Data

U. Florida

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 746 745 771 711 650 718 738 714 730 747
  Science and engineering 610 603 626 587 535 598 616 591 601 595
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 67 69 79 63 78 71 71 66 58 71
      Agricultural sciences 50 56 66 50 59 53 53 49 42 51
      Natural resources and conservation 17 13 13 13 19 18 18 17 16 20
    Biological and biomedical sciences 170 136 123 135 109 129 130 114 132 124
      Biochemistry and biophysics 7 4 8 4 4 8 8 10 13 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 18 15 7 7 18 8 9 7 19 15
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 14 7 7 7 4 6 6 6 7 4
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 2 1 . . 5 2 2 4 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 26 21 20 31 11 32 21 24 21 18
      Genetics and genomics 3 8 10 6 3 4 5 8 2 4
      Microbiology and immunology 25 30 17 20 16 17 22 14 12 24
      Molecular biology 4 6 3 3 4 5 4 2 4 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 12 9 7 7 10 14 6 10 9 7
      Pharmacology and toxicology 7 2 3 4 4 1 2 . 3 2
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 6 5 3 5 2 6 3 8 8
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 47 26 35 43 30 27 39 28 30 31
    Computer and information sciences 22 23 22 26 12 15 20 8 17 11
      Computer science 15 15 12 18 12 13 17 8 10 7
      Computer and information sciences, other 7 8 10 8 . 2 3 . 7 4
    Engineering 139 143 153 145 129 143 151 167 138 176
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 9 10 13 7 6 9 5 9 6 3
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 11 12 13 19 11 12 16 10 11 17
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 8 6 11 10 14 8 10 19 16 15
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 27 24 17 22 23 17 21 25 15 20
      Electrical and computer engineering 40 43 38 30 27 30 40 35 35 33
      Industrial engineering and operations research 5 9 7 3 3 6 . 7 7 11
      Materials and mining engineering 17 11 18 18 12 15 21 22 22 20
      Mechanical engineering 12 13 23 24 18 28 22 26 19 39
      Engineering, other 10 15 13 12 15 18 16 14 7 18
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 9 11 11 6 13 12 13 17 4
      Geological sciences 5 5 6 5 3 9 8 7 11 1
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 4 5 6 3 4 4 6 6 3
    Health sciences 45 44 52 45 51 48 46 48 51 51
      Nursing science 4 4 6 7 6 4 6 5 3 5
      Pharmaceutical sciences 12 13 17 14 17 11 12 11 10 7
      Public health 12 11 11 4 11 12 13 9 17 11
      Health sciences, other 17 16 18 20 17 21 15 23 21 28
    Mathematics and statistics 15 20 23 19 15 23 20 18 18 13
      Applied mathematics 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3
      Mathematics 2 1 . 5 2 5 5 2 3 4
      Statistics 5 8 6 6 4 6 5 9 5 4
      Mathematics and statistics, other 7 7 14 5 5 9 6 3 7 2
    Physical sciences 68 68 70 47 60 61 64 62 74 46
      Astronomy and astrophysics 5 5 11 . 7 7 9 7 4 .
      Chemistry 48 46 37 33 37 40 43 41 49 27
      Physics 15 17 22 14 16 14 12 14 21 19
    Psychology 31 34 40 52 29 40 35 34 31 40
      Clinical psychology 8 10 9 12 9 14 18 12 11 14
      Counseling and applied psychology 8 12 10 20 7 10 7 8 15 15
      Research and experimental psychology 8 7 9 11 5 10 9 10 5 9
      Psychology, other 7 5 12 9 8 6 1 4 . 2
    Social sciences 43 57 53 44 46 55 67 61 65 59
      Anthropology 10 14 8 10 13 13 19 8 13 10
      Economics 4 8 12 2 4 1 1 9 2 3
      Political science and government 1 5 3 6 7 10 6 13 13 9
      Public policy analysis . . . . . 1 . . 1 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 5 5 6 3 9 7 6 8 7
      Social sciences, other 24 25 25 20 19 21 34 25 28 29
  Non-science and engineering 136 142 145 124 115 120 122 123 129 152
    Business 15 24 18 21 16 15 20 19 11 21
      Business 15 24 18 21 16 15 20 19 11 21
    Education 61 60 55 38 54 38 49 47 57 50
      Education leadership and administration 1 3 2 . 2 1 5 5 1 4
      Education research 45 43 34 32 36 23 34 31 27 32
      Teacher education and teaching fields 14 11 17 6 13 14 10 10 24 14
      Education, other 1 3 2 . 3 . . 1 5 .
    Humanities and arts 33 38 37 32 23 36 38 43 40 56
      Letters 10 14 18 12 6 13 9 15 13 18
      Foreign languages and literature 4 6 3 3 4 2 4 8 . 8
      History 1 5 2 3 6 7 8 6 7 12
      Philosophy and religious studies 9 . . 4 3 2 6 1 4 3
      Music and performing arts 3 5 7 5 1 4 3 5 4 4
      Humanities and arts, other 6 8 7 5 3 8 8 8 12 11
    Other non-science and engineering 27 20 35 33 22 31 15 14 21 25
      Communication 18 11 17 15 14 14 8 12 17 14
      Non-science and engineering, other 9 9 18 18 8 17 7 2 4 11

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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