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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 132 149 129 109 111 128 119 99 121 116
  Science and engineering 86 103 91 76 83 89 86 74 80 88
    Biological and biomedical sciences 19 20 21 20 25 21 21 9 27 16
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 1 1 . 1 3 3 2 1 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 4 4 3 2 3 1 2 . 3 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 2 2 . . 1 3 1 . 1 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 1 . . 3 2 3 3 . .
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 3 3 4 . 4 2 3 1 . 3
      Molecular biology 2 2 1 . 1 . . 1 2 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 1 7 .
      Pharmacology and toxicology 2 3 5 9 2 3 3 1 4 4
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . 3 5 3 4 1 . 8 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 2 1 1 3 . 2 . 1 .
    Computer and information sciences 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 . 3
      Computer science 1 1 . . 2 2 1 2 . 3
      Computer and information sciences, other 2 . 1 1 . . 1 . . .
    Engineering 9 6 9 7 4 14 5 7 . 9
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . 1 . . . 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 1 . . . 2 2 2 1 . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 3 . .
      Electrical and computer engineering 4 1 3 2 1 5 . . . 2
      Materials and mining engineering . . . 2 . 1 . . . .
      Mechanical engineering . 1 2 . . 1 . . . 1
      Engineering, other 1 2 1 1 . 2 2 3 . 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 1 . 1 . 1 4 . 1 . .
      Geological sciences 1 . . . . 1 . . . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . . 1 . 1 3 . 1 . .
    Health sciences 20 35 14 19 19 18 38 28 24 21
      Nursing science 2 . . 1 4 3 2 1 1 2
      Pharmaceutical sciences 13 30 12 14 14 11 11 8 17 7
      Public health 1 . 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 3
      Health sciences, other 4 5 1 2 . 3 24 14 5 9
    Mathematics and statistics 5 2 4 3 2 1 4 6 . 5
      Mathematics . 1 . 1 1 . 3 1 . 3
      Statistics . 1 1 . 1 . . 1 . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 5 . 3 2 . 1 1 4 . 1
    Physical sciences 10 20 21 17 13 15 6 7 8 11
      Astronomy and astrophysics 1 2 1 1 . 1 . 1 . .
      Chemistry 5 17 16 12 10 10 3 3 8 8
      Physics 4 1 4 4 3 4 3 3 . 3
    Psychology 8 12 12 4 12 10 8 12 10 15
      Clinical psychology 6 11 8 2 10 8 5 11 9 13
      Research and experimental psychology 2 1 4 2 2 2 3 1 1 1
      Psychology, other . . . . . . . . . 1
    Social sciences 11 7 8 5 5 4 2 2 11 8
      Economics 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 . 4 3
      Political science and government 1 3 5 2 1 2 . 2 4 5
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Social sciences, other 9 3 2 2 1 1 . . 2 .
  Non-science and engineering 46 46 38 33 28 39 33 25 41 28
    Business 13 10 7 7 4 13 5 6 14 11
      Business 13 10 7 7 4 13 5 6 14 11
    Education 9 20 12 19 16 15 20 13 16 13
      Education leadership and administration 1 7 1 4 2 1 8 3 3 5
      Education research 4 7 6 11 10 6 7 5 5 5
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 6 5 4 4 7 5 4 7 3
      Education, other 1 . . . . 1 . 1 1 .
    Humanities and arts 23 16 16 5 8 11 8 6 11 4
      Letters 10 9 4 4 4 6 4 2 2 2
      Foreign languages and literature 1 . . . . . . . . .
      History 7 6 10 1 3 5 4 4 8 1
      Music and performing arts . . 1 . 1 . . . . 1
      Humanities and arts, other 5 1 1 . . . . . 1 .
    Other non-science and engineering 1 . 3 2 . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 . 3 2 . . . . . .

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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