Data

U. California, Berkeley

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 834 830 787 796 864 852 798 793 812 917
  Science and engineering 707 708 661 637 696 692 654 630 637 743
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 17 24 19 14 10 23 23 30 24 24
      Agricultural sciences 4 5 3 4 2 8 8 7 5 9
      Natural resources and conservation 13 19 16 10 8 15 15 23 19 15
    Biological and biomedical sciences 127 144 113 99 128 127 129 100 134 140
      Biochemistry and biophysics 10 16 16 14 15 17 22 12 17 24
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 14 9 3 6 1 4 4 5 4 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 9 10 10 6 9 7 9 5 8 5
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 3 1 2 7 5 6 6 7 9
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 28 29 20 13 24 27 22 35 22 22
      Genetics and genomics 6 5 1 2 4 2 3 4 6 5
      Microbiology and immunology 9 19 11 17 26 11 14 3 17 17
      Molecular biology 15 17 19 14 18 13 20 12 20 14
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 11 17 9 11 10 21 15 5 17 20
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 . 1 . 2 1 . . 2 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 2 5 5 3 4 7 3 2 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 20 17 17 9 9 15 7 10 12 12
    Computer and information sciences 56 53 55 49 52 44 36 35 25 45
      Computer science 46 49 50 42 47 41 31 34 21 41
      Computer and information sciences, other 10 4 5 7 5 3 5 1 4 4
    Engineering 202 193 170 179 167 191 176 175 180 205
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . . . . . 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 14 15 17 15 20 18 13 13 19 15
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 24 14 14 19 14 14 20 17 14 21
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 28 25 17 24 25 36 25 22 40 32
      Electrical and computer engineering 43 43 46 31 30 41 27 42 46 43
      Industrial engineering and operations research 10 6 8 16 4 15 3 10 4 8
      Materials and mining engineering 29 33 17 12 14 13 16 19 11 19
      Mechanical engineering 37 36 33 43 46 35 46 38 37 47
      Engineering, other 17 21 18 19 14 19 26 14 9 19
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 15 9 18 19 16 16 11 11 13 19
      Geological sciences 9 5 8 15 7 10 9 3 6 11
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 6 4 10 4 9 6 2 8 7 8
    Health sciences 5 . 7 9 7 6 11 9 9 13
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . . . .
      Public health 5 . 6 8 5 6 8 8 7 11
      Health sciences, other . . 1 1 2 . 3 1 2 2
    Mathematics and statistics 39 40 43 39 49 34 25 34 37 39
      Applied mathematics 9 9 8 4 7 2 6 5 6 3
      Mathematics 7 7 5 7 14 18 9 3 20 26
      Statistics 6 9 12 10 6 5 4 3 4 5
      Mathematics and statistics, other 17 15 18 18 22 9 6 23 7 5
    Physical sciences 117 113 103 118 130 114 116 100 87 114
      Astronomy and astrophysics 15 7 12 9 13 10 7 5 7 12
      Chemistry 67 70 52 63 71 68 75 56 50 62
      Physics 35 36 39 46 46 36 34 39 30 40
    Psychology 20 29 21 12 25 17 24 14 23 20
      Clinical psychology 4 3 6 3 6 3 6 4 3 7
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . 1 . 1 1 . 2 1
      Research and experimental psychology 13 20 12 6 17 11 15 10 18 12
      Psychology, other 3 6 3 2 2 2 2 . . .
    Social sciences 109 103 112 99 112 120 103 122 105 124
      Anthropology 5 10 10 9 12 10 9 9 13 10
      Economics 32 26 38 29 33 26 25 24 28 25
      Political science and government 7 17 13 15 16 11 20 22 13 19
      Public policy analysis 8 7 6 5 4 8 7 4 5 6
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 17 10 13 9 19 23 16 15 16 21
      Social sciences, other 40 33 32 32 28 42 26 48 30 43
  Non-science and engineering 127 122 126 159 168 160 144 163 175 174
    Business 17 8 10 10 12 12 13 16 12 12
      Business 17 8 10 10 12 12 13 16 12 12
    Education 20 20 19 34 34 21 28 27 25 38
      Education leadership and administration 1 1 . 2 2 . . 1 1 1
      Education research 8 9 7 20 19 13 16 13 10 22
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 2 5 1 7 5 4 10 12 10
      Education, other 4 8 7 11 6 3 8 3 2 5
    Humanities and arts 81 75 73 98 93 108 86 102 119 113
      Letters 29 14 17 23 25 30 27 19 24 27
      Foreign languages and literature 15 15 15 16 19 17 16 26 26 23
      History 8 15 13 27 21 22 13 22 31 32
      Philosophy and religious studies 6 3 5 6 3 15 6 9 3 6
      Music and performing arts 6 10 9 14 5 7 11 9 14 9
      Humanities and arts, other 17 18 14 12 20 17 13 17 21 16
    Other non-science and engineering 9 19 24 17 29 19 17 18 19 11
      Communication . . . . . . . 2 . .
      Public administration and social services 4 3 5 4 3 5 3 2 9 5
      Non-science and engineering, other 5 16 19 13 26 14 14 14 10 6

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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