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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 161 220 157 130 138 156 149 217 132 155
  Science and engineering 111 160 117 96 102 112 107 138 80 111
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 . 1 . . . . 1 1 .
      Agricultural sciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . 1 . . . . 1 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 5 13 9 7 5 9 4 6 12 5
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 6 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 5 3 . 1 2 2 . 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 1 . . 1 . 1 . . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 . 3 3 1 2 . 1 3 2
      Microbiology and immunology . 2 . . . . . 1 1 .
      Molecular biology 1 2 . . . 3 . 2 . 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . . 1 1 1 . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Computer and information sciences 7 14 7 5 9 9 11 8 6 9
      Computer science 3 4 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 10 5 4 8 7 9 7 5 7
    Engineering 30 36 30 29 24 20 29 47 19 25
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 4 6 4 . 2 1 3 2 1 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3 7 2 2 2 2 2 6 5 5
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 6 6 4 4 2 4 4 4 1 1
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 4 8 4 4 7 3 4 6 . 3
      Electrical and computer engineering 10 4 11 10 5 5 10 22 6 14
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 . 1 . . 1 . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering . 1 1 . . . 1 . 1 .
      Mechanical engineering 2 3 1 9 5 4 5 5 5 2
      Engineering, other . 1 2 . 1 . . 2 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 8 5 2 3 8 3 6 2 1
      Geological sciences 2 8 5 2 3 4 2 4 1 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 . . . . 4 1 2 1 .
    Health sciences 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 .
      Health sciences, other 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 .
    Mathematics and statistics 1 5 5 4 5 1 6 2 3 3
      Applied mathematics . 1 . . . . 2 . 1 .
      Mathematics . . 1 . 1 . 1 2 1 3
      Statistics . 2 . . . . . . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 2 4 4 4 1 3 . . .
    Physical sciences 17 35 24 16 15 29 15 23 16 28
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 2 2 2 2 . . . 1 2
      Chemistry 8 14 8 8 6 13 7 14 7 13
      Physics 8 19 14 6 7 16 8 9 8 13
    Psychology 12 16 13 14 13 9 12 13 2 13
      Clinical psychology 5 5 4 4 6 1 3 3 1 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 2 4 4 7 4 6 3 1 1 4
      Research and experimental psychology . 3 1 2 1 . 1 4 . 3
      Psychology, other 5 4 4 1 2 2 5 5 . 2
    Social sciences 32 30 22 18 27 24 24 31 17 27
      Anthropology 1 5 3 1 4 3 4 5 1 5
      Economics 7 9 5 5 3 6 8 8 4 7
      Political science and government 3 8 5 7 6 5 3 7 2 5
      Public policy analysis . . . 1 1 . . 1 2 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 4 3 1 2 4 5 4 3 3
      Social sciences, other 15 4 6 3 11 6 4 6 5 5
  Non-science and engineering 50 60 40 34 36 44 42 79 52 44
    Business 1 8 2 3 1 2 4 14 2 5
      Business 1 8 2 3 1 2 4 14 2 5
    Education 19 21 15 19 23 15 16 24 26 12
      Education leadership and administration 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 .
      Education research 11 12 10 9 10 9 10 14 11 9
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 6 4 7 12 3 6 9 8 3
      Education, other . 3 1 3 . 3 . 1 6 .
    Humanities and arts 16 18 16 6 6 18 19 29 18 18
      Letters 9 5 8 . 2 3 9 5 6 5
      History 2 3 2 2 1 7 4 9 5 3
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 8 6 4 2 7 3 10 5 9
      Humanities and arts, other 1 2 . . 1 1 3 5 2 1
    Other non-science and engineering 14 13 7 6 6 9 3 12 6 9
      Communication 6 4 5 3 4 6 2 3 2 6
      Public administration and social services 6 8 2 2 2 3 1 9 3 2
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 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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