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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 251 269 294 304 327 308 310 313 287 296
  Science and engineering 188 196 212 200 234 213 217 216 193 209
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 3
      Agricultural sciences . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 27 31 38 24 34 36 35 42 43 35
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 1 1 . 2 4 . 1 3 2
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 8 6 3 10 7 4 11 6 5
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 1 2 . 1 2 2 1 . 2
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 1 . 3 . 1 . 1 2
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 3 3 4 5 3 4 6 5 4 2
      Genetics and genomics . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 2 3 4 2 4 . 3 2 8 5
      Molecular biology 4 4 6 6 1 2 5 2 7 4
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 3 4 4 4 1 5 3 5 5 3
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 . . . . 1 2 2 4 .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 6 5 10 3 9 10 8 13 4 10
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 . 1 .
    Computer and information sciences 9 2 7 16 19 8 8 6 7 6
      Computer science 8 2 3 13 18 8 8 4 6 5
      Computer and information sciences, other 1 . 4 3 1 . . 2 1 1
    Engineering 47 67 65 54 51 53 45 44 51 52
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 3 8 4 4 4 4 4 6 2 7
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 5 5 5 2 4 2 . 4 4 3
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 8 14 13 13 13 14 9 9 10 10
      Electrical and computer engineering 18 29 26 23 18 16 21 12 13 17
      Industrial engineering and operations research 2 3 9 5 5 3 2 3 9 3
      Materials and mining engineering 4 1 4 1 . 1 . . 1 2
      Mechanical engineering 4 5 3 6 6 11 7 6 10 6
      Engineering, other 2 2 . . 1 2 2 4 2 3
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 7 12 13 15 20 12 15 7 14
      Geological sciences 3 3 6 7 9 6 5 5 4 7
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 4 4 6 6 6 14 7 10 3 7
    Health sciences 11 15 12 12 20 16 15 23 25 19
      Nursing science 1 4 3 4 2 6 4 2 9 6
      Public health 7 5 7 3 12 6 7 15 11 9
      Health sciences, other 3 6 2 5 6 4 4 6 5 4
    Mathematics and statistics 7 9 11 4 11 11 12 10 3 7
      Applied mathematics 1 1 4 1 . 5 3 2 1 .
      Mathematics . . . . 1 2 1 2 . 1
      Statistics 2 3 4 1 3 1 5 . . 3
      Mathematics and statistics, other 4 5 3 2 7 3 3 6 2 3
    Physical sciences 28 14 19 24 35 11 35 24 13 27
      Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . 1 . . . . .
      Chemistry 24 10 10 13 23 6 20 11 6 20
      Physics 4 4 9 11 11 5 15 13 7 7
    Psychology 21 14 23 18 19 25 21 18 14 17
      Clinical psychology 5 4 5 6 5 8 12 9 7 6
      Counseling and applied psychology 11 7 12 5 9 13 6 7 4 6
      Research and experimental psychology 4 1 5 7 4 3 3 2 2 4
      Psychology, other 1 2 1 . 1 1 . . 1 1
    Social sciences 29 35 23 32 29 32 33 31 29 29
      Anthropology 3 8 4 15 8 10 4 7 9 13
      Economics . 5 2 2 2 4 3 4 . 1
      Political science and government 1 2 1 2 4 3 7 1 . 3
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 1 3 4 2 4 3 5 3 4 1
      Social sciences, other 24 17 12 11 11 12 14 16 16 11
  Non-science and engineering 63 73 82 104 93 95 93 97 94 87
    Business 7 10 7 4 4 7 7 9 7 11
      Business 7 10 7 4 4 7 7 9 7 11
    Education 41 47 50 71 61 62 59 62 56 50
      Education leadership and administration 4 4 5 6 5 9 2 3 3 1
      Education research 18 29 29 46 37 37 40 42 30 36
      Teacher education and teaching fields 18 13 14 16 17 11 16 13 18 13
      Education, other 1 1 2 3 2 5 1 4 5 .
    Humanities and arts 13 12 13 20 21 21 17 16 24 15
      Letters 7 4 6 10 9 6 4 10 9 8
      History 3 4 4 3 2 5 5 1 2 .
      Philosophy and religious studies 2 4 . 6 10 10 6 5 8 5
      Music and performing arts . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Humanities and arts, other 1 . 2 1 . . 2 . 5 2
    Other non-science and engineering 2 4 12 9 7 5 10 10 7 11
      Communication 2 4 9 7 7 5 8 6 7 8
      Public administration and social services . . . . . . 2 4 . 3
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 3 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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