11
    Biological and biomedical sciences 120 107 110 103 98 116 103 120 115 106
      Biochemistry and biophysics 16 13 25 13 23 22 18 23 10 17
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 25 24 19 14 14 24 21 20 22 15
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 12 7 4 6 5 4 2 2 4 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 5 8 1 10 5 6 4 3 7 4
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 12 12 10 11 16 10 13 20 9
      Genetics and genomics 8 4 4 9 6 1 2 4 3 3
      Microbiology and immunology 11 15 15 12 9 13 12 9 13 12
      Molecular biology 7 6 12 4 8 7 10 14 10 10
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 5 8 8 7 6 9 8 5 11
      Pharmacology and toxicology . 1 . . . . . 1 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 5 2 2 3 3 7 7 6 7 17
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 18 10 8 14 7 10 8 17 13 7
    Computer and information sciences 10 10 12 19 25 16 23 25 30 26
      Computer science 6 6 9 14 21 16 21 23 29 26
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 4 3 5 4 . 2 2 1 .
    Engineering 154 164 170 156 149 146 139 142 137 143
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8 10 13 2 7 6 7 8 8 3
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 15 15 7 11 15 15 10 16 9 14
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 20 17 18 18 16 11 20 8 16 19
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 14 12 8 6 6 8 8 3 5 6
      Electrical and computer engineering 44 51 53 58 42 44 44 41 40 39
      Industrial engineering and operations research 6 5 7 10 5 8 4 8 9 9
      Materials and mining engineering 23 26 29 20 24 19 12 22 19 14
      Mechanical engineering 12 21 23 21 26 23 18 21 24 27
      Engineering, other 12 7 12 10 8 12 16 15 7 12
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 5 5 19 9 7 13 7 10 4
      Geological sciences 7 4 2 14 7 6 11 4 10 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 1 3 5 2 1 2 3 . 1
    Health sciences 30 35 38 27 42 30 30 25 38 28
      Nursing science 2 4 5 2 7 7 2 3 5 1
      Pharmaceutical sciences 7 14 14 9 17 7 14 6 2 7
      Public health 3 7 2 4 4 8 2 6 10 10
      Health sciences, other 18 10 17 12 14 8 12 10 21 10
    Mathematics and statistics 25 33 34 21 26 18 33 17 20 33
      Applied mathematics 1 1 3 1 . 1 5 1 1 4
      Mathematics 2 3 1 2 4 5 8 6 5 12
      Statistics 4 9 11 9 5 3 10 5 5 15
      Mathematics and statistics, other 18 20 19 9 17 9 10 5 9 2
    Physical sciences 72 82 96 55 69 76 76 73 62 70
      Astronomy and astrophysics 10 9 13 6 7 6 8 5 7 12
      Chemistry 38 43 47 26 35 32 33 37 30 28
      Physics 24 30 36 23 27 38 35 31 25 30
    Psychology 22 35 33 28 22 31 28 26 28 25
      Clinical psychology 3 8 6 10 7 8 4 7 6 7
      Counseling and applied psychology . 1 . 1 1 2 5 2 3 2
      Research and experimental psychology 11 13 14 10 5 14 13 9 12 11
      Psychology, other 8 13 13 7 9 7 6 8 7 5
    Social sciences 58 68 72 80 63 58 59 74 65 71
      Anthropology 4 2 3 6 9 5 10 6 2 4
      Economics 10 12 16 18 14 19 13 24 16 25
      Political science and government 10 7 9 9 7 10 10 9 7 9
      Public policy analysis 2 3 4 3 1 1 6 1 2 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 9 15 13 11 8 9 8 9 11 5
      Social sciences, other 23 29 27 33 24 14 12 25 27 27
  Non-science and engineering 159 176 142 166 168 183 194 176 172 180
    Business 9 17 8 11 11 12 12 17 10 11
      Business 9 17 8 11 11 12 12 17 10 11
    Education 70 76 63 60 73 74 78 73 51 71
      Education leadership and administration 2 1 4 2 2 2 4 10 5 6
      Education research 24 22 15 21 26 29 27 24 17 21
      Teacher education and teaching fields 26 41 25 31 34 28 30 26 20 37
      Education, other 18 12 19 6 11 15 17 13 9 7
    Humanities and arts 51 62 55 71 65 80 83 69 85 81
      Letters 14 20 13 18 16 24 26 11 18 21
      Foreign languages and literature 10 14 10 13 14 15 24 23 18 24
      History 12 9 14 16 10 9 14 19 23 15
      Philosophy and religious studies 1 5 4 6 4 9 4 5 5 3
      Music and performing arts 8 5 4 11 12 9 8 6 12 5
      Humanities and arts, other 6 9 10 7 9 14 7 5 9 13
    Other non-science and engineering 29 21 16 24 19 17 21 17 26 17
      Communication 10 8 4 8 10 6 8 7 18 7
      Public administration and social services 11 9 4 8 4 9 9 9 3 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 8 4 8 8 5 2 4 1 5 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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