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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 58 66 49 42 40 45 41 44 43 36
  Science and engineering 44 42 37 31 29 31 25 34 32 19
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . . 1 1 . 1 .
      Agricultural sciences . . . . . 1 1 . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 8 6 6 10 3 6 8 7 7 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 1 . . 1 . 1 . 3 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . 2 . 1 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 4 2 4 6 . 6 4 4 3 1
      Microbiology and immunology 1 2 . 1 . . . . . 1
      Molecular biology . . . . . . . 2 . .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 . 1 1 1 . . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . 1 1 1 . . . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . . 1 1 . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 . . 1 1 . . . . 1
    Computer and information sciences 11 8 10 5 4 5 3 6 5 6
      Computer science 10 6 10 5 4 5 3 6 3 6
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 2 . . . . . . 2 .
    Engineering 16 15 11 11 11 10 6 10 8 6
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . . . . . .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 6 6 1 1 3 3 2 3 1 .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 2 . 1 2 . 1 . . 2 1
      Electrical and computer engineering 3 6 8 4 1 3 4 3 5 5
      Industrial engineering and operations research 4 1 1 4 7 2 . 3 . .
      Materials and mining engineering . 1 . . . . . 1 . .
      Mechanical engineering 1 . . . . 1 . . . .
      Engineering, other . 1 . . . . . . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 1 . 1 . . . 2 1 .
      Geological sciences 1 . . 1 . . . . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 1 . . . . . 2 1 .
    Health sciences 1 2 4 3 5 3 2 3 4 4
      Health sciences, other 1 2 4 3 5 3 2 3 4 4
    Mathematics and statistics 4 6 5 1 5 4 4 3 5 .
      Applied mathematics 1 2 2 . 3 . 2 1 5 .
      Mathematics . . . . . 2 2 . . .
      Statistics 2 3 1 . 2 . . 1 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 1 2 1 . 2 . 1 . .
    Physical sciences 1 1 . . . . . . . .
      Chemistry 1 1 . . . . . . . .
    Psychology . . . . . . 1 1 1 .
      Research and experimental psychology . . . . . . 1 1 1 .
    Social sciences 1 3 1 . 1 2 . 2 . .
      Social sciences, other 1 3 1 . 1 2 . 2 . .
  Non-science and engineering 14 24 12 11 11 14 16 10 11 17
    Education 1 1 . . . . . 1 . .
      Education research . 1 . . . . . 1 . .
      Education, other 1 . . . . . . . . .
    Humanities and arts 13 21 12 11 11 14 16 9 11 17
      Letters 11 20 10 10 10 12 12 9 11 11
      Foreign languages and literature 1 1 1 . 1 2 2 . . 6
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . 1 1 . . 2 . . .
    Other non-science and engineering . 2 . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . 2 . . . . . . . .

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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