Data

U. Florida

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 745 771 711 650 718 738 714 730 747 763
  Science and engineering 603 626 587 535 598 616 591 601 595 637
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 69 79 63 78 71 71 66 58 71 56
      Agricultural sciences 56 66 50 59 53 53 49 42 51 41
      Natural resources and conservation 13 13 13 19 18 18 17 16 20 15
    Biological and biomedical sciences 136 123 135 109 129 130 114 132 124 107
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 8 4 4 8 8 10 13 3 7
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 15 7 7 18 8 9 7 19 15 9
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 7 7 7 4 6 6 6 7 4 3
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 1 . . 5 2 2 4 3 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 21 20 31 11 32 21 24 21 18 23
      Genetics and genomics 8 10 6 3 4 5 8 2 4 7
      Microbiology and immunology 30 17 20 16 17 22 14 12 24 12
      Molecular biology 6 3 3 4 5 4 2 4 5 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 9 7 7 10 14 6 10 9 7 8
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 3 4 4 1 2 . 3 2 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 5 3 5 2 6 3 8 8 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 26 35 43 30 27 39 28 30 31 25
    Computer and information sciences 23 22 26 12 15 20 8 17 11 14
      Computer science 15 12 18 12 13 17 8 10 7 11
      Computer and information sciences, other 8 10 8 . 2 3 . 7 4 3
    Engineering 143 153 145 129 143 151 167 138 176 198
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 10 13 7 6 9 5 9 6 3 12
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 12 13 19 11 12 16 10 11 17 19
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 6 11 10 14 8 10 19 16 15 9
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 24 17 22 23 17 21 25 15 20 38
      Electrical and computer engineering 43 38 30 27 30 40 35 35 33 45
      Industrial engineering and operations research 9 7 3 3 6 . 7 7 11 11
      Materials and mining engineering 11 18 18 12 15 21 22 22 20 25
      Mechanical engineering 13 23 24 18 28 22 26 19 39 25
      Engineering, other 15 13 12 15 18 16 14 7 18 14
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 11 11 6 13 12 13 17 4 9
      Geological sciences 5 6 5 3 9 8 7 11 1 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 4 5 6 3 4 4 6 6 3 6
    Health sciences 44 52 45 51 48 46 48 51 51 49
      Nursing science 4 6 7 6 4 6 5 3 5 8
      Pharmaceutical sciences 13 17 14 17 11 12 11 10 7 8
      Public health 11 11 4 11 12 13 9 17 11 12
      Health sciences, other 16 18 20 17 21 15 23 21 28 21
    Mathematics and statistics 20 23 19 15 23 20 18 18 13 27
      Applied mathematics 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 9
      Mathematics 1 . 5 2 5 5 2 3 4 7
      Statistics 8 6 6 4 6 5 9 5 4 7
      Mathematics and statistics, other 7 14 5 5 9 6 3 7 2 4
    Physical sciences 68 70 47 60 61 64 62 74 46 70
      Astronomy and astrophysics 5 11 . 7 7 9 7 4 . 5
      Chemistry 46 37 33 37 40 43 41 49 27 43
      Physics 17 22 14 16 14 12 14 21 19 22
    Psychology 34 40 52 29 40 35 34 31 40 30
      Clinical psychology 10 9 12 9 14 18 12 11 14 8
      Counseling and applied psychology 12 10 20 7 10 7 8 15 15 14
      Research and experimental psychology 7 9 11 5 10 9 10 5 9 7
      Psychology, other 5 12 9 8 6 1 4 . 2 1
    Social sciences 57 53 44 46 55 67 61 65 59 77
      Anthropology 14 8 10 13 13 19 8 13 10 12
      Economics 8 12 2 4 1 1 9 2 3 10
      Political science and government 5 3 6 7 10 6 13 13 9 7
      Public policy analysis . . . . 1 . . 1 1 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 5 5 6 3 9 7 6 8 7 11
      Social sciences, other 25 25 20 19 21 34 25 28 29 36
  Non-science and engineering 142 145 124 115 120 122 123 129 152 126
    Business 24 18 21 16 15 20 19 11 21 4
      Business 24 18 21 16 15 20 19 11 21 4
    Education 60 55 38 54 38 49 47 57 50 52
      Education leadership and administration 3 2 . 2 1 5 5 1 4 2
      Education research 43 34 32 36 23 34 31 27 32 38
      Teacher education and teaching fields 11 17 6 13 14 10 10 24 14 12
      Education, other 3 2 . 3 . . 1 5 . .
    Humanities and arts 38 37 32 23 36 38 43 40 56 48
      Letters 14 18 12 6 13 9 15 13 18 13
      Foreign languages and literature 6 3 3 4 2 4 8 . 8 5
      History 5 2 3 6 7 8 6 7 12 13
      Philosophy and religious studies . . 4 3 2 6 1 4 3 2
      Music and performing arts 5 7 5 1 4 3 5 4 4 8
      Humanities and arts, other 8 7 5 3 8 8 8 12 11 7
    Other non-science and engineering 20 35 33 22 31 15 14 21 25 22
      Communication 11 17 15 14 14 8 12 17 14 12
      Non-science and engineering, other 9 18 18 8 17 7 2 4 11 10

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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