Data

U. Maryland, Eastern Shore

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	8	9	9	15	13	18	13	13	16	15
Science and engineering	6	8	7	8	10	10	8	6	10	4
Agricultural sciences and natural resources	4	3	3	2	4	4	5	3	4	1
Agricultural sciences	4	3	3	1	3	1	3	3	2	1
Natural resources and conservation	.	.	.	1	1	3	2	.	2	.
Biological and biomedical sciences	1	1	2	3	3	2	.	1	.	1
Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Microbiology and immunology	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Molecular biology	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Pharmacology and toxicology	.	1	2	3	2	1	.	1	.	1
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	3	.
Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	3	.
Health sciences	.	3	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	.
Pharmaceutical sciences	.	3	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Health sciences, other	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Physical sciences	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Chemistry	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.
Social sciences	.	.	.	.	2	2	1	.	3	2
Political science and government	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.
Social sciences, other	.	.	.	.	2	2	1	.	2	2
Non-science and engineering	2	1	2	7	3	8	5	7	6	11
Business	2	1	1	7	3	7	5	7	6	10
Business	2	1	1	7	3	7	5	7	6	10
Education	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1
Education leadership and administration	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1
Other non-science and engineering	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Non-science and engineering, other	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

NOTES:

. = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.