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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 239 255 211 239 232 192 209 237 225 208
  Science and engineering 144 137 112 126 132 115 106 127 125 119
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 3 . 4 3 1 1 2 3 5
      Agricultural sciences . . . 1 . . . . . 1
      Natural resources and conservation 2 3 . 3 3 1 1 2 3 4
    Biological and biomedical sciences 14 12 14 7 15 15 7 12 11 9
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 7 8 1 5 2 . 3 2 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 1 1 4 3 5 6 2 1 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 2 . 1 . . 3 . . 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 1 1 . . 1 . 2 . .
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . 1 1 . .
      Microbiology and immunology . 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Molecular biology . . . 1 . 1 . 3 5 1
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 . . . . 1 1 . 1 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 1 . . 2 . 1 1 . 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 1 . 1 . . 2 . 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 . . 1 3 1 . . . 2
    Computer and information sciences 23 20 16 18 31 14 22 18 21 25
      Computer science 4 1 2 9 15 6 7 6 9 12
      Computer and information sciences, other 19 19 14 9 16 8 15 12 12 13
    Engineering 20 31 24 21 16 13 12 13 18 11
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
      Chemical and petroleum engineering . 1 . . . . . . 1 .
      Electrical and computer engineering 9 10 10 6 5 2 . 1 6 2
      Industrial engineering and operations research 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 7 16 8 9 8 10 11 10 11 9
      Mechanical engineering 2 4 4 5 2 1 1 2 . .
      Engineering, other . . 2 1 . . . . . .
    Health sciences 6 7 4 1 1 3 2 4 1 2
      Nursing science . . . . . . . . . 1
      Pharmaceutical sciences 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Public health 4 3 3 1 . 1 . 1 . .
      Health sciences, other 1 4 1 . 1 2 2 3 1 1
    Mathematics and statistics 10 6 4 7 8 7 7 7 2 3
      Applied mathematics 1 . . 1 . . . . . 1
      Mathematics . 2 . 2 2 . 2 4 2 1
      Statistics . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 4 4 3 6 7 5 3 . 1
    Physical sciences 26 26 11 22 27 13 13 28 21 22
      Astronomy and astrophysics 2 . 1 . . . . . . .
      Chemistry 17 13 7 17 17 7 8 20 12 13
      Physics 7 13 3 5 10 6 5 8 9 9
    Psychology 34 21 27 29 27 36 30 36 28 23
      Clinical psychology 9 9 6 8 9 9 9 14 12 13
      Counseling and applied psychology 20 8 15 18 13 22 18 18 16 9
      Research and experimental psychology 5 1 4 1 1 4 2 1 . 1
      Psychology, other . 3 2 2 4 1 1 3 . .
    Social sciences 9 11 12 17 4 13 12 7 20 19
      Political science and government 7 4 8 5 1 6 7 3 10 4
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . . . . 1
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 1 7 2 8 2 5 3 4 8 10
      Social sciences, other 1 . 2 4 1 2 2 . 2 4
  Non-science and engineering 95 118 99 113 100 77 103 110 100 89
    Business 17 16 20 16 20 9 21 24 22 18
      Business 17 16 20 16 20 9 21 24 22 18
    Education 46 68 48 60 54 46 52 53 48 54
      Education leadership and administration 9 6 5 12 5 8 5 3 4 5
      Education research 34 52 38 41 41 30 41 36 36 42
      Teacher education and teaching fields 3 10 4 6 8 8 4 10 7 7
      Education, other . . 1 1 . . 2 4 1 .
    Humanities and arts 29 29 28 22 25 18 23 30 22 13
      Letters 6 12 10 6 10 7 9 10 10 4
      Foreign languages and literature . . . . 1 . 1 . . .
      History 7 4 6 7 3 6 3 5 3 4
      Philosophy and religious studies 3 4 4 5 4 1 3 5 3 1
      Music and performing arts 10 8 7 3 7 4 6 10 6 3
      Humanities and arts, other 3 1 1 1 . . 1 . . 1
    Other non-science and engineering 3 5 3 15 1 4 7 3 8 4
      Public administration and social services 1 4 2 15 1 4 5 3 6 2
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 1 1 . . . 2 . 2 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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