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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 148 151 164 127 142 137 168 165 183 157
  Science and engineering 98 105 120 93 108 107 122 116 119 110
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . 1 . . . . 1 . . .
      Agricultural sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . 1 . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 15 16 18 15 15 14 21 16 19 20
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 . . 3 1 2 6 1 4 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 2 7 3 5 3 5 2 6 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 . 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 2 2 1 1 . 2 1 1 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 3 9 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 2
      Genetics and genomics 2 . 1 . . . . 1 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology 1 . 1 2 1 2 . 2 . 1
      Molecular biology 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 . . 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . . 1 3 2 1 . 1 4
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . 1 1 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . . . . . 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . . . . . 2 1 .
    Computer and information sciences 9 10 10 8 9 6 4 10 8 3
      Computer science 2 7 4 5 7 1 2 4 4 1
      Computer and information sciences, other 7 3 6 3 2 5 2 6 4 2
    Engineering 8 5 4 4 8 7 16 15 16 13
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . . . 3 3 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Electrical and computer engineering 1 4 3 1 . 1 1 . . 3
      Materials and mining engineering . . . . 2 2 4 5 9 7
      Engineering, other 7 1 1 3 6 4 11 7 3 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 7 17 4 10 10 14 5 3 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 6 7 17 4 10 10 14 5 3 1
    Health sciences 1 5 7 2 1 4 4 4 2 4
      Public health 1 5 7 2 1 4 4 4 1 4
      Health sciences, other . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 8 1 3 5 6 8 2 4 6 4
      Applied mathematics 1 . . . . 1 . . . .
      Mathematics 1 . 2 1 . 4 . 4 4 4
      Statistics . . . . . . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 6 1 1 4 6 3 2 . 2 .
    Physical sciences 7 17 9 10 13 10 14 5 16 14
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1
      Chemistry 6 12 4 8 10 6 7 4 8 3
      Physics . 5 4 2 3 4 7 1 8 10
    Psychology 19 14 23 21 21 13 23 16 19 13
      Clinical psychology 4 4 5 7 7 5 9 7 6 5
      Counseling and applied psychology 11 5 10 7 9 5 9 7 10 5
      Research and experimental psychology 4 4 8 7 2 2 2 2 2 3
      Psychology, other . 1 . . 3 1 3 . 1 .
    Social sciences 25 29 29 24 25 35 23 41 30 38
      Anthropology . 3 4 5 2 3 3 3 3 3
      Economics 8 6 6 3 8 7 3 9 3 12
      Political science and government 4 1 2 3 1 6 2 7 3 6
      Public policy analysis . 1 . . 3 2 . 1 1 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 5 6 8 4 5 9 7 15 11 5
      Social sciences, other 8 12 9 9 6 8 8 6 9 11
  Non-science and engineering 50 46 44 34 34 30 46 49 64 47
    Business . 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 1
      Business . 1 . 1 . 1 . . 1 1
    Education 23 26 17 11 15 15 20 18 28 19
      Education leadership and administration 2 8 5 3 6 3 2 5 3 2
      Education research 15 15 11 7 8 7 14 10 15 13
      Teacher education and teaching fields 5 2 1 . 1 4 3 2 6 4
      Education, other 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 4 .
    Humanities and arts 11 10 15 17 10 9 12 16 21 23
      Letters 4 6 7 6 6 3 2 3 8 9
      Foreign languages and literature 2 1 2 3 2 1 5 8 . 1
      History 3 2 2 4 2 4 5 . 6 6
      Philosophy and religious studies 1 . 4 3 . . . . 3 5
      Humanities and arts, other 1 1 . 1 . 1 . 5 4 2
    Other non-science and engineering 16 9 12 5 9 5 14 15 14 4
      Communication 3 1 . . 1 1 . 2 . .
      Public administration and social services 13 7 12 5 8 4 13 13 14 4
      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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