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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 102 118 116 88 115 93 105 102 140 94
  Science and engineering 49 72 62 57 73 47 57 56 66 49
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . 1 . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 4 15 7 6 12 5 4 6 13 12
      Biochemistry and biophysics 1 5 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 . . . . 1 . . 2 1
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . . . . 1
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 1 2 . . . . . . 1 .
      Genetics and genomics . 1 . . 1 . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology . 1 1 . . 1 . . . 1
      Molecular biology . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . . . . . . . . . 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . 1 . . . . . 1 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . . . . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 6 4 4 8 1 2 4 4 3
    Computer and information sciences . . 1 2 . . 1 2 . 1
      Computer and information sciences, other . . 1 2 . . 1 2 . 1
    Engineering 8 10 7 9 7 5 2 3 . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering . 1 . . 1 1 1 . . .
      Engineering, other 7 9 7 9 5 4 1 3 . .
    Health sciences 12 21 20 16 27 13 22 15 19 12
      Nursing science 2 6 7 6 15 5 7 4 7 2
      Public health 3 7 5 3 5 5 3 4 3 1
      Health sciences, other 7 8 8 7 7 3 12 7 9 9
    Mathematics and statistics 7 1 3 5 1 1 6 3 . 3
      Applied mathematics 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . 1
      Mathematics 2 . 1 5 1 1 5 . . 2
      Statistics 1 1 . . . . . 1 . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 3 . 1 . . . . 2 . .
    Physical sciences 3 5 3 2 4 2 2 4 5 3
      Chemistry 3 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 3 2
      Physics . 1 1 . . . . . 2 1
    Psychology 8 15 13 10 16 16 11 19 19 13
      Clinical psychology 4 5 3 4 5 6 4 3 2 7
      Counseling and applied psychology . 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 1
      Research and experimental psychology 3 3 6 1 4 3 4 4 8 2
      Psychology, other 1 6 3 4 6 5 1 8 6 3
    Social sciences 7 5 8 7 6 5 8 4 10 5
      Economics 3 1 3 4 2 2 4 1 4 2
      Social sciences, other 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 3 6 3
  Non-science and engineering 53 46 54 31 42 46 48 46 74 45
    Business 5 3 3 2 3 4 4 3 2 3
      Business 5 3 3 2 3 4 4 3 2 3
    Education 32 32 36 24 32 32 29 33 46 29
      Education leadership and administration 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 5 1 2
      Education research 11 13 13 14 23 19 17 16 20 15
      Teacher education and teaching fields 9 13 9 4 4 9 5 8 18 9
      Education, other 10 4 12 3 3 2 4 4 7 3
    Humanities and arts 10 7 13 5 7 10 13 6 24 12
      Letters 7 6 7 3 3 6 5 4 17 11
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . . 1 . . . .
      History 3 1 4 1 4 3 7 2 7 1
      Philosophy and religious studies . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Music and performing arts . . 1 1 . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other . . . . . . 1 . . .
    Other non-science and engineering 6 4 2 . . . 2 4 2 1
      Communication . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Public administration and social services 4 2 . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 2 2 . . . 2 4 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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