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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 178 164 159 132 195 208 201 189 201 240
  Science and engineering 132 111 108 97 142 152 136 150 143 164
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 3 8 13
      Agricultural sciences 4 2 2 2 3 3 . 1 2 6
      Natural resources and conservation 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 2 6 7
    Biological and biomedical sciences 32 19 27 18 31 25 28 29 29 38
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 1 2 1 2 1 . 1 2 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 1 1 3 5 4 4 6 2 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 . . . . 2 . . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 2 . 1 1 3 2 5 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 5 4 7 2 6 3 3 3 1 5
      Genetics and genomics 2 2 . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 2 2 2 2 . 2 2 6 1 6
      Molecular biology 6 2 1 5 5 1 3 2 1 5
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . . . 1 2 5 . . 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . . . . . 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 . . 1 . 2 . . 2 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 8 7 12 4 11 7 8 9 15 10
    Computer and information sciences 3 2 5 4 8 1 1 1 3 4
      Computer science 2 1 3 4 5 . 1 . 2 3
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 1 2 . 3 1 . 1 1 1
    Engineering 8 9 5 8 10 15 13 11 14 15
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . 1 2 . 2 3 2 . . 1
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 2 . 4 5 3 2 2 5 5
      Electrical and computer engineering 1 1 2 1 2 5 6 7 6 5
      Materials and mining engineering . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Mechanical engineering 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 1
      Engineering, other 1 . . . . 3 1 . . 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 15 15 18 13 19 21 11 22 15 16
      Geological sciences 8 1 5 3 4 9 5 7 6 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 7 14 13 10 15 12 6 15 9 12
    Health sciences 7 6 6 6 9 13 14 12 8 12
      Nursing science 1 1 2 1 5 9 7 5 5 6
      Public health 5 3 3 2 3 4 3 6 2 5
      Health sciences, other 1 2 1 3 1 . 4 1 1 1
    Mathematics and statistics 4 7 3 2 3 3 1 3 4 4
      Applied mathematics 3 2 . . 1 . . . 2 .
      Mathematics . 1 1 . 2 3 1 1 2 3
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 4 2 2 . . . 2 . 1
    Physical sciences 9 12 10 9 12 15 16 8 12 10
      Astronomy and astrophysics 4 7 7 7 6 7 9 3 5 3
      Chemistry 3 1 2 1 3 2 3 2 4 3
      Physics 2 4 1 1 3 6 4 3 3 4
    Psychology 9 9 3 9 5 10 10 13 13 14
      Clinical psychology 8 1 2 5 3 4 6 2 5 7
      Counseling and applied psychology 1 1 1 2 . 3 1 3 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology . 5 . 2 2 3 3 6 5 4
      Psychology, other . 2 . . . . . 2 2 3
    Social sciences 40 27 28 25 41 45 38 48 37 38
      Anthropology 1 2 3 3 6 1 . 5 3 .
      Economics 6 5 2 5 3 8 6 9 8 8
      Political science and government 4 2 7 2 5 11 10 7 4 10
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 4 2 2 4 4 1 4 2 4
      Social sciences, other 27 14 14 13 23 21 21 23 20 16
  Non-science and engineering 46 53 51 35 53 56 65 39 58 76
    Business 3 5 3 5 4 3 8 5 3 4
      Business 3 5 3 5 4 3 8 5 3 4
    Education 23 29 29 11 28 16 23 21 30 43
      Education leadership and administration 3 2 4 2 5 . 3 2 1 5
      Education research 14 21 19 6 16 13 11 11 22 29
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 6 7
      Education, other 4 3 3 1 4 . 5 4 1 2
    Humanities and arts 17 16 18 17 20 30 28 12 20 25
      Letters 4 5 3 5 8 10 6 2 3 7
      Foreign languages and literature 4 5 4 4 4 6 6 3 3 6
      History 2 2 3 1 3 2 5 2 4 6
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 . 1 3 1 5 3 2 5 6
      Music and performing arts 1 4 4 2 4 6 5 1 3 .
      Humanities and arts, other 4 . 3 2 . 1 3 2 2 .
    Other non-science and engineering 3 3 1 2 1 7 6 1 5 4
      Communication 2 . 1 . 1 5 1 . 2 1
      Public administration and social services . . . 2 . 2 5 1 3 3
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 3 . . . . . . . .

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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