Data

U. California, San Diego

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 537 545 490 512 492 471 520 521 501 481
  Science and engineering 480 481 444 457 438 410 466 443 447 414
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . 1 . . . 3 .
      Agricultural sciences . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . 1 . . . 2 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 111 136 95 100 101 90 109 87 93 98
      Biochemistry and biophysics 9 14 8 9 7 5 9 6 13 12
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 38 38 33 33 19 25 23 25 19 21
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 23 21 11 23 14 14 8 10 14 14
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 1 . 2 2 3 10 5 7 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 12 6 5 6 . 6 3 6 6
      Genetics and genomics 5 4 1 2 3 7 3 1 4 1
      Microbiology and immunology 6 9 5 5 6 4 11 6 8 6
      Molecular biology 6 8 9 2 4 5 12 10 6 8
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 18 22 20 15 33 22 20 19 11 17
      Pharmacology and toxicology . 1 . 1 1 . 2 1 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 5 1 2 2 2 5 1 3 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 1 1 1 4 3 . . 1 2
    Computer and information sciences 31 33 15 35 20 25 24 15 22 20
      Computer science 28 30 14 33 18 23 24 12 22 20
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 3 1 2 2 2 . 3 . .
    Engineering 162 154 159 148 133 125 128 115 117 106
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 7 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 31 15 23 23 22 23 20 25 25 17
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 6 6 6 3 2 1 6 2 . 1
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 16 9 19 10 5 16 10 15 6
      Electrical and computer engineering 53 40 54 37 42 37 27 35 34 44
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 1 . 1 . . . 1 1 .
      Materials and mining engineering 28 30 29 24 25 23 28 20 19 18
      Mechanical engineering 12 21 17 17 17 16 12 9 16 13
      Engineering, other 16 23 20 23 14 19 18 12 5 7
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 39 29 35 35 40 45 32 43 26 33
      Geological sciences 9 6 4 6 9 8 5 10 4 6
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 30 23 31 29 31 37 27 33 22 27
    Health sciences . 1 8 4 6 1 13 15 9 12
      Pharmaceutical sciences . . . . . . . . . .
      Public health . 1 6 3 4 . 12 12 9 9
      Health sciences, other . . 2 1 2 1 1 3 . 3
    Mathematics and statistics 14 21 13 15 21 14 16 20 16 16
      Applied mathematics 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 4 2
      Mathematics 3 3 1 7 6 2 4 6 8 9
      Statistics 1 6 2 1 3 3 2 . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 11 8 6 10 8 7 11 4 5
    Physical sciences 48 49 64 56 50 54 54 56 66 60
      Astronomy and astrophysics 6 5 3 3 1 . 7 2 3 5
      Chemistry 26 31 39 30 20 22 29 31 31 31
      Physics 16 13 22 23 29 32 18 23 32 24
    Psychology 23 17 12 16 16 5 31 26 32 26
      Clinical psychology 6 1 3 6 5 . 12 11 12 10
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology 15 16 9 10 11 4 17 15 18 15
      Psychology, other 2 . . . . 1 2 . 1 1
    Social sciences 52 41 43 48 50 51 59 66 63 43
      Anthropology 1 5 9 5 4 7 4 6 8 4
      Economics 15 14 17 22 15 14 26 15 25 13
      Political science and government 9 8 7 5 14 11 9 13 14 11
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 9 6 1 6 8 6 7 11 6 7
      Social sciences, other 18 8 9 10 9 13 13 21 10 8
  Non-science and engineering 57 64 46 55 54 61 54 78 54 67
    Business 2 5 4 3 1 4 2 3 1 .
      Business 2 5 4 3 1 4 2 3 1 .
    Education 27 16 13 18 9 15 14 22 12 22
      Education leadership and administration 12 10 7 15 6 13 4 9 5 16
      Education research 5 . . . 3 . 3 3 3 3
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 1 1 2 . 1 4 6 4 3
      Education, other 9 5 5 1 . 1 3 4 . .
    Humanities and arts 23 36 27 29 41 37 30 43 35 38
      Letters 5 2 5 3 5 5 5 7 5 11
      Foreign languages and literature 1 2 1 1 . . . 1 2 1
      History 8 10 5 5 12 13 6 5 9 8
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 6 5 4 6 2 3 10 4 6
      Music and performing arts 2 10 5 13 12 12 7 6 9 10
      Humanities and arts, other 4 6 6 3 6 5 9 14 6 2
    Other non-science and engineering 5 7 2 5 3 5 8 10 6 7
      Communication 2 4 1 5 3 5 8 9 6 7
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 3 1 . . . . 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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