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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 432 445 374 380 473 406 389 401 436 470
  Science and engineering 341 355 286 301 368 326 291 311 333 348
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 8 16 12 16 14 18 10 12 15 11
      Agricultural sciences 3 5 6 3 7 5 6 3 5 3
      Natural resources and conservation 5 11 6 13 7 13 4 9 10 8
    Biological and biomedical sciences 67 64 41 52 60 55 45 53 51 53
      Biochemistry and biophysics 6 8 5 7 3 3 4 6 7 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 1 . 1 1 1 . . 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 2 2 1 6 3 3 1 1 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . 1 1 1 . 1 2 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 10 6 7 14 5 9 11 12 6
      Genetics and genomics 4 . 3 1 1 1 2 2 . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 5 2 2 2 2 6 4 4 2 4
      Molecular biology 8 7 3 6 3 6 2 6 5 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 4 4 5 3 6 9 2 4 2 4
      Pharmacology and toxicology 8 11 6 . 12 6 4 5 4 12
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 15 14 5 16 6 11 9 8 10 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 7 5 4 7 5 3 6 5 5 4
    Computer and information sciences 10 14 10 8 7 4 4 2 10 8
      Computer science 9 9 8 5 5 2 3 . 8 8
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 5 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 .
    Engineering 50 60 44 49 64 50 47 46 67 67
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 6 1 1 . 2 2 2 . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11 13 9 4 4 5 5 6 7 7
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 3 5 5 2 10 6 7 4 3 2
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 10 5 6 13 8 4 10 9 14
      Electrical and computer engineering 13 8 10 18 19 16 11 11 13 15
      Industrial engineering and operations research 9 7 8 4 4 5 3 3 10 6
      Materials and mining engineering 2 4 1 3 2 1 3 3 8 5
      Mechanical engineering 3 5 2 3 5 3 4 2 6 12
      Engineering, other 1 2 3 8 7 4 8 5 11 6
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 20 21 18 13 19 24 23 19 15 22
      Geological sciences 10 6 3 6 11 12 14 11 8 11
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 10 15 15 7 8 12 9 8 7 11
    Health sciences 24 26 28 27 35 26 23 27 26 22
      Nursing science 5 10 9 14 16 15 11 12 13 6
      Pharmaceutical sciences 5 3 6 3 7 5 6 8 6 10
      Public health 7 3 3 9 7 2 2 3 2 3
      Health sciences, other 7 10 10 1 5 4 4 4 5 3
    Mathematics and statistics 21 14 11 11 16 16 17 17 9 14
      Applied mathematics 8 6 8 5 6 6 8 6 5 4
      Mathematics . 1 . . 1 4 2 3 3 7
      Statistics 4 3 . 3 2 . 3 4 . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 4 3 3 7 6 4 4 1 2
    Physical sciences 69 77 50 55 58 47 53 56 65 67
      Astronomy and astrophysics 16 12 7 14 17 10 10 9 9 11
      Chemistry 16 23 12 10 13 17 19 15 17 23
      Physics 37 42 31 31 28 20 24 32 39 33
    Psychology 16 16 19 20 12 20 17 21 21 20
      Clinical psychology 3 4 7 6 5 6 7 6 6 2
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 1 3 4 1 4 1 5 5 6
      Research and experimental psychology 4 8 5 3 4 5 6 8 2 6
      Psychology, other 6 3 4 7 2 5 3 2 8 6
    Social sciences 56 47 53 50 83 66 52 58 54 64
      Anthropology 7 4 4 9 11 6 3 11 15 16
      Economics 3 7 12 5 12 7 6 10 7 11
      Political science and government 4 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 3
      Public policy analysis . . 2 . 1 1 1 . 1 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 7 4 5 14 11 3 3 5 6
      Social sciences, other 36 26 30 28 42 40 38 33 22 28
  Non-science and engineering 91 90 88 79 105 80 98 90 103 122
    Business 15 9 10 10 21 12 10 11 11 20
      Business 15 9 10 10 21 12 10 11 11 20
    Education 36 43 47 38 45 31 37 42 54 48
      Education leadership and administration 1 6 5 4 5 . 3 5 2 4
      Education research 19 18 22 23 19 14 10 22 21 17
      Teacher education and teaching fields 13 17 16 10 19 15 21 14 27 22
      Education, other 3 2 4 1 2 2 3 1 4 5
    Humanities and arts 33 33 23 24 38 34 43 31 32 51
      Letters 14 11 11 5 14 9 15 6 10 13
      Foreign languages and literature 9 3 2 5 9 8 11 7 5 8
      History 4 5 3 7 7 10 5 9 10 15
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 10 6 3 6 5 9 2 3 3
      Music and performing arts . 2 . 1 1 1 2 . 1 1
      Humanities and arts, other 4 2 1 3 1 1 1 7 3 11
    Other non-science and engineering 7 5 8 7 1 3 8 6 6 3
      Communication 6 3 6 3 1 1 7 4 3 1
      Public administration and social services . 1 1 1 . 1 . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 1 1 3 . 1 1 2 3 2

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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