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U. Michigan, Ann Arbor

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 900 861 780 846 801 853 778 818 851 850
  Science and engineering 765 758 674 740 661 722 640 673 706 701
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 11 2 6 3 6 11 6 8 7
      Agricultural sciences . 1 . . . . 1 . 1 1
      Natural resources and conservation 1 10 2 6 3 6 10 6 7 6
    Biological and biomedical sciences 148 153 131 128 124 132 122 139 130 141
      Biochemistry and biophysics 7 8 5 10 11 9 11 15 26 21
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 6 4 5 6 6 3 6 . 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 30 30 27 19 19 26 19 22 15 14
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 5 3 2 7 8 9 14 10 9 11
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 23 19 25 26 21 25 15 17 16 18
      Genetics and genomics 7 8 6 2 4 3 7 6 3 7
      Microbiology and immunology 12 16 10 8 16 12 13 17 18 12
      Molecular biology 22 22 17 11 7 11 10 9 11 14
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 12 13 13 19 9 9 16 13 11 12
      Pharmacology and toxicology 4 7 5 8 6 6 3 6 12 9
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 17 13 12 11 14 16 8 15 9 14
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 7 8 5 2 3 . 3 3 . 5
    Computer and information sciences 32 22 35 40 30 32 19 25 16 22
      Computer science 13 8 27 27 24 22 14 21 7 17
      Computer and information sciences, other 19 14 8 13 6 10 5 4 9 5
    Engineering 266 275 223 245 218 237 223 201 227 254
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 24 17 27 17 15 34 17 10 22 23
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 26 24 16 21 20 23 15 19 31 27
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 25 30 21 18 22 25 20 11 18 19
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 17 11 19 14 16 16 12 8 13 13
      Electrical and computer engineering 75 71 41 46 46 55 59 52 48 49
      Industrial engineering and operations research 9 13 11 23 13 11 11 18 8 15
      Materials and mining engineering 22 16 21 20 10 22 22 27 19 23
      Mechanical engineering 43 60 40 59 54 36 33 34 44 54
      Engineering, other 25 33 27 27 22 15 34 22 24 31
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 19 23 10 16 18 17 12 20 15 10
      Geological sciences 9 14 5 10 11 10 6 15 8 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 10 9 5 6 7 7 6 5 7 6
    Health sciences 33 29 34 35 39 39 34 31 52 37
      Nursing science 4 3 7 6 8 11 6 12 11 9
      Pharmaceutical sciences 10 7 6 8 10 7 6 9 6 4
      Public health 11 10 14 14 17 10 16 5 24 15
      Health sciences, other 8 9 7 7 4 11 6 5 11 9
    Mathematics and statistics 46 36 35 40 33 26 27 24 34 39
      Applied mathematics 7 8 7 5 4 6 7 3 6 9
      Mathematics 6 4 4 11 11 8 5 12 17 19
      Statistics 19 11 11 14 10 6 8 5 8 9
      Mathematics and statistics, other 14 13 13 10 8 6 7 4 3 2
    Physical sciences 110 106 101 122 107 117 87 111 101 78
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 13 6 9 7 7 10 12 10 8
      Chemistry 64 55 59 65 59 65 43 59 53 34
      Physics 39 38 36 48 41 45 34 40 38 36
    Psychology 28 29 29 32 29 27 25 18 25 29
      Clinical psychology 5 2 4 6 5 3 3 3 4 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 4 3 5 4 6 1 4 2 2 2
      Research and experimental psychology 18 20 14 20 17 20 12 11 18 21
      Psychology, other 1 4 6 2 1 3 6 2 1 .
    Social sciences 82 74 74 76 60 89 80 98 98 84
      Anthropology 12 9 9 14 9 16 9 13 17 15
      Economics 24 22 20 23 21 33 28 29 30 26
      Political science and government 10 15 10 14 11 14 16 21 20 11
      Public policy analysis 1 1 3 2 . 1 1 3 3 .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 8 8 8 7 7 12 8 9 10 16
      Social sciences, other 27 19 24 16 12 13 18 23 18 16
  Non-science and engineering 135 103 106 106 140 131 138 145 145 149
    Business 11 15 9 13 18 9 11 20 16 23
      Business 11 15 9 13 18 9 11 20 16 23
    Education 27 25 26 19 21 34 17 38 31 26
      Education leadership and administration . . . 1 . 1 . 3 . .
      Education research 13 10 10 8 8 15 11 20 19 16
      Teacher education and teaching fields 9 6 8 7 11 16 4 12 11 10
      Education, other 5 9 8 3 2 2 2 3 1 .
    Humanities and arts 76 47 53 52 83 75 86 72 77 76
      Letters 37 20 21 12 21 17 20 22 27 21
      Foreign languages and literature 4 4 3 11 9 10 20 6 10 11
      History 15 10 13 11 27 25 26 21 19 20
      Philosophy and religious studies 11 1 5 6 7 7 4 5 9 6
      Music and performing arts 2 5 1 5 5 3 3 7 4 7
      Humanities and arts, other 7 7 10 7 14 13 13 11 8 11
    Other non-science and engineering 21 16 18 22 18 13 24 15 21 24
      Communication 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 3 7 8
      Public administration and social services 6 8 3 5 5 5 5 8 6 9
      Non-science and engineering, other 9 3 10 12 9 4 14 4 8 7

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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