Data

U. Minnesota, Twin Cities

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 726 693 626 647 719 665 678 787 711 762
  Science and engineering 581 558 527 503 561 539 521 605 530 565
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 34 51 24 36 25 29 39 34 38 42
      Agricultural sciences 20 42 19 27 16 26 30 24 23 27
      Natural resources and conservation 14 9 5 9 9 3 9 10 15 15
    Biological and biomedical sciences 133 113 104 94 115 110 104 115 102 104
      Biochemistry and biophysics 6 3 8 5 10 9 12 10 2 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 14 10 11 1 1 . 3 3 1 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 16 16 11 18 12 16 11 12 7 8
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 1 1 . 2 3 . 1 3 2 6
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 20 23 24 14 21 25 14 25 22 19
      Genetics and genomics 2 1 . 2 2 . 4 1 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 15 11 11 9 15 10 8 12 12 13
      Molecular biology 10 7 5 7 6 9 7 3 9 9
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 13 17 8 10 13 4 9 6 16 8
      Pharmacology and toxicology 9 4 6 7 9 10 6 9 7 5
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 3 4 6 3 4 8 12 9 6 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 24 16 14 16 19 19 17 22 17 17
    Computer and information sciences 18 26 30 20 28 23 29 26 26 26
      Computer science 15 19 25 20 28 23 28 22 24 25
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 7 5 . . . 1 4 2 1
    Engineering 130 128 134 126 132 146 121 136 127 131
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 8 6 8 13 9 10 11 9 10 10
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 16 18 20 16 14 20 17 22 12 14
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 18 27 22 21 22 27 23 19 17 19
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 9 13 9 5 11 10 9 14 13 13
      Electrical and computer engineering 29 27 27 25 34 33 29 28 33 25
      Industrial engineering and operations research 5 4 5 2 6 4 3 2 4 3
      Materials and mining engineering 13 8 16 9 14 13 7 14 11 8
      Mechanical engineering 24 18 20 31 19 21 21 22 25 36
      Engineering, other 8 7 7 4 3 8 1 6 2 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 11 13 7 7 8 9 12 12 11 8
      Geological sciences 6 8 4 5 5 4 9 9 6 6
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 5 5 3 2 3 5 3 3 5 2
    Health sciences 36 38 30 37 48 47 38 50 43 54
      Nursing science 4 5 4 6 7 5 6 9 2 4
      Pharmaceutical sciences 3 11 4 7 6 6 7 8 5 2
      Public health 12 9 8 13 16 14 14 13 8 14
      Health sciences, other 17 13 14 11 19 22 11 20 28 34
    Mathematics and statistics 23 26 26 17 27 16 22 21 24 20
      Applied mathematics 4 1 3 2 5 3 5 3 5 3
      Mathematics 2 2 1 3 7 1 3 1 2 3
      Statistics 8 5 7 4 4 2 7 3 8 10
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 18 15 8 11 10 7 14 9 4
    Physical sciences 90 58 62 56 70 69 54 67 57 64
      Astronomy and astrophysics 6 8 3 2 7 7 1 1 3 3
      Chemistry 62 30 39 34 46 36 38 41 33 42
      Physics 22 20 20 20 17 26 15 25 21 19
    Psychology 47 51 34 43 46 34 44 64 34 42
      Clinical psychology 1 2 2 5 4 2 1 2 . 1
      Counseling and applied psychology 14 18 12 9 16 14 17 22 9 7
      Research and experimental psychology 19 16 8 21 19 10 17 18 17 18
      Psychology, other 13 15 12 8 7 8 9 22 8 16
    Social sciences 59 54 76 67 62 56 58 80 68 74
      Anthropology 10 5 3 4 4 6 5 1 5 2
      Economics 16 19 40 26 29 20 23 32 20 25
      Political science and government 6 8 3 8 5 11 9 10 9 9
      Public policy analysis 3 1 2 . . . . 3 2 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 7 7 4 11 7 5 3 9 12 18
      Social sciences, other 17 14 24 18 17 14 18 25 20 19
  Non-science and engineering 145 135 99 144 158 126 157 182 181 197
    Business 19 18 18 22 14 19 15 34 23 30
      Business 19 18 18 22 14 19 15 34 23 30
    Education 61 44 37 58 66 58 77 80 82 75
      Education leadership and administration 11 16 11 6 5 4 6 7 6 10
      Education research 32 19 21 42 31 34 57 47 57 51
      Teacher education and teaching fields 17 9 4 8 16 11 11 14 13 8
      Education, other 1 . 1 2 14 9 3 12 6 6
    Humanities and arts 43 42 27 52 51 29 49 40 47 61
      Letters 20 14 7 22 8 6 12 16 7 21
      Foreign languages and literature 6 9 4 11 9 4 12 6 6 11
      History 5 9 11 9 7 11 6 7 11 15
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 1 . 1 3 2 5 4 3 .
      Music and performing arts 5 7 1 5 9 4 4 1 15 7
      Humanities and arts, other 3 2 4 4 15 2 10 6 5 7
    Other non-science and engineering 22 31 17 12 27 20 16 28 29 31
      Communication 10 11 4 4 10 5 11 16 19 10
      Public administration and social services 3 5 5 5 6 8 3 6 5 9
      Non-science and engineering, other 9 15 8 3 11 7 2 6 5 12

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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