Data

U. Southern California

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 501 535 479 397 437 494 435 460 490 452
  Science and engineering 418 429 394 325 372 406 345 366 393 344
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . . . 2 . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . . 2 . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 89 82 72 57 78 72 61 86 83 71
      Biochemistry and biophysics 2 . . 2 2 4 3 5 7 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 11 8 12 7 9 8 4 7 9 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 13 12 11 5 15 16 15 18 9 11
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 3 6 6 6 4 4 3 4 7 9
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 10 7 4 4 8 5 3 5 5 5
      Genetics and genomics 2 3 . . 1 1 1 7 5 2
      Microbiology and immunology 2 . 2 4 . 1 3 . 4 3
      Molecular biology 15 17 13 8 12 12 7 15 13 14
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 21 18 13 13 18 17 16 13 16 15
      Pharmacology and toxicology 5 4 4 3 1 . 3 3 1 1
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 5 5 6 3 6 3 2 5 7 5
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . 2 1 2 2 1 1 4 . 1
    Computer and information sciences 64 50 39 24 33 49 36 27 25 31
      Computer science 58 45 30 24 32 48 35 24 25 29
      Computer and information sciences, other 6 5 9 . 1 1 1 3 . 2
    Engineering 116 114 108 99 123 131 116 107 129 118
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 7 3 6 6 7 7 2 5 9 5
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 13 15 12 14 17 20 21 13 19 11
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 8 13 12 12 16 11 8 9 11 17
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 6 10 12 10 12 16 12 9 11 8
      Electrical and computer engineering 53 46 36 43 41 45 38 42 46 52
      Industrial engineering and operations research 7 12 6 3 9 12 11 10 5 6
      Materials and mining engineering 7 6 5 4 5 8 4 7 8 8
      Mechanical engineering 13 7 13 5 13 10 16 7 17 7
      Engineering, other 2 2 6 2 3 2 4 5 3 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 14 16 16 9 16 15 11 16 17 8
      Geological sciences 5 9 9 7 13 11 6 8 9 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 9 7 7 2 3 4 5 8 8 5
    Health sciences 23 24 27 25 24 25 27 21 19 19
      Pharmaceutical sciences 7 8 5 14 5 12 14 8 2 8
      Public health 10 10 8 4 9 7 6 6 7 1
      Health sciences, other 6 6 14 7 10 6 7 7 10 10
    Mathematics and statistics 16 18 24 10 10 17 10 6 14 12
      Applied mathematics 4 3 16 5 7 6 4 3 4 4
      Mathematics 1 1 1 2 . 5 4 3 3 5
      Statistics 4 2 4 . 2 2 . . 2 2
      Mathematics and statistics, other 7 12 3 3 1 4 2 . 5 1
    Physical sciences 37 40 37 39 38 37 29 35 35 26
      Astronomy and astrophysics 3 7 1 5 1 . 2 . . .
      Chemistry 27 29 25 25 26 21 21 25 26 18
      Physics 7 4 11 9 11 16 6 10 9 8
    Psychology 13 11 19 10 15 12 12 14 16 17
      Clinical psychology 5 4 7 6 6 4 5 4 5 8
      Counseling and applied psychology . . 1 . . 1 . . . 1
      Research and experimental psychology 7 6 10 3 9 5 6 9 10 7
      Psychology, other 1 1 1 1 . 2 1 1 1 1
    Social sciences 46 74 52 52 35 48 41 54 55 42
      Anthropology . 1 . . . . . . 3 1
      Economics 16 23 12 18 9 16 9 17 13 5
      Political science and government 2 8 7 7 2 4 3 7 4 3
      Public policy analysis 3 4 5 4 2 2 5 1 9 3
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 10 2 4 2 5 6 5 1 5 1
      Social sciences, other 15 36 24 21 17 20 19 28 21 29
  Non-science and engineering 83 106 85 72 65 88 90 94 97 108
    Business 10 11 18 10 11 11 15 8 9 15
      Business 10 11 18 10 11 11 15 8 9 15
    Education 7 16 8 7 9 8 10 12 18 10
      Education leadership and administration 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 6 4 1
      Education research 2 15 6 3 8 6 6 3 11 8
      Teacher education and teaching fields 2 . . . . . . . 1 1
      Education, other 1 . . 2 . . . 3 2 .
    Humanities and arts 48 50 35 28 23 40 38 47 41 53
      Letters 22 22 16 11 6 13 14 19 17 18
      Foreign languages and literature 2 4 2 1 1 2 4 6 3 2
      History 6 2 3 3 4 4 2 6 2 15
      Philosophy and religious studies 8 5 6 2 3 6 8 5 4 6
      Music and performing arts 1 2 . . . 3 1 2 . 1
      Humanities and arts, other 9 15 8 11 9 12 9 9 15 11
    Other non-science and engineering 18 29 24 27 22 29 27 27 29 30
      Communication 12 21 14 18 15 18 17 16 21 22
      Public administration and social services 6 5 9 8 5 8 9 7 6 7
      Non-science and engineering, other . 3 1 1 2 3 1 4 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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