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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 189 204 152 186 176 167 195 142 172 137
  Science and engineering 127 132 96 131 115 123 130 91 103 73
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 6 5 . . 2 4 2 . 1 .
      Natural resources and conservation 6 5 . . 2 4 2 . 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 13 13 12 21 11 19 18 16 15 10
      Biochemistry and biophysics . 2 1 3 2 3 1 2 4 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 3 2 3 4 1 1 1 4 4 1
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . 2 1 . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 3 1 2 . 3 1 5 4 1 2
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . 1 1 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Molecular biology 2 3 1 3 . 3 5 . 1 .
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 3 2 6 2 4 2 1 1 3
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 2 1 2 4 2 6 1 3 3 .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 1 1 1 . 1 . . . .
    Computer and information sciences 4 10 4 6 3 3 8 2 1 2
      Computer science 3 5 1 4 2 1 6 1 . 2
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 5 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 .
    Engineering . 2 . . . 2 1 1 . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . 2 . . . .
      Electrical and computer engineering . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering . . . . . . 1 1 . .
      Engineering, other . 1 . . . . . . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 5 7 8 3 4 3 11 4 6 3
      Geological sciences 3 5 8 3 4 2 8 3 5 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 2 2 . . . 1 3 1 1 .
    Health sciences 1 2 2 4 2 . 2 2 2 3
      Public health . . . 3 . . . . . .
      Health sciences, other 1 2 2 1 2 . 2 2 2 3
    Mathematics and statistics 15 9 3 8 12 8 10 5 8 4
      Applied mathematics 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Mathematics 3 1 2 3 3 5 3 2 8 1
      Statistics . . . . . . 3 . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 11 8 1 5 9 3 4 3 . 3
    Physical sciences 27 28 22 40 24 26 28 25 24 16
      Astronomy and astrophysics 3 3 . . 1 . . . . .
      Chemistry 13 17 14 23 13 16 14 15 15 13
      Physics 11 8 8 17 10 10 14 10 9 3
    Psychology 29 25 13 21 21 27 24 11 19 15
      Clinical psychology 2 2 2 8 1 5 5 2 1 4
      Counseling and applied psychology 11 13 6 6 8 7 5 2 11 7
      Research and experimental psychology 8 4 2 6 7 11 11 5 6 2
      Psychology, other 8 6 3 1 5 4 3 2 1 2
    Social sciences 27 31 32 28 36 31 26 25 27 20
      Anthropology . 5 4 5 7 6 1 1 2 1
      Economics 7 10 10 6 7 8 6 9 7 6
      Political science and government . 4 5 2 2 4 1 3 7 3
      Public policy analysis . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 4 3 3 6 8 10 3 5 3
      Social sciences, other 14 7 10 12 14 5 8 9 6 7
  Non-science and engineering 62 72 56 55 61 44 65 51 69 64
    Business 8 6 4 10 5 2 6 4 7 7
      Business 8 6 4 10 5 2 6 4 7 7
    Education 16 19 13 18 20 15 16 18 14 11
      Education leadership and administration . 3 . 2 2 1 3 2 2 2
      Education research 14 14 10 16 15 12 11 10 10 8
      Teacher education and teaching fields 1 2 . . . 1 . 1 2 1
      Education, other 1 . 3 . 3 1 2 5 . .
    Humanities and arts 23 34 22 22 29 22 30 27 37 38
      Letters 7 12 6 8 9 7 13 10 17 14
      Foreign languages and literature 8 6 5 3 5 6 9 8 6 5
      History 1 3 . 3 3 2 1 1 1 5
      Philosophy and religious studies 4 6 3 1 10 2 2 1 3 6
      Music and performing arts 3 4 7 5 1 3 2 3 7 6
      Humanities and arts, other . 3 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 2
    Other non-science and engineering 15 13 17 5 7 5 13 2 11 8
      Communication 12 10 13 3 5 3 11 2 9 7
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 . 2 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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