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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 417 384 375 356 316 304 341 300 323 302
  Science and engineering 225 189 218 194 191 177 176 155 190 171
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 25 20 28 29 23 22 21 18 22 23
      Agricultural sciences 21 15 26 27 20 20 16 17 17 19
      Natural resources and conservation 4 5 2 2 3 2 5 1 5 4
    Biological and biomedical sciences 27 27 28 25 30 21 27 25 26 31
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 1 2 1 2 . 2 2 1 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 8 10 2 7 3 3 1 4 5 7
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . 1 1 . 1 . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 1 2 3 2 4 3 2 3 2
      Genetics and genomics 1 1 . . . . . 1 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology 2 1 1 1 1 . . 3 1 2
      Molecular biology 1 1 1 . 2 2 . . 2 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 1 1 . . . . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 4 9 4 7 5 8 2 5 9
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 1 . . 2 2 . . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 8 6 10 9 10 4 13 10 8 9
    Computer and information sciences 7 7 13 6 4 3 5 6 4 8
      Computer science 4 3 11 6 3 3 5 6 4 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 4 2 . 1 . . . . .
    Engineering 62 57 67 62 60 57 53 48 61 51
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . 1 2 1 . .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 17 16 18 23 12 14 11 7 19 13
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 12 9 6 10 12 8 8 6 5 3
      Electrical and computer engineering 12 16 15 10 6 7 11 9 9 14
      Industrial engineering and operations research 9 6 15 7 11 10 9 6 10 6
      Materials and mining engineering 1 3 1 . 1 1 . 1 3 1
      Mechanical engineering 11 6 10 11 13 14 10 13 8 10
      Engineering, other . 1 2 1 5 2 2 4 7 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 8 1 4 4 3 6 5 4 1 3
      Geological sciences 7 . 2 3 2 4 3 2 1 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 . 2
    Health sciences 5 4 . . 3 . 1 . . .
      Health sciences, other 5 4 . . 3 . 1 . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 14 14 13 9 13 15 11 8 19 5
      Applied mathematics 2 3 2 3 4 5 2 1 4 .
      Mathematics 2 . 1 . . 1 1 1 1 2
      Statistics 1 . 1 1 2 1 2 . 1 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 11 9 5 7 8 6 6 13 3
    Physical sciences 26 19 15 19 18 11 16 13 17 19
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 . 1 2 . . . . . .
      Chemistry 17 16 8 11 8 7 14 7 12 13
      Physics 7 3 6 6 10 4 2 6 5 6
    Psychology 33 33 37 32 25 28 27 25 30 20
      Clinical psychology 9 6 11 5 6 3 6 6 7 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 14 15 20 17 8 12 11 11 17 9
      Research and experimental psychology 6 8 3 3 3 5 2 3 4 2
      Psychology, other 4 4 3 7 8 8 8 5 2 6
    Social sciences 18 7 13 8 12 14 10 8 10 11
      Economics 11 5 6 5 8 8 7 4 6 8
      Political science and government 1 2 3 2 1 5 1 2 3 3
      Social sciences, other 6 . 4 1 3 1 2 2 1 .
  Non-science and engineering 192 195 157 162 125 127 165 145 133 131
    Business 17 29 16 26 18 16 28 21 17 28
      Business 17 29 16 26 18 16 28 21 17 28
    Education 117 113 82 88 64 70 98 77 65 54
      Education leadership and administration 34 24 11 18 13 10 11 13 11 8
      Education research 64 71 54 52 28 47 77 50 43 40
      Teacher education and teaching fields 18 17 15 15 23 12 9 11 9 5
      Education, other 1 1 2 3 . 1 1 3 2 1
    Humanities and arts 38 30 33 22 24 26 25 29 30 38
      Letters 14 12 12 9 13 10 14 15 14 15
      Foreign languages and literature 8 6 6 2 4 3 3 7 3 7
      History 6 1 3 3 2 5 1 3 5 5
      Philosophy and religious studies . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Music and performing arts 2 4 6 5 2 5 3 1 4 7
      Humanities and arts, other 8 7 6 3 3 3 4 2 4 4
    Other non-science and engineering 20 23 26 26 19 15 14 18 21 11
      Communication 12 15 18 21 18 13 5 12 13 8
      Public administration and social services . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 8 8 8 5 1 2 9 5 8 3

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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