Data

U. California, Davis

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 621 609 587 464 497 521 546 505 501 539
  Science and engineering 565 556 526 421 436 471 476 464 450 479
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 53 57 41 56 44 51 45 43 41 35
      Agricultural sciences 49 52 38 53 40 47 40 41 35 31
      Natural resources and conservation 4 5 3 3 4 4 5 2 6 4
    Biological and biomedical sciences 164 170 152 118 132 144 143 146 141 160
      Biochemistry and biophysics 12 12 13 5 6 8 7 14 13 11
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 6 2 4 1 5 4 2 5 11 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 9 3 3 3 4 6 4 3 5 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 3 3 1 4 7 7 4 8 8
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 23 47 37 28 39 43 40 35 30 43
      Genetics and genomics 13 11 8 11 5 10 10 3 5 8
      Microbiology and immunology 25 16 14 18 15 7 18 20 13 19
      Molecular biology 11 11 9 7 5 2 2 4 6 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 12 10 6 7 5 9 9 9 8 10
      Pharmacology and toxicology 9 11 6 8 6 13 8 7 4 10
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 12 12 16 8 12 9 12 12 12 16
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 30 32 33 21 26 26 24 30 26 31
    Computer and information sciences 19 12 19 11 21 24 15 18 20 27
      Computer science 16 8 15 9 21 22 14 16 19 25
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 4 4 2 . 2 1 2 1 2
    Engineering 104 111 91 70 80 73 93 87 83 78
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 10 10 3 4 . 4 4 1 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 19 20 18 14 13 13 15 17 20 16
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 12 13 10 9 6 4 8 7 6 6
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 23 25 21 14 19 19 20 15 14 18
      Electrical and computer engineering 24 26 18 13 18 22 22 20 13 20
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . 2 . . . . 1 .
      Materials and mining engineering 7 10 7 5 5 9 7 10 13 3
      Mechanical engineering 3 2 3 6 12 4 10 10 12 12
      Engineering, other 7 5 4 4 3 2 7 4 3 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 20 14 13 10 14 14 14 18 10 14
      Geological sciences 8 2 6 5 6 3 4 6 4 8
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 12 12 7 5 8 11 10 12 6 6
    Health sciences 8 6 8 6 8 8 9 12 12 3
      Nursing science 3 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 1
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . 2 1 .
      Public health 5 1 1 1 . . 1 1 4 1
      Health sciences, other . . 1 . 3 2 2 3 1 1
    Mathematics and statistics 34 29 27 34 24 24 25 26 15 18
      Applied mathematics 11 9 12 10 5 4 6 10 4 3
      Mathematics 2 . . 1 3 6 2 5 3 4
      Statistics 11 9 9 11 5 5 10 7 1 8
      Mathematics and statistics, other 10 11 6 12 11 9 7 4 7 3
    Physical sciences 68 65 72 55 43 57 65 39 57 67
      Astronomy and astrophysics 6 7 8 4 2 2 7 2 1 .
      Chemistry 45 42 39 35 29 31 35 27 29 44
      Physics 17 16 25 16 12 24 23 10 27 23
    Psychology 24 22 29 16 19 20 22 22 20 17
      Research and experimental psychology 13 16 23 12 12 15 15 18 12 13
      Psychology, other 11 6 6 4 7 5 7 4 8 4
    Social sciences 71 70 74 45 51 56 45 53 51 60
      Anthropology 3 10 8 6 3 8 7 4 7 5
      Economics 24 23 24 17 11 16 15 18 14 15
      Political science and government 10 5 8 4 8 5 4 9 4 4
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . 1 2 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 5 10 6 2 5 5 7 5 1 10
      Social sciences, other 29 22 28 16 24 22 12 16 23 26
  Non-science and engineering 56 53 61 43 61 50 70 41 51 60
    Business 2 1 1 . . . . . . 1
      Business 2 1 1 . . . . . . 1
    Education 8 9 12 9 15 9 13 8 13 13
      Education leadership and administration . . 2 . 5 . . 1 . .
      Education research 3 3 6 3 3 4 4 . 6 6
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 2 . 2 3 3 5 4 1 5
      Education, other 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 6 2
    Humanities and arts 38 30 39 28 44 36 50 32 36 45
      Letters 12 12 8 10 14 9 11 10 14 19
      Foreign languages and literature 10 3 8 4 7 10 13 3 4 8
      History 3 4 10 4 7 6 13 8 11 6
      Philosophy and religious studies 6 1 8 . 10 3 3 2 2 3
      Music and performing arts 4 4 3 7 6 7 8 8 1 6
      Humanities and arts, other 3 6 2 3 . 1 2 1 4 3
    Other non-science and engineering 8 13 9 6 2 5 7 1 2 1
      Communication 6 9 7 4 2 5 7 1 2 1
      Public administration and social services 2 2 . 1 . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . 2 2 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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