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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 132 137 125 133 130 131 143 123 130 136
  Science and engineering 132 137 125 133 130 130 141 123 129 134
    Biological and biomedical sciences 88 89 89 90 88 97 75 67 85 92
      Biochemistry and biophysics 17 23 18 18 11 15 10 10 20 22
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 10 13 19 19 15 13 14 8 11 9
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 13 7 7 5 8 7 4 3 7 7
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 5 6 9 10 10 9 6 5 11 10
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 3 5 3 3 4 4 6 1 . 5
      Genetics and genomics 5 5 2 4 3 4 4 2 1 6
      Microbiology and immunology 12 5 9 5 9 8 6 8 10 9
      Molecular biology 6 10 9 5 7 5 7 6 7 8
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 16 12 11 18 17 26 14 14 14 12
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 1 1 . . 2 1 . 1 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . 1 . 3 3 3 2 9 2 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 .
    Engineering 11 12 16 13 15 9 26 12 12 8
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 10 12 16 13 15 9 26 12 12 8
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 . . . . . . . . .
    Health sciences 14 16 9 19 10 11 19 27 22 22
      Nursing science 6 9 5 7 3 9 11 17 18 17
      Pharmaceutical sciences 7 4 2 7 4 1 5 4 3 3
      Public health 1 1 . 1 3 . 1 2 1 .
      Health sciences, other . 2 2 4 . 1 2 4 . 2
    Physical sciences 10 12 4 5 6 6 10 6 4 4
      Chemistry 10 9 4 5 6 6 10 5 4 3
      Physics . 3 . . . . . 1 . 1
    Psychology 1 3 . . . . . . . .
      Research and experimental psychology 1 2 . . . . . . . .
      Psychology, other . 1 . . . . . . . .
    Social sciences 8 5 7 6 11 7 11 11 6 8
      Anthropology 1 1 3 2 5 1 1 1 3 3
      Public policy analysis . . . 1 1 1 . 1 . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 3 3 3 4 4 8 4 3 3
      Social sciences, other 3 1 1 . 1 1 2 5 . 2
  Non-science and engineering . . . . . 1 2 . 1 2
    Business . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Business . . . . . . 1 . . .
    Education . . . . . 1 1 . . 2
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . . . . 1 1 . . 1
      Education, other . . . . . . . . . 1
    Humanities and arts . . . . . . . . 1 .
      History . . . . . . . . 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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