Data

U. California, Davis

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 609 587 464 497 521 546 505 501 539 488
  Science and engineering 556 526 421 436 471 476 464 450 479 423
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 57 41 56 44 51 45 43 41 35 29
      Agricultural sciences 52 38 53 40 47 40 41 35 31 24
      Natural resources and conservation 5 3 3 4 4 5 2 6 4 5
    Biological and biomedical sciences 170 152 118 132 144 143 146 141 160 143
      Biochemistry and biophysics 12 13 5 6 8 7 14 13 11 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 4 1 5 4 2 5 11 . 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 3 3 3 4 6 4 3 5 3 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 3 3 1 4 7 7 4 8 8 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 47 37 28 39 43 40 35 30 43 34
      Genetics and genomics 11 8 11 5 10 10 3 5 8 8
      Microbiology and immunology 16 14 18 15 7 18 20 13 19 20
      Molecular biology 11 9 7 5 2 2 4 6 1 6
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 10 6 7 5 9 9 9 8 10 10
      Pharmacology and toxicology 11 6 8 6 13 8 7 4 10 6
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 12 16 8 12 9 12 12 12 16 15
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 32 33 21 26 26 24 30 26 31 26
    Computer and information sciences 12 19 11 21 24 15 18 20 27 22
      Computer science 8 15 9 21 22 14 16 19 25 21
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 4 2 . 2 1 2 1 2 1
    Engineering 111 91 70 80 73 93 87 83 78 69
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10 10 3 4 . 4 4 1 1 4
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 20 18 14 13 13 15 17 20 16 16
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 13 10 9 6 4 8 7 6 6 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 25 21 14 19 19 20 15 14 18 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 26 18 13 18 22 22 20 13 20 15
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . 2 . . . . 1 . .
      Materials and mining engineering 10 7 5 5 9 7 10 13 3 9
      Mechanical engineering 2 3 6 12 4 10 10 12 12 6
      Engineering, other 5 4 4 3 2 7 4 3 2 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 14 13 10 14 14 14 18 10 14 7
      Geological sciences 2 6 5 6 3 4 6 4 8 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 12 7 5 8 11 10 12 6 6 3
    Health sciences 6 8 6 8 8 9 12 12 3 9
      Nursing science 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 1 6
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . 2 1 . .
      Public health 1 1 1 . . 1 1 4 1 2
      Health sciences, other . 1 . 3 2 2 3 1 1 1
    Mathematics and statistics 29 27 34 24 24 25 26 15 18 18
      Applied mathematics 9 12 10 5 4 6 10 4 3 9
      Mathematics . . 1 3 6 2 5 3 4 1
      Statistics 9 9 11 5 5 10 7 1 8 7
      Mathematics and statistics, other 11 6 12 11 9 7 4 7 3 1
    Physical sciences 65 72 55 43 57 65 39 57 67 58
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 8 4 2 2 7 2 1 . 2
      Chemistry 42 39 35 29 31 35 27 29 44 33
      Physics 16 25 16 12 24 23 10 27 23 23
    Psychology 22 29 16 19 20 22 22 20 17 18
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . . . . . . . .
      Research and experimental psychology 16 23 12 12 15 15 18 12 13 12
      Psychology, other 6 6 4 7 5 7 4 8 4 6
    Social sciences 70 74 45 51 56 45 53 51 60 50
      Anthropology 10 8 6 3 8 7 4 7 5 4
      Economics 23 24 17 11 16 15 18 14 15 21
      Political science and government 5 8 4 8 5 4 9 4 4 4
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . 1 2 . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 10 6 2 5 5 7 5 1 10 8
      Social sciences, other 22 28 16 24 22 12 16 23 26 13
  Non-science and engineering 53 61 43 61 50 70 41 51 60 65
    Business 1 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Business 1 1 . . . . . . 1 .
    Education 9 12 9 15 9 13 8 13 13 15
      Education leadership and administration . 2 . 5 . . 1 . . .
      Education research 3 6 3 3 4 4 . 6 6 8
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 . 2 3 3 5 4 1 5 6
      Education, other 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 6 2 1
    Humanities and arts 30 39 28 44 36 50 32 36 45 50
      Letters 12 8 10 14 9 11 10 14 19 14
      Foreign languages and literature 3 8 4 7 10 13 3 4 8 10
      History 4 10 4 7 6 13 8 11 6 7
      Philosophy and religious studies 1 8 . 10 3 3 2 2 3 5
      Music and performing arts 4 3 7 6 7 8 8 1 6 9
      Humanities and arts, other 6 2 3 . 1 2 1 4 3 5
    Other non-science and engineering 13 9 6 2 5 7 1 2 1 .
      Communication 9 7 4 2 5 7 1 2 1 .
      Public administration and social services 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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