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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 179 143 156 138 111 129 114 108 105 114
  Science and engineering 141 103 115 105 88 102 88 86 79 78
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . 1 . 2 1 . 2 1 . .
      Natural resources and conservation . 1 . 2 1 . 2 1 . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 16 14 11 11 9 15 6 6 8 6
      Biochemistry and biophysics . 1 1 . . 1 . . 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 4 3 4 . 1 1 . 1 .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 6 5 4 5 1 8 2 4 4 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . . . . 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology . 1 1 . . 1 . . . .
      Genetics and genomics 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 3 1 . . . 2 1 1 . 2
      Molecular biology 2 2 2 2 3 . . 1 2 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . 1 2 1 . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 . . . 4 . 1 . . .
    Computer and information sciences 20 14 19 19 15 15 13 13 11 12
      Computer science 12 7 7 12 6 9 9 8 7 5
      Computer and information sciences, other 8 7 12 7 9 6 4 5 4 7
    Engineering 49 36 36 41 28 39 30 27 26 19
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . 1 . . . 1 . . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 8 9 10 6 5 4 6 8 .
      Electrical and computer engineering 12 18 7 15 9 18 9 11 10 8
      Industrial engineering and operations research 2 1 . . . . . 1 1 1
      Materials and mining engineering . . 1 . . . . 2 1 3
      Mechanical engineering 18 7 12 9 10 11 15 5 5 7
      Engineering, other 8 1 7 7 3 4 2 2 1 .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 2 1 1 . 2 . . 1 . 1
      Geological sciences 2 . . . 2 . . 1 . .
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences . 1 1 . . . . . . 1
    Health sciences 12 7 10 3 4 7 3 4 5 2
      Public health 12 7 9 2 4 6 2 4 4 1
      Health sciences, other . . 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1
    Mathematics and statistics 9 5 6 7 8 8 6 10 7 4
      Applied mathematics 6 4 3 6 5 5 3 8 6 3
      Mathematics . . . . . 2 2 . 1 1
      Statistics 3 . 3 1 1 1 1 1 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . .
    Physical sciences 9 6 6 3 5 6 13 7 4 9
      Chemistry . . . . 1 1 . 1 1 1
      Physics 9 6 6 3 4 5 13 6 3 8
    Psychology 14 11 17 9 7 6 7 9 5 11
      Clinical psychology . 1 3 . 1 . . 1 1 1
      Counseling and applied psychology 14 10 13 9 6 6 7 8 4 9
      Psychology, other . . 1 . . . . . . 1
    Social sciences 10 8 9 10 9 6 8 8 13 14
      Economics . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Public policy analysis 5 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 8 6
      Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Social sciences, other 5 7 6 7 6 2 3 4 5 8
  Non-science and engineering 38 40 41 33 23 27 26 22 26 36
    Business 3 10 5 5 4 4 4 6 9 8
      Business 3 10 5 5 4 4 4 6 9 8
    Education 34 29 32 26 19 23 22 16 16 28
      Education leadership and administration 2 3 2 1 . . 3 2 3 .
      Education research 30 26 30 24 16 19 19 12 11 27
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . . 1 2 4 . 1 2 1
      Education, other 2 . . . 1 . . 1 . .
    Other non-science and engineering 1 1 4 2 . . . . 1 .
      Communication . . . . . . . . . .
      Public administration and social services . 1 1 1 . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 1 . 3 1 . . . . 1 .

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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