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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 151 164 127 142 137 168 165 183 157 180
  Science and engineering 105 120 93 108 107 122 116 119 110 120
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 . . . . 1 . . . .
      Agricultural sciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 1 . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 16 18 15 15 14 21 16 19 20 21
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . 3 1 2 6 1 4 2 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 7 3 5 3 5 2 6 2 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 . 3 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 2 1 1 . 2 1 1 2 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 9 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 2 7
      Genetics and genomics . 1 . . . . 1 1 . .
      Microbiology and immunology . 1 2 1 2 . 2 . 1 .
      Molecular biology 2 1 3 1 2 1 . . 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . 1 3 2 1 . 1 4 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . 1 1 1 . 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . . . . 3 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . . . . 2 1 . .
    Computer and information sciences 10 10 8 9 6 4 10 8 3 6
      Computer science 7 4 5 7 1 2 4 4 1 3
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 6 3 2 5 2 6 4 2 3
    Engineering 5 4 4 8 7 16 15 16 13 13
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . . 3 3 1 .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Electrical and computer engineering 4 3 1 . 1 1 . . 3 2
      Materials and mining engineering . . . 2 2 4 5 9 7 7
      Engineering, other 1 1 3 6 4 11 7 3 2 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 17 4 10 10 14 5 3 1 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 7 17 4 10 10 14 5 3 1 2
    Health sciences 5 7 2 1 4 4 4 2 4 3
      Public health 5 7 2 1 4 4 4 1 4 2
      Health sciences, other . . . . . . . 1 . 1
    Mathematics and statistics 1 3 5 6 8 2 4 6 4 6
      Applied mathematics . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Mathematics . 2 1 . 4 . 4 4 4 4
      Statistics . . . . . . . . . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 1 4 6 3 2 . 2 . 1
    Physical sciences 17 9 10 13 10 14 5 16 14 9
      Astronomy and astrophysics . 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Chemistry 12 4 8 10 6 7 4 8 3 5
      Physics 5 4 2 3 4 7 1 8 10 4
    Psychology 14 23 21 21 13 23 16 19 13 21
      Clinical psychology 4 5 7 7 5 9 7 6 5 7
      Counseling and applied psychology 5 10 7 9 5 9 7 10 5 9
      Research and experimental psychology 4 8 7 2 2 2 2 2 3 4
      Psychology, other 1 . . 3 1 3 . 1 . 1
    Social sciences 29 29 24 25 35 23 41 30 38 39
      Anthropology 3 4 5 2 3 3 3 3 3 5
      Economics 6 6 3 8 7 3 9 3 12 6
      Political science and government 1 2 3 1 6 2 7 3 6 8
      Public policy analysis 1 . . 3 2 . 1 1 1 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 8 4 5 9 7 15 11 5 8
      Social sciences, other 12 9 9 6 8 8 6 9 11 10
  Non-science and engineering 46 44 34 34 30 46 49 64 47 60
    Business 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 1 1
      Business 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 1 1
    Education 26 17 11 15 15 20 18 28 19 22
      Education leadership and administration 8 5 3 6 3 2 5 3 2 2
      Education research 15 11 7 8 7 14 10 15 13 18
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 1 . 1 4 3 2 6 4 2
      Education, other 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 4 . .
    Humanities and arts 10 15 17 10 9 12 16 21 23 26
      Letters 6 7 6 6 3 2 3 8 9 3
      Foreign languages and literature 1 2 3 2 1 5 8 . 1 5
      History 2 2 4 2 4 5 . 6 6 10
      Philosophy and religious studies . 4 3 . . . . 3 5 6
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . 1 . 1 . 5 4 2 2
    Other non-science and engineering 9 12 5 9 5 14 15 14 4 11
      Communication 1 . . 1 1 . 2 . . 2
      Public administration and social services 7 12 5 8 4 13 13 14 4 9
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 . . . . 1 . . . .

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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