Data

U. California, Los Angeles

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 749 786 639 632 701 688 726 689 743 757
  Science and engineering 598 641 501 492 557 535 559 531 557 598
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 4 . 1 . . 1 2 . 2
      Agricultural sciences . 1 . . . . . 1 . 2
      Natural resources and conservation 2 3 . 1 . . 1 1 . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 132 137 95 90 122 117 137 121 122 130
      Biochemistry and biophysics 7 14 6 11 12 8 14 14 10 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 7 8 3 2 7 5 5 13 7 7
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 29 25 16 17 17 15 10 6 8 11
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 1 1 1 3 1 6 7 7 8
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 18 22 15 10 20 27 22 16 24 26
      Genetics and genomics 8 7 5 3 3 3 8 3 2 7
      Microbiology and immunology 6 3 4 2 7 5 15 9 15 5
      Molecular biology 18 25 16 21 24 22 13 18 17 24
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 19 12 17 6 15 13 21 18 15 24
      Pharmacology and toxicology 8 9 5 6 5 3 7 2 5 8
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 10 8 5 9 6 13 16 13 10 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 3 2 2 3 2 . 2 2 1
    Computer and information sciences 31 44 32 20 32 24 32 28 35 38
      Computer science 21 36 28 17 21 20 24 24 33 36
      Computer and information sciences, other 10 8 4 3 11 4 8 4 2 2
    Engineering 147 155 125 140 126 124 129 125 123 137
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 13 11 5 2 3 5 5 5 2 5
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 18 22 12 23 20 19 28 22 27 29
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 15 17 16 16 14 13 12 15 9 7
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 19 18 10 12 8 6 13 12 22
      Electrical and computer engineering 34 41 32 33 35 26 37 30 34 37
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 1 1 . . . 1 . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 24 17 15 25 24 23 18 19 14 15
      Mechanical engineering 33 21 23 28 18 30 20 19 25 22
      Engineering, other . 6 3 3 . . 2 2 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 19 19 7 12 16 14 15 14 17 8
      Geological sciences 8 8 4 6 9 10 6 7 9 5
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 11 11 3 6 7 4 9 7 8 3
    Health sciences 16 34 27 23 42 28 41 30 29 30
      Nursing science 4 4 7 5 5 3 12 9 8 6
      Public health 10 19 14 11 26 20 19 15 18 15
      Health sciences, other 2 11 6 7 11 5 10 6 3 9
    Mathematics and statistics 34 46 27 31 32 33 35 26 35 31
      Applied mathematics 11 8 4 14 6 9 9 5 7 6
      Mathematics 2 3 1 5 6 10 9 2 14 10
      Statistics 9 20 8 6 5 9 7 6 8 8
      Mathematics and statistics, other 12 15 14 6 15 5 10 13 6 7
    Physical sciences 62 73 76 61 72 55 58 55 65 84
      Astronomy and astrophysics 15 11 16 3 5 5 3 7 2 7
      Chemistry 37 45 40 35 42 32 33 20 44 40
      Physics 10 17 20 23 25 18 22 28 19 37
    Psychology 37 39 21 29 30 33 31 35 30 52
      Clinical psychology 9 12 6 11 11 11 6 9 7 19
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 3 1 3 2 4 5 3 1 3
      Research and experimental psychology 20 19 10 13 15 17 17 22 15 19
      Psychology, other 5 5 4 2 2 1 3 1 7 11
    Social sciences 118 90 91 85 85 107 80 95 101 86
      Anthropology 13 5 10 13 8 7 7 8 10 9
      Economics 20 21 18 22 19 19 13 31 16 12
      Political science and government 15 14 10 12 12 17 15 15 16 17
      Public policy analysis 2 1 2 2 . 1 1 2 2 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 14 11 10 9 13 20 11 7 24 14
      Social sciences, other 54 38 41 27 33 43 33 32 33 32
  Non-science and engineering 151 145 138 140 144 153 167 158 186 159
    Business 18 11 9 8 9 14 11 6 9 8
      Business 18 11 9 8 9 14 11 6 9 8
    Education 51 43 34 44 35 36 40 46 49 35
      Education leadership and administration 3 2 2 1 6 4 3 1 2 6
      Education research 26 26 20 28 12 19 27 33 35 22
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 2 4 2 6 2 4 2 4 2
      Education, other 20 13 8 13 11 11 6 10 8 5
    Humanities and arts 65 82 84 80 91 97 103 94 119 106
      Letters 7 15 17 14 18 19 22 18 21 15
      Foreign languages and literature 15 20 17 16 18 23 21 10 15 19
      History 12 14 11 20 22 18 17 25 25 25
      Philosophy and religious studies 9 8 8 6 5 10 4 7 11 13
      Music and performing arts 12 14 15 11 14 13 17 24 25 12
      Humanities and arts, other 10 11 16 13 14 14 22 10 22 22
    Other non-science and engineering 17 9 11 8 9 6 13 12 9 10
      Communication . . . . 1 . 1 1 1 2
      Public administration and social services 10 5 3 4 6 3 8 5 4 5
      Non-science and engineering, other 7 4 8 4 2 3 4 6 4 3

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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