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Pennsylvania State U., The, University Park and Hershey Medical Center

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 737 691 710 629 688 659 699 694 679 693
  Science and engineering 593 535 573 496 554 513 533 527 533 531
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 23 21 15 13 24 21 24 32 13 23
      Agricultural sciences 17 18 14 13 19 15 17 26 11 20
      Natural resources and conservation 6 3 1 . 5 6 7 6 2 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 100 87 92 80 104 92 96 98 96 80
      Biochemistry and biophysics 11 7 9 5 6 11 11 14 12 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 23 20 21 14 18 10 16 5 13 5
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 7 6 12 6 10 7 6 9 6 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 8 6 4 3 6 2 6 5 5 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 10 9 7 10 12 8 4 8 11 12
      Genetics and genomics . . 3 3 2 2 4 2 2 2
      Microbiology and immunology 2 3 4 7 10 11 8 9 11 9
      Molecular biology 8 4 2 4 6 3 . 3 5 4
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 8 8 6 11 6 14 9 9 11
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 2 . . 1 1 . 4 1 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 8 9 5 1 3 6 8 4 5 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 16 13 17 21 19 25 19 26 16 14
    Computer and information sciences 34 21 16 24 25 36 26 27 26 26
      Computer science 21 12 9 15 13 15 15 15 15 13
      Computer and information sciences, other 13 9 7 9 12 21 11 12 11 13
    Engineering 228 177 210 164 170 145 177 153 166 202
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8 8 9 7 11 6 7 10 10 7
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 14 12 9 12 9 6 9 10 7 8
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 28 16 20 27 19 15 32 23 29 33
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 32 18 17 11 12 17 12 16 9 9
      Electrical and computer engineering 45 34 51 24 27 29 22 19 26 39
      Industrial engineering and operations research 18 12 19 12 14 10 17 10 16 15
      Materials and mining engineering 26 26 30 32 33 19 26 18 21 29
      Mechanical engineering 28 25 29 25 22 26 24 22 27 30
      Engineering, other 29 26 26 14 23 17 28 25 21 32
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17 16 18 15 19 24 27 26 18 23
      Geological sciences 11 7 10 6 11 9 9 15 8 12
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 6 9 8 9 8 15 18 11 10 11
    Health sciences 15 14 19 15 17 15 10 19 18 18
      Nursing science 2 2 4 3 7 . 4 4 3 2
      Public health 1 1 4 3 2 4 1 6 8 3
      Health sciences, other 12 11 11 9 8 11 5 9 7 13
    Mathematics and statistics 21 30 35 28 32 23 24 14 27 25
      Applied mathematics 2 1 3 4 6 5 4 3 3 4
      Mathematics 2 1 1 4 3 8 6 3 4 2
      Statistics 11 14 18 10 8 6 7 4 7 15
      Mathematics and statistics, other 6 14 13 10 15 4 7 4 13 4
    Physical sciences 66 64 65 52 54 52 54 60 74 56
      Astronomy and astrophysics 10 12 9 5 8 5 9 6 6 4
      Chemistry 29 28 35 22 24 21 18 30 38 29
      Physics 27 24 21 25 22 26 27 24 30 23
    Psychology 31 49 43 43 41 36 34 34 43 25
      Clinical psychology 2 6 7 10 10 7 7 7 10 2
      Counseling and applied psychology . 6 7 6 7 6 6 12 11 6
      Research and experimental psychology 9 16 10 17 14 16 8 8 9 9
      Psychology, other 20 21 19 10 10 7 13 7 13 8
    Social sciences 58 56 60 62 68 69 61 64 52 53
      Anthropology . 3 3 4 4 4 4 1 . 2
      Economics 9 17 12 16 19 14 9 18 13 13
      Political science and government 10 6 5 3 7 7 8 6 6 3
      Public policy analysis 3 . . 2 . 1 3 2 . 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 13 11 5 13 10 12 12 14 12 12
      Social sciences, other 23 19 35 24 28 31 25 23 21 21
  Non-science and engineering 144 156 137 133 134 146 166 167 146 162
    Business 10 25 12 16 16 18 15 18 18 20
      Business 10 25 12 16 16 18 15 18 18 20
    Education 59 72 77 70 70 82 77 96 74 76
      Education leadership and administration 1 6 5 2 5 7 6 10 9 5
      Education research 35 37 45 43 43 51 48 49 32 50
      Teacher education and teaching fields 14 18 17 16 12 15 12 20 23 13
      Education, other 9 11 10 9 10 9 11 17 10 8
    Humanities and arts 45 35 28 27 35 32 44 35 36 47
      Letters 18 12 15 9 16 11 17 14 13 24
      Foreign languages and literature 14 9 4 3 7 3 11 9 7 10
      History 7 5 4 6 3 6 7 4 6 4
      Philosophy and religious studies 5 3 2 5 4 7 6 4 7 2
      Music and performing arts . . . . . . . 2 . .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 6 3 4 5 5 3 2 3 7
    Other non-science and engineering 30 24 20 20 13 14 30 18 18 19
      Communication 17 15 11 12 7 7 24 10 12 15
      Public administration and social services 6 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 1 .
      Non-science and engineering, other 7 7 7 5 5 4 5 5 5 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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