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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 125 106 88 110 124 118 113 110 125 104
  Science and engineering 65 61 53 50 61 74 72 42 63 43
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources . 1 2 . . 2 . 1 1 1
      Agricultural sciences . . . . . 2 . 1 . 1
      Natural resources and conservation . 1 2 . . . . . 1 .
    Biological and biomedical sciences 9 7 3 7 2 8 15 10 6 3
      Biochemistry and biophysics . . . 2 . 1 3 . . 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 2 2 . . . 1 1 2 . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 . 2 1 . 1 2 1 3 .
      Genetics and genomics . . . . . . 1 1 . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 1 1 . 3 1 2 2 1 1 1
      Molecular biology 4 4 1 . 1 1 2 1 . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . 1 . . . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . . 2 . . .
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other . . . . . 2 2 4 . .
    Computer and information sciences 1 3 4 1 . 2 1 2 5 4
      Computer science 1 3 3 1 . 2 1 1 5 4
      Computer and information sciences, other . . 1 . . . . 1 . .
    Engineering 14 8 1 5 3 3 3 4 5 2
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 2 . 1 5 2 3 3 3 5 2
      Materials and mining engineering 11 8 . . . . . . . .
      Engineering, other 1 . . . 1 . . 1 . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 3 3
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 4 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 3 3
    Health sciences 8 4 3 2 3 1 6 . 5 2
      Nursing science 7 4 2 2 3 1 4 . 3 1
      Public health . . . . . . . . 2 .
      Health sciences, other 1 . 1 . . . 2 . . 1
    Mathematics and statistics 2 3 7 1 4 4 3 2 2 1
      Applied mathematics . . . . . 1 3 1 1 .
      Mathematics 2 3 7 1 3 3 . 1 1 1
      Mathematics and statistics, other . . . . 1 . . . . .
    Physical sciences 4 2 7 6 14 14 11 7 11 3
      Chemistry 3 2 5 6 11 12 11 5 7 3
      Physics 1 . 2 . 3 2 . 2 4 .
    Psychology 19 20 14 17 20 23 23 10 18 17
      Clinical psychology 8 3 3 4 5 3 7 2 7 7
      Counseling and applied psychology 5 12 7 7 5 12 7 6 6 7
      Research and experimental psychology 4 4 3 3 7 5 6 1 5 3
      Psychology, other 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 1 . .
    Social sciences 4 10 9 9 11 14 8 4 7 7
      Economics 3 3 7 . 5 4 2 1 1 1
      Political science and government . 2 . . 1 4 1 1 . 1
      Public policy analysis . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Social sciences, other 1 4 2 9 5 6 5 2 6 5
  Non-science and engineering 60 45 35 60 63 44 41 68 62 61
    Business 9 10 3 12 2 6 3 2 4 7
      Business 9 10 3 12 2 6 3 2 4 7
    Education 25 18 18 24 40 27 21 44 40 39
      Education leadership and administration 5 6 8 10 9 8 9 13 17 23
      Education research 15 8 7 8 12 12 6 18 11 9
      Teacher education and teaching fields 5 3 3 6 18 5 6 11 11 7
      Education, other . 1 . . 1 2 . 2 1 .
    Humanities and arts 13 7 6 17 15 6 13 13 13 7
      Letters 9 5 5 13 13 4 10 12 11 6
      History 4 2 1 4 2 2 3 1 2 1
    Other non-science and engineering 13 10 8 7 6 5 4 9 5 8
      Communication 11 7 6 7 6 5 4 9 5 8
      Public administration and social services . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Non-science and engineering, other 2 2 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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