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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 304 299 282 261 230 228 218 245 241 223
  Science and engineering 250 242 242 221 187 184 169 196 194 174
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . . . 1 . 1 3
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . 1 . 1 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 23 18 12 13 10 14 12 13 12 13
      Biochemistry and biophysics 3 1 1 1 . . 1 2 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 12 14 6 11 6 11 7 7 9 7
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 2 . . . . 1 . 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 . 1 4
      Microbiology and immunology 2 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Molecular biology 1 . . . . . . . . 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 1 1 . . . . 2 . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . 1 1 . 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . . 2 . 2 . 1 .
    Computer and information sciences 36 36 37 32 23 20 11 16 16 10
      Computer science 26 25 26 29 19 19 9 10 15 9
      Computer and information sciences, other 10 11 11 3 4 1 2 6 1 1
    Engineering 88 99 100 95 74 78 70 72 64 73
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 13 4 2 . . 1 2 1 .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3 . 1 . . 1 1 . 1 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 13 12 19 24 17 20 12 14 15 9
      Electrical and computer engineering 24 29 22 32 25 26 20 19 16 28
      Industrial engineering and operations research 11 13 14 9 6 8 11 16 12 17
      Materials and mining engineering 11 11 10 3 8 5 15 3 3 4
      Mechanical engineering 15 15 25 21 17 15 7 13 9 10
      Engineering, other 2 6 5 4 1 3 3 4 7 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 2 1 . 3 . 1 1 1 .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 2 1 . 3 . 1 1 1 .
    Health sciences 8 13 10 4 8 10 7 14 4 5
      Nursing science 5 8 7 3 2 1 1 9 2 4
      Public health . 1 2 1 3 4 3 3 . .
      Health sciences, other 3 4 1 . 3 5 3 2 2 1
    Mathematics and statistics 10 4 4 12 13 5 6 1 7 6
      Applied mathematics 3 1 1 6 9 3 4 . 3 1
      Mathematics 2 1 . . 2 1 . . 2 .
      Statistics 2 . . . . . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 2 3 6 2 1 2 1 2 5
    Physical sciences 40 42 38 43 34 37 25 45 57 35
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 2 1 2 1 2 . 4 . .
      Chemistry 10 15 6 11 15 14 3 12 16 11
      Physics 29 25 31 30 18 21 22 29 41 24
    Psychology 17 15 18 9 11 13 22 21 20 16
      Clinical psychology 7 6 5 2 6 4 7 3 4 3
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 4 3 1 1 . 6 7 6 4
      Research and experimental psychology . . 2 3 3 2 8 8 6 3
      Psychology, other 7 5 8 3 1 7 1 3 4 6
    Social sciences 26 13 22 13 11 7 14 13 12 13
      Anthropology 2 1 . . . . . . . .
      Economics . . . . . . . . . .
      Political science and government . 2 . . 2 1 . . . .
      Public policy analysis . . 3 1 1 1 3 2 6 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 9 3 5 6 3 4 8 9 3 8
      Social sciences, other 15 7 14 6 5 1 3 2 3 3
  Non-science and engineering 54 57 40 40 43 44 49 49 47 49
    Business 7 14 7 14 6 8 15 9 9 9
      Business 7 14 7 14 6 8 15 9 9 9
    Education 29 22 22 20 22 24 26 28 27 34
      Education leadership and administration . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Education research 12 10 9 8 11 13 11 12 10 18
      Teacher education and teaching fields 10 6 6 7 5 6 6 6 8 8
      Education, other 7 6 7 5 6 5 8 10 9 8
    Humanities and arts 4 10 4 2 9 7 3 4 6 1
      Letters 1 . . 1 4 1 . 2 2 1
      Philosophy and religious studies . . 1 . . . . 1 . .
      Humanities and arts, other 3 10 3 1 5 6 3 1 4 .
    Other non-science and engineering 14 11 7 4 6 5 5 8 5 5
      Communication 8 2 1 1 . . . 2 . 1
      Public administration and social services 6 8 6 3 6 5 5 6 5 3
      Non-science and engineering, other . 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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