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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 275 270 285 240 237 240 274 238 214 243
  Science and engineering 222 229 242 193 176 181 210 186 156 188
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . 1 1 1 1 . 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . 1 1 1 1 . 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 31 29 26 27 16 33 43 21 21 35
      Biochemistry and biophysics 10 8 5 7 3 10 15 5 3 9
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 6 6 11 8 2 8 2 1 3 3
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . 1 . 1 2 2 . 1 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 1 . . 2 1 2 . 7
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 5 . 4 3 4 9 3 9 6
      Genetics and genomics . 1 . 1 . . . 1 1 1
      Microbiology and immunology 3 2 3 1 2 3 5 2 1 5
      Molecular biology 5 4 2 4 . 1 2 3 . .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 . 1 . . . . 1 . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 3 1 1 3 2 6 2 1 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 . 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2
    Computer and information sciences 10 5 11 10 11 15 14 11 14 10
      Computer science 7 5 8 9 11 15 14 11 14 10
      Computer and information sciences, other 3 . 3 1 . . . . . .
    Engineering 73 72 88 52 57 46 52 53 51 61
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 11 5 12 5 8 3 8 9 7 9
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 4 6 3 1 6 4 4 3 4 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 13 22 20 3 9 11 10 13 8 16
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 7 14 7 8 7 5 10 8 5
      Electrical and computer engineering 26 21 29 20 20 12 14 15 16 22
      Industrial engineering and operations research . . . 1 1 . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 1 1 2 1 . 1 2 . . 1
      Mechanical engineering 5 6 5 10 2 6 8 3 7 5
      Engineering, other 5 4 3 4 3 2 1 . 1 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 3 6 . 6 5 4 2 . 3 4
      Geological sciences 2 3 . 5 3 3 2 . 2 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 1 3 . 1 2 1 . . 1 .
    Health sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Pharmaceutical sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Health sciences, other . . . . . . . . . .
    Mathematics and statistics 22 22 22 13 18 8 10 9 8 12
      Applied mathematics 3 8 7 3 1 2 1 3 1 3
      Mathematics 2 1 3 3 2 2 5 5 2 6
      Statistics 4 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 . 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other 13 8 7 5 14 3 3 . 5 2
    Physical sciences 46 44 43 44 32 34 42 51 35 27
      Astronomy and astrophysics 6 5 2 5 2 3 . 2 1 1
      Chemistry 31 29 26 26 15 22 28 30 24 17
      Physics 9 10 15 13 15 9 14 19 10 9
    Psychology 8 14 18 9 9 15 14 15 6 9
      Clinical psychology 3 5 6 4 2 4 1 5 2 2
      Research and experimental psychology 3 7 7 4 5 11 12 10 2 7
      Psychology, other 2 2 5 1 2 . 1 . 2 .
    Social sciences 29 36 34 31 27 25 32 26 17 30
      Anthropology 2 6 6 1 5 1 . . . .
      Economics 6 8 6 5 4 4 5 2 1 9
      Political science and government 8 14 8 10 11 10 17 14 10 12
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 6 6 6 5 7 10 7 5 8
      Social sciences, other 7 2 8 9 2 3 . 3 1 1
  Non-science and engineering 53 41 43 47 61 59 64 52 58 55
    Business . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Business . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Humanities and arts 53 41 43 47 61 59 63 52 57 55
      Letters 12 4 10 11 10 9 9 14 13 14
      Foreign languages and literature 3 1 1 . 3 4 3 2 1 3
      History 21 9 7 7 15 15 15 14 14 13
      Philosophy and religious studies 6 7 8 8 9 7 19 13 14 14
      Music and performing arts 1 3 1 . 3 1 1 . . 1
      Humanities and arts, other 10 17 16 21 21 23 16 9 15 10
    Other non-science and engineering . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other . . . . . . 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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