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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 322 329 268 271 292 299 268 239 272 263
  Science and engineering 269 282 230 229 252 243 217 196 201 220
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 9 5 4 8 9 7 10 8 4 14
      Agricultural sciences 5 3 4 7 6 5 5 5 3 7
      Natural resources and conservation 4 2 . 1 3 2 5 3 1 7
    Biological and biomedical sciences 70 66 55 49 57 69 46 44 46 50
      Biochemistry and biophysics 8 6 8 3 4 3 5 2 1 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 7 5 4 3 7 3 3 2 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 6 3 3 . . 5 3 2 . 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 1 1 2 5 2 . 4 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 6 6 8 3 6 7 7 5 6 11
      Genetics and genomics 5 1 2 2 5 1 2 1 5 5
      Microbiology and immunology 7 5 3 6 3 3 5 2 2 1
      Molecular biology 4 9 4 4 1 4 3 5 1 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 6 8 7 4 6 4 3 3 9 3
      Pharmacology and toxicology 7 7 6 7 10 8 2 4 6 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . 3 1 1 . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 17 14 8 15 17 19 10 16 10 13
    Computer and information sciences 15 29 25 24 14 10 18 15 19 24
      Computer science 12 21 23 22 14 10 18 13 18 24
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 8 2 2 . . . 2 1 .
    Engineering 66 72 50 55 73 52 62 45 57 36
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6 9 7 6 12 7 12 9 6 4
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 12 11 6 5 16 10 9 9 11 6
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 2 1 2 3 5 4 4 1 4
      Electrical and computer engineering 24 25 17 15 17 13 16 8 18 15
      Materials and mining engineering 7 18 9 12 19 12 16 8 11 4
      Mechanical engineering 11 5 9 14 6 5 4 6 10 3
      Engineering, other 3 2 1 1 . . 1 1 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 12 2 7 7 3 2 7 3 3
      Geological sciences 4 9 2 7 7 1 2 7 3 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 3 . . . 2 . . . .
    Health sciences . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Health sciences, other . . . . . 1 . . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 17 13 18 12 13 16 15 13 9 3
      Applied mathematics . . 2 2 . . . . . .
      Mathematics . 1 1 4 5 6 3 5 4 .
      Statistics 8 4 7 1 1 5 2 2 2 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 8 8 5 7 5 10 6 3 1
    Physical sciences 42 43 39 32 38 40 32 29 30 46
      Astronomy and astrophysics 9 5 10 2 2 3 2 3 1 3
      Chemistry 26 28 21 16 25 19 9 17 17 27
      Physics 7 10 8 14 11 18 21 9 12 16
    Psychology 19 13 17 12 8 18 13 13 10 17
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . . 1 . 1 1 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 16 11 11 10 4 16 9 11 4 14
      Psychology, other 3 2 6 2 3 2 3 1 5 3
    Social sciences 22 29 20 30 33 27 19 22 23 27
      Anthropology . 2 2 4 3 3 3 4 2 6
      Economics 5 8 5 10 12 6 3 8 6 13
      Political science and government 7 7 2 7 2 2 4 2 7 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 3 4 6 5 5 5 7 4 7 5
      Social sciences, other 7 8 5 4 11 11 2 4 1 1
  Non-science and engineering 53 47 38 42 40 56 51 43 71 43
    Business 2 1 4 2 . 1 1 2 . .
      Business 2 1 4 2 . 1 1 2 . .
    Education 14 10 14 7 10 15 13 11 14 9
      Education leadership and administration . . . . . . 1 1 1 .
      Education research 10 5 8 3 8 14 7 7 10 8
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . . 1 . . 1 2 1 1
      Education, other 4 5 6 3 2 1 4 1 2 .
    Humanities and arts 37 36 20 33 30 40 35 30 57 34
      Letters 14 13 7 8 13 12 15 6 18 13
      Foreign languages and literature 4 3 1 3 1 7 2 3 7 2
      History . 6 5 6 3 5 5 9 12 8
      Philosophy and religious studies 6 3 1 4 5 7 5 4 7 .
      Music and performing arts 10 8 4 11 8 9 6 4 5 6
      Humanities and arts, other 3 3 2 1 . . 2 4 8 5
    Other non-science and engineering . . . . . . 2 . . .
      Communication . . . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . . . . . . 2 . . .

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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