Data

U. California, Los Angeles

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 760 749 786 639 632 701 688 726 689 743
  Science and engineering 650 598 641 501 492 557 535 559 531 557
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 2 4 . 1 . . 1 2 .
      Agricultural sciences 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation 1 2 3 . 1 . . 1 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 136 132 137 95 90 122 117 137 121 122
      Biochemistry and biophysics 10 7 14 6 11 12 8 14 14 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 7 8 3 2 7 5 5 13 7
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 15 29 25 16 17 17 15 10 6 8
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 3 2 1 1 1 3 1 6 7 7
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 29 18 22 15 10 20 27 22 16 24
      Genetics and genomics 6 8 7 5 3 3 3 8 3 2
      Microbiology and immunology 4 6 3 4 2 7 5 15 9 15
      Molecular biology 27 18 25 16 21 24 22 13 18 17
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 17 19 12 17 6 15 13 21 18 15
      Pharmacology and toxicology 6 8 9 5 6 5 3 7 2 5
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 10 10 8 5 9 6 13 16 13 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 4 . 3 2 2 3 2 . 2 2
    Computer and information sciences 51 31 44 32 20 32 24 32 28 35
      Computer science 38 21 36 28 17 21 20 24 24 33
      Computer and information sciences, other 13 10 8 4 3 11 4 8 4 2
    Engineering 146 147 155 125 140 126 124 129 125 123
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11 13 11 5 2 3 5 5 5 2
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 22 18 22 12 23 20 19 28 22 27
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 15 15 17 16 16 14 13 12 15 9
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 17 10 19 18 10 12 8 6 13 12
      Electrical and computer engineering 36 34 41 32 33 35 26 37 30 34
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . 1 1 . . . 1 . .
      Materials and mining engineering 22 24 17 15 25 24 23 18 19 14
      Mechanical engineering 20 33 21 23 28 18 30 20 19 25
      Engineering, other 3 . 6 3 3 . . 2 2 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 22 19 19 7 12 16 14 15 14 17
      Geological sciences 5 8 8 4 6 9 10 6 7 9
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 17 11 11 3 6 7 4 9 7 8
    Health sciences 36 16 34 27 23 42 28 41 30 29
      Nursing science 10 4 4 7 5 5 3 12 9 8
      Public health 19 10 19 14 11 26 20 19 15 18
      Health sciences, other 7 2 11 6 7 11 5 10 6 3
    Mathematics and statistics 35 34 46 27 31 32 33 35 26 35
      Applied mathematics 10 11 8 4 14 6 9 9 5 7
      Mathematics 6 2 3 1 5 6 10 9 2 14
      Statistics 6 9 20 8 6 5 9 7 6 8
      Mathematics and statistics, other 13 12 15 14 6 15 5 10 13 6
    Physical sciences 75 62 73 76 61 72 55 58 55 65
      Astronomy and astrophysics 16 15 11 16 3 5 5 3 7 2
      Chemistry 40 37 45 40 35 42 32 33 20 44
      Physics 19 10 17 20 23 25 18 22 28 19
    Psychology 48 37 39 21 29 30 33 31 35 30
      Clinical psychology 11 9 12 6 11 11 11 6 9 7
      Counseling and applied psychology 4 3 3 1 3 2 4 5 3 1
      Research and experimental psychology 25 20 19 10 13 15 17 17 22 15
      Psychology, other 8 5 5 4 2 2 1 3 1 7
    Social sciences 99 118 90 91 85 85 107 80 95 101
      Anthropology 13 13 5 10 13 8 7 7 8 10
      Economics 20 20 21 18 22 19 19 13 31 16
      Political science and government 11 15 14 10 12 12 17 15 15 16
      Public policy analysis . 2 1 2 2 . 1 1 2 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 12 14 11 10 9 13 20 11 7 24
      Social sciences, other 43 54 38 41 27 33 43 33 32 33
  Non-science and engineering 110 151 145 138 140 144 153 167 158 186
    Business 11 18 11 9 8 9 14 11 6 9
      Business 11 18 11 9 8 9 14 11 6 9
    Education 34 51 43 34 44 35 36 40 46 49
      Education leadership and administration 2 3 2 2 1 6 4 3 1 2
      Education research 23 26 26 20 28 12 19 27 33 35
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 2 2 4 2 6 2 4 2 4
      Education, other 8 20 13 8 13 11 11 6 10 8
    Humanities and arts 60 65 82 84 80 91 97 103 94 119
      Letters 12 7 15 17 14 18 19 22 18 21
      Foreign languages and literature 10 15 20 17 16 18 23 21 10 15
      History 8 12 14 11 20 22 18 17 25 25
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 9 8 8 6 5 10 4 7 11
      Music and performing arts 12 12 14 15 11 14 13 17 24 25
      Humanities and arts, other 15 10 11 16 13 14 14 22 10 22
    Other non-science and engineering 5 17 9 11 8 9 6 13 12 9
      Communication . . . . . 1 . 1 1 1
      Public administration and social services 3 10 5 3 4 6 3 8 5 4
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 7 4 8 4 2 3 4 6 4

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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