Data

U. Southern California

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 535 479 397 437 494 435 460 490 452 431
  Science and engineering 429 394 325 372 406 345 366 393 344 343
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . . . . . 2 . . . .
      Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 2 . . . .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 82 72 57 78 72 61 86 83 71 72
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . 2 2 4 3 5 7 1 4
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 8 12 7 9 8 4 7 9 4 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 12 11 5 15 16 15 18 9 11 10
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy 6 6 6 4 4 3 4 7 9 3
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 7 4 4 8 5 3 5 5 5 3
      Genetics and genomics 3 . . 1 1 1 7 5 2 1
      Microbiology and immunology . 2 4 . 1 3 . 4 3 8
      Molecular biology 17 13 8 12 12 7 15 13 14 6
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 18 13 13 18 17 16 13 16 15 17
      Pharmacology and toxicology 4 4 3 1 . 3 3 1 1 4
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 5 6 3 6 3 2 5 7 5 11
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 2 1 2 2 1 1 4 . 1 1
    Computer and information sciences 50 39 24 33 49 36 27 25 31 34
      Computer science 45 30 24 32 48 35 24 25 29 33
      Computer and information sciences, other 5 9 . 1 1 1 3 . 2 1
    Engineering 114 108 99 123 131 116 107 129 118 91
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 3 6 6 7 7 2 5 9 5 6
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 15 12 14 17 20 21 13 19 11 9
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 13 12 12 16 11 8 9 11 17 11
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 10 12 10 12 16 12 9 11 8 11
      Electrical and computer engineering 46 36 43 41 45 38 42 46 52 35
      Industrial engineering and operations research 12 6 3 9 12 11 10 5 6 5
      Materials and mining engineering 6 5 4 5 8 4 7 8 8 3
      Mechanical engineering 7 13 5 13 10 16 7 17 7 10
      Engineering, other 2 6 2 3 2 4 5 3 4 1
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 16 16 9 16 15 11 16 17 8 16
      Geological sciences 9 9 7 13 11 6 8 9 3 11
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 7 7 2 3 4 5 8 8 5 5
    Health sciences 24 27 25 24 25 27 21 19 19 19
      Pharmaceutical sciences 8 5 14 5 12 14 8 2 8 4
      Public health 10 8 4 9 7 6 6 7 1 4
      Health sciences, other 6 14 7 10 6 7 7 10 10 11
    Mathematics and statistics 18 24 10 10 17 10 6 14 12 11
      Applied mathematics 3 16 5 7 6 4 3 4 4 7
      Mathematics 1 1 2 . 5 4 3 3 5 3
      Statistics 2 4 . 2 2 . . 2 2 .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 12 3 3 1 4 2 . 5 1 1
    Physical sciences 40 37 39 38 37 29 35 35 26 42
      Astronomy and astrophysics 7 1 5 1 . 2 . . . 1
      Chemistry 29 25 25 26 21 21 25 26 18 22
      Physics 4 11 9 11 16 6 10 9 8 19
    Psychology 11 19 10 15 12 12 14 16 17 10
      Clinical psychology 4 7 6 6 4 5 4 5 8 3
      Counseling and applied psychology . 1 . . 1 . . . 1 2
      Research and experimental psychology 6 10 3 9 5 6 9 10 7 5
      Psychology, other 1 1 1 . 2 1 1 1 1 .
    Social sciences 74 52 52 35 48 41 54 55 42 48
      Anthropology 1 . . . . . . 3 1 .
      Economics 23 12 18 9 16 9 17 13 5 12
      Political science and government 8 7 7 2 4 3 7 4 3 4
      Public policy analysis 4 5 4 2 2 5 1 9 3 2
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 2 4 2 5 6 5 1 5 1 3
      Social sciences, other 36 24 21 17 20 19 28 21 29 27
  Non-science and engineering 106 85 72 65 88 90 94 97 108 88
    Business 11 18 10 11 11 15 8 9 15 18
      Business 11 18 10 11 11 15 8 9 15 18
    Education 16 8 7 9 8 10 12 18 10 4
      Education leadership and administration 1 2 2 1 2 4 6 4 1 .
      Education research 15 6 3 8 6 6 3 11 8 4
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . . . . . . 1 1 .
      Education, other . . 2 . . . 3 2 . .
    Humanities and arts 50 35 28 23 40 38 47 41 53 39
      Letters 22 16 11 6 13 14 19 17 18 13
      Foreign languages and literature 4 2 1 1 2 4 6 3 2 2
      History 2 3 3 4 4 2 6 2 15 9
      Philosophy and religious studies 5 6 2 3 6 8 5 4 6 2
      Music and performing arts 2 . . . 3 1 2 . 1 1
      Humanities and arts, other 15 8 11 9 12 9 9 15 11 12
    Other non-science and engineering 29 24 27 22 29 27 27 29 30 27
      Communication 21 14 18 15 18 17 16 21 22 13
      Public administration and social services 5 9 8 5 8 9 7 6 7 13
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 1 1 2 3 1 4 2 1 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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