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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 220 157 130 138 156 149 217 132 155 140
  Science and engineering 160 117 96 102 112 107 138 80 111 102
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . 1 . . . . 1 1 . .
      Natural resources and conservation . 1 . . . . 1 1 . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 13 9 7 5 9 4 6 12 5 5
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 6 2 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 3 . 1 2 2 . 1 . 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 . . 1 . 1 . . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 3 3 1 2 . 1 3 2 3
      Microbiology and immunology 2 . . . . . 1 1 . .
      Molecular biology 2 . . . 3 . 2 . 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . 1 1 1 . . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . . . . . . . .
    Computer and information sciences 14 7 5 9 9 11 8 6 9 6
      Computer science 4 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3
      Computer and information sciences, other 10 5 4 8 7 9 7 5 7 3
    Engineering 36 30 29 24 20 29 47 19 25 28
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 6 4 . 2 1 3 2 1 . 2
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7 2 2 2 2 2 6 5 5 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 6 4 4 2 4 4 4 1 1 4
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 4 4 7 3 4 6 . 3 4
      Electrical and computer engineering 4 11 10 5 5 10 22 6 14 11
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 1 . . 1 . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 1 1 . . . 1 . 1 . 1
      Mechanical engineering 3 1 9 5 4 5 5 5 2 5
      Engineering, other 1 2 . 1 . . 2 . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 5 2 3 8 3 6 2 1 3
      Geological sciences 8 5 2 3 4 2 4 1 1 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . . . 4 1 2 1 . 1
    Health sciences 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 . .
      Health sciences, other 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 . .
    Mathematics and statistics 5 5 4 5 1 6 2 3 3 2
      Applied mathematics 1 . . . . 2 . 1 . .
      Mathematics . 1 . 1 . 1 2 1 3 .
      Statistics 2 . . . . . . 1 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 2 4 4 4 1 3 . . . 2
    Physical sciences 35 24 16 15 29 15 23 16 28 15
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 2 2 2 . . . 1 2 .
      Chemistry 14 8 8 6 13 7 14 7 13 12
      Physics 19 14 6 7 16 8 9 8 13 3
    Psychology 16 13 14 13 9 12 13 2 13 6
      Clinical psychology 5 4 4 6 1 3 3 1 4 1
      Counseling and applied psychology 4 4 7 4 6 3 1 1 4 2
      Research and experimental psychology 3 1 2 1 . 1 4 . 3 2
      Psychology, other 4 4 1 2 2 5 5 . 2 1
    Social sciences 30 22 18 27 24 24 31 17 27 37
      Anthropology 5 3 1 4 3 4 5 1 5 5
      Economics 9 5 5 3 6 8 8 4 7 6
      Political science and government 8 5 7 6 5 3 7 2 5 5
      Public policy analysis . . 1 1 . . 1 2 2 4
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 3 1 2 4 5 4 3 3 3
      Social sciences, other 4 6 3 11 6 4 6 5 5 14
  Non-science and engineering 60 40 34 36 44 42 79 52 44 38
    Business 8 2 3 1 2 4 14 2 5 2
      Business 8 2 3 1 2 4 14 2 5 2
    Education 21 15 19 23 15 16 24 26 12 19
      Education leadership and administration . . . 1 . . . 1 . 1
      Education research 12 10 9 10 9 10 14 11 9 9
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 4 7 12 3 6 9 8 3 8
      Education, other 3 1 3 . 3 . 1 6 . 1
    Humanities and arts 18 16 6 6 18 19 29 18 18 15
      Letters 5 8 . 2 3 9 5 6 5 7
      History 3 2 2 1 7 4 9 5 3 1
      Philosophy and religious studies 8 6 4 2 7 3 10 5 9 6
      Humanities and arts, other 2 . . 1 1 3 5 2 1 1
    Other non-science and engineering 13 7 6 6 9 3 12 6 9 2
      Communication 4 5 3 4 6 2 3 2 6 2
      Public administration and social services 8 2 2 2 3 1 9 3 2 .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 . 1 . . . . 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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