Data

U. Michigan, Ann Arbor

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 936 900 861 780 846 801 853 778 818 851
  Science and engineering 826 765 758 674 740 661 722 640 673 706
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 4 1 11 2 6 3 6 11 6 8
      Agricultural sciences 1 . 1 . . . . 1 . 1
      Natural resources and conservation 3 1 10 2 6 3 6 10 6 7
    Biological and biomedical sciences 181 148 153 131 128 124 132 122 139 130
      Biochemistry and biophysics 8 7 8 5 10 11 9 11 15 26
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 8 2 6 4 5 6 6 3 6 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 41 30 30 27 19 19 26 19 22 15
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 5 5 3 2 7 8 9 14 10 9
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 27 23 19 25 26 21 25 15 17 16
      Genetics and genomics 3 7 8 6 2 4 3 7 6 3
      Microbiology and immunology 13 12 16 10 8 16 12 13 17 18
      Molecular biology 21 22 22 17 11 7 11 10 9 11
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 16 12 13 13 19 9 9 16 13 11
      Pharmacology and toxicology 13 4 7 5 8 6 6 3 6 12
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 20 17 13 12 11 14 16 8 15 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 6 7 8 5 2 3 . 3 3 .
    Computer and information sciences 28 32 22 35 40 30 32 19 25 16
      Computer science 15 13 8 27 27 24 22 14 21 7
      Computer and information sciences, other 13 19 14 8 13 6 10 5 4 9
    Engineering 286 266 275 223 245 218 237 223 201 227
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 22 24 17 27 17 15 34 17 10 22
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 24 26 24 16 21 20 23 15 19 31
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 25 25 30 21 18 22 25 20 11 18
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 19 17 11 19 14 16 16 12 8 13
      Electrical and computer engineering 69 75 71 41 46 46 55 59 52 48
      Industrial engineering and operations research 14 9 13 11 23 13 11 11 18 8
      Materials and mining engineering 27 22 16 21 20 10 22 22 27 19
      Mechanical engineering 54 43 60 40 59 54 36 33 34 44
      Engineering, other 32 25 33 27 27 22 15 34 22 24
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 18 19 23 10 16 18 17 12 20 15
      Geological sciences 11 9 14 5 10 11 10 6 15 8
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 7 10 9 5 6 7 7 6 5 7
    Health sciences 33 33 29 34 35 39 39 34 31 52
      Nursing science 1 4 3 7 6 8 11 6 12 11
      Pharmaceutical sciences 6 10 7 6 8 10 7 6 9 6
      Public health 10 11 10 14 14 17 10 16 5 24
      Health sciences, other 16 8 9 7 7 4 11 6 5 11
    Mathematics and statistics 30 46 36 35 40 33 26 27 24 34
      Applied mathematics 4 7 8 7 5 4 6 7 3 6
      Mathematics 3 6 4 4 11 11 8 5 12 17
      Statistics 8 19 11 11 14 10 6 8 5 8
      Mathematics and statistics, other 15 14 13 13 10 8 6 7 4 3
    Physical sciences 126 110 106 101 122 107 117 87 111 101
      Astronomy and astrophysics 8 7 13 6 9 7 7 10 12 10
      Chemistry 75 64 55 59 65 59 65 43 59 53
      Physics 43 39 38 36 48 41 45 34 40 38
    Psychology 32 28 29 29 32 29 27 25 18 25
      Clinical psychology 5 5 2 4 6 5 3 3 3 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 3 4 3 5 4 6 1 4 2 2
      Research and experimental psychology 20 18 20 14 20 17 20 12 11 18
      Psychology, other 4 1 4 6 2 1 3 6 2 1
    Social sciences 88 82 74 74 76 60 89 80 98 98
      Anthropology 11 12 9 9 14 9 16 9 13 17
      Economics 20 24 22 20 23 21 33 28 29 30
      Political science and government 17 10 15 10 14 11 14 16 21 20
      Public policy analysis 6 1 1 3 2 . 1 1 3 3
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 14 8 8 8 7 7 12 8 9 10
      Social sciences, other 20 27 19 24 16 12 13 18 23 18
  Non-science and engineering 110 135 103 106 106 140 131 138 145 145
    Business 13 11 15 9 13 18 9 11 20 16
      Business 13 11 15 9 13 18 9 11 20 16
    Education 20 27 25 26 19 21 34 17 38 31
      Education leadership and administration . . . . 1 . 1 . 3 .
      Education research 8 13 10 10 8 8 15 11 20 19
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 9 6 8 7 11 16 4 12 11
      Education, other 5 5 9 8 3 2 2 2 3 1
    Humanities and arts 60 76 47 53 52 83 75 86 72 77
      Letters 20 37 20 21 12 21 17 20 22 27
      Foreign languages and literature 5 4 4 3 11 9 10 20 6 10
      History 14 15 10 13 11 27 25 26 21 19
      Philosophy and religious studies 6 11 1 5 6 7 7 4 5 9
      Music and performing arts 3 2 5 1 5 5 3 3 7 4
      Humanities and arts, other 12 7 7 10 7 14 13 13 11 8
    Other non-science and engineering 17 21 16 18 22 18 13 24 15 21
      Communication 8 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 3 7
      Public administration and social services 3 6 8 3 5 5 5 5 8 6
      Non-science and engineering, other 6 9 3 10 12 9 4 14 4 8

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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