Data

U. Maryland, College Park

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 563 595 565 501 568 575 586 529 546 619
  Science and engineering 467 476 472 408 448 489 465 438 448 496
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 19 24 22 15 27 27 22 17 12 22
      Agricultural sciences 12 14 11 10 15 20 15 9 7 16
      Natural resources and conservation 7 10 11 5 12 7 7 8 5 6
    Biological and biomedical sciences 51 47 47 38 33 44 63 52 51 59
      Biochemistry and biophysics 8 3 15 5 9 6 5 6 9 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 16 10 7 5 3 4 6 4 5 2
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 4 5 1 3 . 5 6 . 6 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 1 . 1 1 3 3 4 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 7 6 8 6 6 10 9 7 6
      Genetics and genomics . 1 . . . . 3 . 1 2
      Microbiology and immunology 3 8 2 1 1 5 5 4 5 11
      Molecular biology 2 5 6 4 3 3 5 8 6 10
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 5 4 6 3 4 1 8 8 3 4
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . 2 2 1 . 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . 1 1 . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 6 4 3 9 4 10 10 10 4 9
    Computer and information sciences 56 42 43 38 36 42 34 25 36 27
      Computer science 44 35 31 28 30 37 27 23 27 26
      Computer and information sciences, other 12 7 12 10 6 5 7 2 9 1
    Engineering 103 148 132 99 127 155 133 113 131 123
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 7 20 15 8 24 15 13 7 12 21
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 12 14 9 12 12 14 13 10 12 8
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 12 14 7 7 6 6 15 5 8 5
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 13 18 21 10 16 17 16 17 19 21
      Electrical and computer engineering 29 33 30 27 34 35 27 36 35 24
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 2
      Materials and mining engineering 9 13 7 9 7 14 15 8 11 11
      Mechanical engineering 20 33 36 19 22 46 27 24 27 24
      Engineering, other . 2 4 4 5 7 6 5 4 7
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 17 17 25 17 23 17 14 21 13 12
      Geological sciences 3 3 8 6 8 2 4 6 3 2
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 14 14 17 11 15 15 10 15 10 10
    Health sciences 19 18 20 18 20 13 10 13 14 13
      Public health 16 14 16 10 18 9 6 10 9 8
      Health sciences, other 3 4 4 8 2 4 4 3 5 5
    Mathematics and statistics 27 30 27 21 26 24 25 17 28 40
      Applied mathematics 14 14 9 3 6 9 10 6 14 20
      Mathematics 2 7 2 2 4 4 4 4 1 8
      Statistics 4 4 4 2 3 4 . 2 2 6
      Mathematics and statistics, other 7 5 12 14 13 7 11 5 11 6
    Physical sciences 71 70 72 52 60 46 56 60 64 75
      Astronomy and astrophysics 16 11 10 9 3 7 4 12 7 10
      Chemistry 12 17 22 11 15 14 14 17 18 25
      Physics 43 42 40 32 42 25 38 31 39 40
    Psychology 23 19 21 29 22 36 21 31 27 22
      Clinical psychology 3 1 2 1 2 6 2 2 4 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 7 6 8 9 8 4 6 8 3 7
      Research and experimental psychology 7 8 7 8 4 15 8 9 16 7
      Psychology, other 6 4 4 11 8 11 5 12 4 4
    Social sciences 81 61 63 81 74 85 87 89 72 103
      Anthropology 2 1 2 . 1 1 2 3 1 9
      Economics 21 17 11 23 15 16 17 17 19 19
      Political science and government 7 6 7 6 11 18 10 12 12 15
      Public policy analysis 4 6 8 4 5 3 7 4 6 9
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 10 3 3 9 8 8 11 8 5 9
      Social sciences, other 37 28 32 39 34 39 40 45 29 42
  Non-science and engineering 96 119 93 93 120 86 121 91 98 123
    Business 13 26 11 16 17 16 12 18 13 16
      Business 13 26 11 16 17 16 12 18 13 16
    Education 38 37 34 33 48 28 38 28 41 54
      Education leadership and administration 6 5 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 2
      Education research 25 16 25 22 30 20 27 15 25 45
      Teacher education and teaching fields 6 16 4 5 13 5 9 10 11 6
      Education, other 1 . . 1 1 1 1 2 4 1
    Humanities and arts 30 38 37 33 45 29 53 33 36 38
      Letters 8 11 14 15 15 10 11 18 7 9
      Foreign languages and literature 2 5 1 2 6 5 12 . 7 5
      History 6 10 5 6 9 4 8 6 5 11
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 5 2 2 7 2 4 3 5 4
      Music and performing arts 6 6 10 3 2 1 11 3 5 3
      Humanities and arts, other 6 1 5 5 6 7 7 3 7 6
    Other non-science and engineering 15 18 11 11 10 13 18 12 8 15
      Communication 13 15 9 11 8 11 16 9 3 12
      Public administration and social services 2 1 1 . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . 2 1 . 2 2 2 3 5 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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