Data

Pennsylvania State U.

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 691 710 629 688 659 699 694 679 693 654
  Science and engineering 535 573 496 554 513 533 527 533 531 492
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 21 15 13 24 21 24 32 13 23 21
      Agricultural sciences 18 14 13 19 15 17 26 11 20 16
      Natural resources and conservation 3 1 . 5 6 7 6 2 3 5
    Biological and biomedical sciences 87 92 80 104 92 96 98 96 80 80
      Biochemistry and biophysics 7 9 5 6 11 11 14 12 7 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 20 21 14 18 10 16 5 13 5 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 6 12 6 10 7 6 9 6 3 5
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 6 4 3 6 2 6 5 5 3 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 9 7 10 12 8 4 8 11 12 9
      Genetics and genomics . 3 3 2 2 4 2 2 2 7
      Microbiology and immunology 3 4 7 10 11 8 9 11 9 8
      Molecular biology 4 2 4 6 3 . 3 5 4 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 8 8 6 11 6 14 9 9 11 9
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 . . 1 1 . 4 1 2 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 9 5 1 3 6 8 4 5 8 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 13 17 21 19 25 19 26 16 14 16
    Computer and information sciences 21 16 24 25 36 26 27 26 26 36
      Computer science 12 9 15 13 15 15 15 15 13 19
      Computer and information sciences, other 9 7 9 12 21 11 12 11 13 17
    Engineering 177 210 164 170 145 177 153 166 202 149
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8 9 7 11 6 7 10 10 7 3
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 12 9 12 9 6 9 10 7 8 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 16 20 27 19 15 32 23 29 33 22
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 18 17 11 12 17 12 16 9 9 13
      Electrical and computer engineering 34 51 24 27 29 22 19 26 39 31
      Industrial engineering and operations research 12 19 12 14 10 17 10 16 15 9
      Materials and mining engineering 26 30 32 33 19 26 18 21 29 14
      Mechanical engineering 25 29 25 22 26 24 22 27 30 21
      Engineering, other 26 26 14 23 17 28 25 21 32 32
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 18 15 19 24 27 26 18 23 19
      Geological sciences 7 10 6 11 9 9 15 8 12 9
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 9 8 9 8 15 18 11 10 11 10
    Health sciences 14 19 15 17 15 10 19 18 18 20
      Nursing science 2 4 3 7 . 4 4 3 2 4
      Public health 1 4 3 2 4 1 6 8 3 2
      Health sciences, other 11 11 9 8 11 5 9 7 13 14
    Mathematics and statistics 30 35 28 32 23 24 14 27 25 22
      Applied mathematics 1 3 4 6 5 4 3 3 4 2
      Mathematics 1 1 4 3 8 6 3 4 2 9
      Statistics 14 18 10 8 6 7 4 7 15 8
      Mathematics and statistics, other 14 13 10 15 4 7 4 13 4 3
    Physical sciences 64 65 52 54 52 54 60 74 56 48
      Astronomy and astrophysics 12 9 5 8 5 9 6 6 4 7
      Chemistry 28 35 22 24 21 18 30 38 29 24
      Physics 24 21 25 22 26 27 24 30 23 17
    Psychology 49 43 43 41 36 34 34 43 25 34
      Clinical psychology 6 7 10 10 7 7 7 10 2 7
      Counseling and applied psychology 6 7 6 7 6 6 12 11 6 9
      Research and experimental psychology 16 10 17 14 16 8 8 9 9 9
      Psychology, other 21 19 10 10 7 13 7 13 8 9
    Social sciences 56 60 62 68 69 61 64 52 53 63
      Anthropology 3 3 4 4 4 4 1 . 2 2
      Economics 17 12 16 19 14 9 18 13 13 15
      Political science and government 6 5 3 7 7 8 6 6 3 10
      Public policy analysis . . 2 . 1 3 2 . 2 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 11 5 13 10 12 12 14 12 12 20
      Social sciences, other 19 35 24 28 31 25 23 21 21 15
  Non-science and engineering 156 137 133 134 146 166 167 146 162 162
    Business 25 12 16 16 18 15 18 18 20 24
      Business 25 12 16 16 18 15 18 18 20 24
    Education 72 77 70 70 82 77 96 74 76 74
      Education leadership and administration 6 5 2 5 7 6 10 9 5 8
      Education research 37 45 43 43 51 48 49 32 50 43
      Teacher education and teaching fields 18 17 16 12 15 12 20 23 13 14
      Education, other 11 10 9 10 9 11 17 10 8 9
    Humanities and arts 35 28 27 35 32 44 35 36 47 39
      Letters 12 15 9 16 11 17 14 13 24 11
      Foreign languages and literature 9 4 3 7 3 11 9 7 10 12
      History 5 4 6 3 6 7 4 6 4 8
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 2 5 4 7 6 4 7 2 6
      Music and performing arts . . . . . . 2 . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 6 3 4 5 5 3 2 3 7 2
    Other non-science and engineering 24 20 20 13 14 30 18 18 19 25
      Communication 15 11 12 7 7 24 10 12 15 18
      Public administration and social services 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 1 . 3
      Non-science and engineering, other 7 7 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 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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