Data

U. California, Berkeley

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 806 834 830 787 796 864 852 798 793 812
  Science and engineering 676 707 708 661 637 696 692 654 630 637
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 16 17 24 19 14 10 23 23 30 24
      Agricultural sciences 3 4 5 3 4 2 8 8 7 5
      Natural resources and conservation 13 13 19 16 10 8 15 15 23 19
    Biological and biomedical sciences 122 127 144 113 99 128 127 129 100 134
      Biochemistry and biophysics 8 10 16 16 14 15 17 22 12 17
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 12 14 9 3 6 1 4 4 5 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 13 9 10 10 6 9 7 9 5 8
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 2 3 1 2 7 5 6 6 7
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 23 28 29 20 13 24 27 22 35 22
      Genetics and genomics 3 6 5 1 2 4 2 3 4 6
      Microbiology and immunology 15 9 19 11 17 26 11 14 3 17
      Molecular biology 22 15 17 19 14 18 13 20 12 20
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 11 11 17 9 11 10 21 15 5 17
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 1 . 1 . 2 1 . . 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 2 2 5 5 3 4 7 3 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 11 20 17 17 9 9 15 7 10 12
    Computer and information sciences 48 56 53 55 49 52 44 36 35 25
      Computer science 42 46 49 50 42 47 41 31 34 21
      Computer and information sciences, other 6 10 4 5 7 5 3 5 1 4
    Engineering 188 202 193 170 179 167 191 176 175 180
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 7 14 15 17 15 20 18 13 13 19
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 24 24 14 14 19 14 14 20 17 14
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 31 28 25 17 24 25 36 25 22 40
      Electrical and computer engineering 39 43 43 46 31 30 41 27 42 46
      Industrial engineering and operations research 9 10 6 8 16 4 15 3 10 4
      Materials and mining engineering 28 29 33 17 12 14 13 16 19 11
      Mechanical engineering 32 37 36 33 43 46 35 46 38 37
      Engineering, other 18 17 21 18 19 14 19 26 14 9
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 12 15 9 18 19 16 16 11 11 13
      Geological sciences 9 9 5 8 15 7 10 9 3 6
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 3 6 4 10 4 9 6 2 8 7
    Health sciences 6 5 . 7 9 7 6 11 9 9
      Public health 5 5 . 6 8 5 6 8 8 7
      Health sciences, other 1 . . 1 1 2 . 3 1 2
    Mathematics and statistics 39 39 40 43 39 49 34 25 34 37
      Applied mathematics 4 9 9 8 4 7 2 6 5 6
      Mathematics 6 7 7 5 7 14 18 9 3 20
      Statistics 10 6 9 12 10 6 5 4 3 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 19 17 15 18 18 22 9 6 23 7
    Physical sciences 119 117 113 103 118 130 114 116 100 87
      Astronomy and astrophysics 10 15 7 12 9 13 10 7 5 7
      Chemistry 68 67 70 52 63 71 68 75 56 50
      Physics 41 35 36 39 46 46 36 34 39 30
    Psychology 18 20 29 21 12 25 17 24 14 23
      Clinical psychology 4 4 3 6 3 6 3 6 4 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 . 2
      Research and experimental psychology 8 13 20 12 6 17 11 15 10 18
      Psychology, other 5 3 6 3 2 2 2 2 . .
    Social sciences 108 109 103 112 99 112 120 103 122 105
      Anthropology 6 5 10 10 9 12 10 9 9 13
      Economics 28 32 26 38 29 33 26 25 24 28
      Political science and government 14 7 17 13 15 16 11 20 22 13
      Public policy analysis 3 8 7 6 5 4 8 7 4 5
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 17 17 10 13 9 19 23 16 15 16
      Social sciences, other 40 40 33 32 32 28 42 26 48 30
  Non-science and engineering 130 127 122 126 159 168 160 144 163 175
    Business 7 17 8 10 10 12 12 13 16 12
      Business 7 17 8 10 10 12 12 13 16 12
    Education 18 20 20 19 34 34 21 28 27 25
      Education leadership and administration 1 1 1 . 2 2 . . 1 1
      Education research 9 8 9 7 20 19 13 16 13 10
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 7 2 5 1 7 5 4 10 12
      Education, other 6 4 8 7 11 6 3 8 3 2
    Humanities and arts 82 81 75 73 98 93 108 86 102 119
      Letters 16 29 14 17 23 25 30 27 19 24
      Foreign languages and literature 19 15 15 15 16 19 17 16 26 26
      History 17 8 15 13 27 21 22 13 22 31
      Philosophy and religious studies 9 6 3 5 6 3 15 6 9 3
      Music and performing arts 6 6 10 9 14 5 7 11 9 14
      Humanities and arts, other 15 17 18 14 12 20 17 13 17 21
    Other non-science and engineering 23 9 19 24 17 29 19 17 18 19
      Communication . . . . . . . . 2 .
      Public administration and social services 5 4 3 5 4 3 5 3 2 9
      Non-science and engineering, other 18 5 16 19 13 26 14 14 14 10

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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