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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 374 401 375 342 398 441 435 440 415 436
  Science and engineering 288 306 294 262 289 334 327 328 319 329
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 13 18 19 7 10 17 14 16 19 22
      Agricultural sciences 8 13 16 7 6 14 9 11 12 15
      Natural resources and conservation 5 5 3 . 4 3 5 5 7 7
    Biological and biomedical sciences 78 62 56 52 79 98 90 92 93 82
      Biochemistry and biophysics 5 1 . 1 8 7 7 10 7 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 11 8 7 11 11 15 7 10 8
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 4 . 3 2 3 1 3 3 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 1 3 1 1 3 6 3 5 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 9 5 5 7 12 14 7 4 10 7
      Genetics and genomics 4 3 3 1 1 . 5 4 3 1
      Microbiology and immunology 11 6 9 8 17 15 11 11 18 4
      Molecular biology 7 6 10 6 2 5 5 6 2 6
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 4 1 9 4 8 12 13 11 12
      Pharmacology and toxicology 8 6 5 5 4 11 7 10 8 11
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 5 3 2 . 1 9 8 7 3 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 13 12 10 4 16 12 6 14 13 9
    Computer and information sciences 23 22 22 33 18 20 15 17 18 19
      Computer science 15 21 19 27 13 14 13 17 16 17
      Computer and information sciences, other 8 1 3 6 5 6 2 . 2 2
    Engineering 41 80 71 72 65 80 74 71 59 70
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 6 10 1 2 . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 5 10 10 8 10 7 10 13 13 12
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 4 14 9 12 6 10 12 2 9 9
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 7 8 4 6 11 10 9 5 5
      Electrical and computer engineering 9 19 16 21 23 19 15 19 8 9
      Industrial engineering and operations research 4 3 4 9 4 6 4 6 5 8
      Materials and mining engineering 6 8 5 4 4 13 13 9 7 13
      Mechanical engineering 2 9 6 6 9 12 10 13 9 13
      Engineering, other . 4 3 7 1 2 . . 3 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 5 11 7 10 7 4 12 10 8
      Geological sciences 3 2 4 1 3 2 . 5 4 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 3 7 6 7 5 4 7 6 6
    Health sciences 6 7 8 8 13 9 5 5 10 7
      Pharmaceutical sciences 4 3 4 7 8 5 4 4 6 5
      Public health . 1 . . 1 2 1 . 3 1
      Health sciences, other 2 3 4 1 4 2 . 1 1 1
    Mathematics and statistics 27 20 15 20 15 23 22 20 23 27
      Applied mathematics 2 1 . 1 2 . 2 1 . 4
      Mathematics 2 5 2 5 1 10 5 6 6 14
      Statistics 11 3 5 6 5 7 7 4 3 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 12 11 8 8 7 6 8 9 14 5
    Physical sciences 35 26 35 24 27 27 30 36 33 38
      Astronomy and astrophysics 9 10 4 7 4 . 3 1 1 2
      Chemistry 15 12 18 13 12 15 19 23 19 12
      Physics 11 4 13 4 11 12 8 12 13 24
    Psychology 12 13 11 9 15 12 15 14 11 15
      Clinical psychology 5 2 6 4 5 5 2 4 5 5
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . . . 1 . . 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 5 9 4 4 9 6 10 6 4 10
      Psychology, other 2 2 1 1 1 . 3 4 1 .
    Social sciences 45 53 46 30 37 41 58 45 43 41
      Anthropology 4 4 . 3 1 4 9 5 5 2
      Economics 8 7 11 6 10 7 12 6 8 5
      Political science and government 3 1 5 3 6 8 9 8 7 10
      Public policy analysis 1 4 2 1 4 1 2 3 2 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 11 4 7 2 6 6 6 3 10 3
      Social sciences, other 18 33 21 15 10 15 20 20 11 21
  Non-science and engineering 86 95 81 80 109 107 108 112 96 107
    Business 3 7 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 3
      Business 3 7 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 3
    Education 27 40 30 20 43 31 37 40 39 37
      Education leadership and administration 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 4 4
      Education research 11 18 11 4 15 11 16 14 11 15
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 7 8 2 9 12 11 13 21 14
      Education, other 7 11 7 10 13 2 4 4 3 4
    Humanities and arts 40 32 36 48 51 57 47 52 39 55
      Letters 14 7 9 20 13 12 12 15 10 17
      Foreign languages and literature 5 5 5 4 8 15 9 9 7 12
      History 11 5 7 14 8 9 12 10 11 9
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 6 5 4 8 8 5 5 5 8
      Music and performing arts 3 3 2 3 9 3 5 5 3 1
      Humanities and arts, other 4 6 8 3 5 10 4 8 3 8
    Other non-science and engineering 16 16 14 11 14 17 21 17 17 12
      Communication 7 4 9 6 10 10 11 11 7 6
      Public administration and social services 7 9 4 3 2 6 6 2 7 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 3 1 2 2 1 4 4 3 2

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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