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Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 283 254 236 206 211 235 231 232 269 219
  Science and engineering 253 229 216 182 189 208 220 209 247 197
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 10 8 5 12 11 11 12 9 15 13
      Agricultural sciences 9 7 4 6 6 8 6 5 4 7
      Natural resources and conservation 1 1 1 6 5 3 6 4 11 6
    Biological and biomedical sciences 43 33 24 30 21 23 19 39 26 17
      Biochemistry and biophysics 10 6 3 3 3 5 4 19 6 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 . 4 7 1 1 2 9 7 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 6 1 2 2 5 5 4 1 2 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . 2 1 . 2 . . . 4 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 3 . . . 1 . 1 1 2
      Genetics and genomics 1 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 1 1 1 3 . 1 . . 1 1
      Molecular biology 4 4 3 7 2 2 4 . 1 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 . . 1 4 2 1 . 1 .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 2 2 1 2 . 2 1 1 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 13 14 7 6 2 6 2 8 2 1
    Computer and information sciences 14 10 13 9 9 11 12 9 10 9
      Computer science 10 8 4 7 5 8 10 . 7 5
      Computer and information sciences, other 4 2 9 2 4 3 2 9 3 4
    Engineering 92 99 75 57 57 75 83 69 84 59
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . 1 . 1 . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 6 9 9 6 1 10 3 . 2 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 32 30 17 19 14 18 28 27 27 18
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 22 11 11 5 8 11 11 15 8 6
      Electrical and computer engineering 8 16 16 12 15 17 20 7 15 14
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 . . . . . . . 1 .
      Materials and mining engineering 9 16 10 9 8 11 7 11 19 9
      Mechanical engineering 14 13 8 4 9 5 11 8 11 9
      Engineering, other . 4 3 2 1 3 3 1 1 2
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 14 5 8 4 12 7 7 11 15 8
      Geological sciences 3 2 3 . 2 . 1 2 3 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 11 3 5 4 10 7 6 9 12 6
    Health sciences 7 7 8 2 10 7 8 9 10 9
      Nursing science . . . 1 1 . . 2 . 2
      Public health 2 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Health sciences, other 5 6 8 1 9 7 8 7 9 7
    Mathematics and statistics 8 12 8 9 9 4 5 8 9 12
      Applied mathematics 6 4 3 2 7 3 2 6 5 9
      Mathematics . 2 . . 1 . 3 1 3 1
      Statistics . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 2 6 5 7 1 1 . . 1 2
    Physical sciences 23 17 31 26 21 34 38 10 29 28
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 1 3 . 2 6 2 2 1 1
      Chemistry 18 12 23 17 13 21 27 2 17 19
      Physics 3 4 5 9 6 7 9 6 11 8
    Psychology 16 8 16 6 8 8 8 12 15 10
      Clinical psychology 5 2 4 1 2 5 3 2 4 4
      Research and experimental psychology 9 5 10 3 4 . 4 . 6 4
      Psychology, other 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 10 5 2
    Social sciences 26 30 28 27 31 28 28 33 34 32
      Economics 6 11 5 6 10 10 11 12 7 7
      Political science and government 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 2 4 4
      Public policy analysis 2 4 5 . 3 5 2 1 2 6
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 4 3 4 4 3 1 2 4 3
      Social sciences, other 12 8 11 14 12 9 13 16 17 12
  Non-science and engineering 30 25 20 24 22 27 11 23 22 22
    Business 3 2 2 4 . 4 . . 1 1
      Business 3 2 2 4 . 4 . . 1 1
    Education 5 1 2 10 7 12 1 5 6 8
      Education research 3 1 . 6 5 8 . . 4 5
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 . . 2 1 3 1 2 1 3
      Education, other 1 . 2 2 1 1 . 3 1 .
    Humanities and arts 15 16 12 10 15 8 9 17 14 13
      Letters 5 6 4 5 2 3 2 4 3 6
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . . . 1 . .
      History 3 5 3 2 4 1 4 8 6 5
      Humanities and arts, other 7 5 5 3 9 4 3 4 5 2
    Other non-science and engineering 7 6 4 . . 3 1 1 1 .
      Communication 4 2 . . . . . . . .
      Public administration and social services 1 4 2 . . 3 1 . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 . 2 . . . . 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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